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Microbiology Lab
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A virology lab that works to protect animals and people from threats such as avian influenza and classical swine fever.
AboutAbout the lab
Protecting animals and people from the threat of infectious diseases
The Microbiology Lab conducts research to protect animals and people from the threat of infectious diseases.
To clarify how viruses cause disease, the lab examines differences between viruses that cause disease and those that do not, and studies the factors that determine pathogenicity.
The lab also investigates host factors involved in disease onset, based on differences in how cells and animals respond to viral infection.
Key terms
- Pathogenicity
- The ability of a pathogen to cause disease in the animals or people it infects
- WOAH
- The World Organisation for Animal Health, an organization that promotes international efforts to control animal diseases
- Pestivirus
- A group of viruses that cause livestock diseases such as classical swine fever and bovine viral diarrhea
NewsLab news
A paper on research inactivating avian influenza virus with chlorine dioxide gas was published in Food and Environmental Virology
A paper on influenza virus receptors in marine animals of South America was published in Veterinary Research Communications
A paper on a prototype avian influenza vaccine was published in Vaccines
A paper by a doctoral student was published in Microbiology Spectrum
A doctoral student received an Outstanding Presentation Award at the Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Virology
ResearchResearch themes
The lab investigates how viruses cause disease from both the virus side and the host side. Toward controlling livestock diseases caused by avian influenza and pestiviruses, it carries out surveys and research in Japan and abroad.
*Illustrative imageInternational Cooperation toward Controlling Viral Infectious Diseases
The lab conducts overseas field surveys and epidemiological analyses toward controlling important infectious diseases such as avian influenza. It also serves as a WOAH Reference Laboratory for avian influenza.
*Illustrative imageExploring Influenza Viruses through Sugar Chains
Aiming to clarify the ecology of influenza viruses, the lab pursues original research under the keywords sugar chains (glycans) and viruses.
*Illustrative imageResearch on Pestiviruses, Including Classical Swine Fever
Aiming to control classical swine fever and bovine viral diarrhea, which are caused by viruses of the genus Pestivirus, the lab studies them from various angles, including surveys of their spread within Japan, vaccine development, and analysis of pathogenicity.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Microbiology Lab are faculty, technical assistants and technical aides, doctoral and undergraduate students, and international students.As of 2026
- ProfessorYoshihiro Sakoda
- Associate ProfessorNorikazu Isoda
- Associate ProfessorTakahiro Hiono
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Swan kussyaro” 鳴神響一
（Kyoichi Narukami） / CC BY 3.0 (cropped) - International Cooperation toward Controlling Viral Infectious Diseases: “WOE205 Avian Influenza Surveillance Program at Izembek National Wildlife Refuge - DPLA - 384d6a07e84870d76164df7b77e92541” Department of the Interior. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. National Conservation Training Center. 10/ / Public domain (cropped)
- Exploring Influenza Viruses through Sugar Chains: “Colorized transmission electron micrograph of Avian influenza A H5N1 viruses” Photo Credit: Cynthia Goldsmith Content Providers: CDC/ Courtesy of Cynthia Goldsmith; Jacqueline Katz; Sherif R. Zaki / Public domain (cropped)
- Research on Pestiviruses, Including Classical Swine Fever: “Saitama Domestic Pigs In Pasture 1” 京浜にけ at Japanese Wikipedia / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (感染症学教室): “Red holstein cows near Josselin 01” Tsaag Valren / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (公衆衛生学教室): “Culex Mosquito and Micrograph of West Nile Virus Particles” NIAID / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
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