Masashi Emoto

Masashi Emoto

Masashi Emoto
Laboratory of Immunology, Department of Laboratory Sciences, Graduate School of Health Sciences (Faculty of Medicine)
Gunma University, Japan

Biography

He is now a professor of Gunma University Graduate School of Health Sciences and School of Medicine in Japan. He got the professorship in 1993 and his main research theme is NKT cells. Before coming back to Japan, he has worked at Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology as a higher ranking senior scientist with Prof. Dr. Stefan H. E. Kaufman, who is now a president of International Union of Immunological societies, and published many articles in prestigious journals with high impact factor. He has concentrated on identification of new natural ligand(s) for invariant NKT cells and nowadays he has succeeded to determine their chemical structures. In addition to this, he has investigated the role of various immunocompetent cells such as γ/δT cells and thymus-independent T cells, both of which play a key role in protection against various bacterial infection in neonatal phase. Thus, he is a leading scientist in the field not only of NKT cells, but also of immunocometent cells which play an important role in innate immune system.

Research Interest

Management of laboratory (Laboratory head),Autoimmune disease, Infectious disease, Liver disease, Immunotherapy Cancer therapy, Glycosphingolipid, Spa