3月15日13時に第15期公募情報を公開いたしました。
4月1日13時より応募者登録サイトへの登録が可能です。
Information on the 15th call for applications was opened at 13:00 on 15 March.
Applicants can register on the registration website from 1 April at 13:00.
Structural studies on RNA viruses using electron microscopies
A virus is a microscopic organism, which sometimes causes disease to the host.There are many pathogenic human viruses with RNA genomes such as influenza, measles, Ebola, rabies, Japanese encephalitis, and corona viruses.Understanding virus structures is important to clarify their formation mechanism and to develop anti-viral drugs. However, structural analysis of RNA viruses is challenging because most of them have a flexible and fragile nature. In this seminar, I will give a brief introduction of my structural studies using electron microscopies on influenza and Ebola viruses and a little on SARS-CoV-2.
Opening talk
Make invisible COVID-19 risk visible utilizing mathematical/statistical/epidemiological modelings
Since COVID-19 transmission started, a variety of epidemiological methods and statistical/mathematical modelling has been applied into health related policies to confine its spread in Japan and worldwide. In this opening talk, I will introduce not only my recent research activities, but also refer to the activities in emergency operating center in Ministry of Health.