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. Tanaka et al. Nat. Immunol. 2020;21(8):950-961
2. Ise et al. Immunity 2018;48(4):702-715
3. Ise et al. PNAS. 2014;111(32):11792-11797
4. Ise et al. Nat. Immunol. 2011;12(6): 536-543
5. Ise et al. Nat. Immunol. 2010;11(2):129-135
