Organization
The world’s first international education and research center established in April 2015, specializing “Food and Agricultural Immunology” in a fusion research area has been launched the second five-year period from April 2020 taken over the first period. Our units were progressively reconstructed with cross-disciplinary research in “Medical and Agricultural Immunology”, and next generation bio-agricultural science by Synchrotron Radiation to contribute as a leader in the world to develop the next-generation techniques to produce safe and functional food via global education and research on Food and Agricultural Immunology.
Goals
- To establish a new academic field of “agricultural immunology” via cross-disciplinary research on immunology and agronomy, namely crops, livestock, and marine products.
- To set up a system to produce crops, livestock, and marine products that does not rely solely on drugs. Additionally, to develop systems to evaluate the safety and functionality of food as well as perform diagnosis in terms of physical and social sciences.
- To contribute to the globalization of Tohoku University by training young researchers who will take next-generation research techniques forward, in the fields of agricultural immunology and food science.
- To commercially apply the new food systems thus developed in the field, thereby contributing to public health and longevity.
International Education and Research Center for Food and Agricultural Immunology
- Director: Hitoshi SHIRAKAWA
- Vice Director (Education): Masako TODA
- Vice Director (Research): Masahiko HARATA
- Vice Director (Research): Tomonori NOCHI
Division of Agricultural Immunology Division Director: Haruki KITAZAWA
Livestock Immunology Unit
- Unit Leader: Haruki KITAZAWA
- Hisashi ASO
- Kan SATO
- Kentaro KATO
- Yoshinobu UEMOTO
- Keita NISHIYAMA
- Wakako IKEDA-OHTSUBO
- Fumi MURAKOSHI
- Fu NAMAI
- Tomonori NOCHI
- Motoi KIKUSATO
Marine Immunology Unit
- Unit Leader: Toshiki NAKANO
- Hayato YOKOI
- Yoshifumi SAKAI
Plant Immunology Unit
- Unit Leader: Sugihiro ANDO
- Hideki TAKAHASHI
- Masatoshi HORI
- Shuhei MIYASHITA
Food Immunology Unit
- Unit Leader: Masako TODA
- Haruki KITAZAWA
- Motoi KIKUSATO
Medical and Agricultural Immunology Unit
- Unit Leader: Tomonori NOCHI
- Kentaro TANEMURA
- Ryuta TOBE
- Mutsumi FURUKAWA
- Jahidul ISLAM
- Ryota HIRAKAWA
- Haruki KITAZAWA
- Masako TODA
- Naoto ISHII
- Hitoshi OSHITANI
- Shunji SUGAWARA
- Shoichiro KURATA
Division of Safety and Function Evaluation Division Director: Masahiko HARATA
Food and Health Evaluation Unit
- Unit Leader: Hitoshi SHIRAKAWA
- Kiyotaka NAKAGAWA
- Tomohisa OGAWA
- Yusuke OHSAKI
- Tomoko IMOTO
- Junya ITO
Synchrotron Light for Agri-Bioscience Unit
- Unit Leader: Masahiko HARATA
- Kentaro TANEMURA
- Takahiro SHINTANI
- Masaru ENOMOTO
- Kazue NAGASAWA
Aiti-Bacterial and Anti-Viral Reseaches Unit
- Unit Leader: Masahiko HARATA
Ecological and Environmental Evaluation Unit
- Unit Leader: Yukihiro ITO
- Yoshihisa SUYAMA
Division of Cooperation with Society Division Director: Katsuhito FUYUKI
International Cooperation Unit
- Unit Leader: Katsuhito FUYUKI
- Minakshi KEENI
Communication to Society Unit
- Unit Leader: Katsuhito FUYUKI
- Tomoko IMOTO
Division of Research and Administration Division Director: Hideki TAKAHASHI
Project Administration Unit
- Unit Leader: Hideki TAKAHASHI
- Hisashi ASO
- Haruki KITAZAWA
- Fusao ITO