Researchers
Division of Microbiology and Immunology
Regulation of Host Defense Team
Team Leader
Team Leader
ISE Wataru
Status : Prof.
Research Field : Immunology
Profile
I was born and grew up in Hokkaido. I graduated from University of Tokyo and from graduate school of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo with a PhD in Agriculture, and joined the faculty there as as an assistant professor. After a postdoctoral fellow in Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Washington University in St. Louis, I joined IFReC, Osaka University, as a specially appointed Associate Professor, in 2011. Since April 2021, I have been a team leader of regulation of host defense team in Division of Microbiology and Immunology, CiDER, Osaka University.
Research Activities
・Mechanisms underlying development of follicular helper T cells upon viral infection
・New vaccine design to elicit cross-reactive, neutralizing antibodies
・Mechanisms underlying long-term survival of plasma cells
・Analysis of immune memory in human
Publications
1. Ise et al. J Exp Med. 2025; in press
2. Koike et al. J Exp Med. 2023; 220(2): e20221717
3. Tanaka et al. Nat. Immunol. 2020; 21(8) 950-961
4. Ise et al. Immunity. 2018; 48(4) 702-715
5. Ise et al. Nat. Immunol. 2011;12(6) 536-543
