MEDICAL MYCOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER,CHIBA UNIVERSITY

We strongly hope to reach the summit of mycology,
and contribute to infectious disease control in the world.
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We strongly hope to reach the summit of mycology,
and contribute to infectious disease control in the world.
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We are leaders of the medical mycology research in Japan.

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September 11, 2025: The press release of Associate Professor Shinobu Saijo and Assitant Professor Fabio article was posted on "CHIBADAI NEXT".
July 4, 2025: The press release of Associate Professor Hiroki Takahashi article was posted on "CHIBADAI NEXT".
May 22, 2025: The press release of Associate Professor Takashi Yaguchi article was posted on "CHIBADAI NEXT".
February 19, 2025: "The 11th Global Network Forum on Infection and Immunity " was held at Chiba University, Research Building of Medical Science.
October 21, 2024: Call for Proposals: Joint Usage/Research Center of Medical Mycology Research Center, Chiba University
Deadline of submission: Dec 27, 2024.; "Infectious Disease Research Global Network Forum 2024" will be held
September 30, 2024: Announcement of “Medical Mycology　Research Center Monthly Seminar”(Ended)
Kensuke Miyake,Professor (Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo,Department of Infection Genetics)
"TLR responses to lysosomal nucleic acid stress"
Date and time: October 25, 2024 (Fri) 16:00-17:00
Event format: Hybrid event (Chiba University Medical Mycology Research Center Conference Room, online (Teams))

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July 26, 2024: Announcement of “Medical Mycology　Research Center Monthly Seminar”(Ended)
Kotaro Fujihashi　Research Professor (Chiba University Research Institute of Medicine Division of Infectious Disease Vaccine R&D)
" Controlling of Infectious Diseases by Mucosal Vaccines"
Date and time: September 27, 2024 (Fri) 16:00-17:00
Event format: Hybrid event (Chiba University Medical Mycology Research Center Conference Room, online (Teams))
July 24, 2024: The "Medical Mycology Research Center Monthly Seminar" on July 25th (Thursday) will be canceled due to the instructor's travel cancellation.
June 24, 2024: The strain database is unavailable due to system maintenance. You can search IFM strains from the web site of National BioResource Project.
April 30, 2024: Dr. Chibana's team has published a paper and applied for a patent on an antifungal candidate including anti-Candida auris.
April 16, 2024: An infographic of Associate Professor Yoshiyuki Goto's article was published in "CHIBADAI NEXT".
April 9, 2024: The review article by Prof. Yoneyama et al. was published in the 30th special anniversary issue of Immunity.
February 19, 2024: "The 10th Global Network Forum on Infection and Immunity" was held at Medical and Pharmaceutical Science BuildingⅡChiba University.
January 26, 2024: It is now possible to participate online (ZOOM) for the invited lecture on "Infectious Disease Research Global Network Forum 2023" on Saturday, February 3rd. (Advance application required)
November 9, 2023: The press release of Assistant Professor Hidetaka Majima's article was posted on "CHIBADAI NEXT".
October 25, 2023: Call for Proposals: Joint Usage/Research Center of Medical Mycology Research Center, Chiba University
Deadline of submission: Jan 4, 2024.
September 6, 2023: "Infectious Disease Research Global Network Forum 2023" will be held
April 6, 2023: An interview with Associate Professor Yaguchi was published on CHIBADAI NEXT.
February 27, 2023: "The 9th Global Network Forum on Infection and Immunity" was held at Medical and Pharmaceutical Science BuildingⅡChiba University.
October 25, 2022: Call for Proposals: Joint Usage/Research Center of Medical Mycology Research Center, Chiba University
Deadline of submission: Jan 4, 2023.
October, 17, 2022: MALDI-TOF MS reference library of various microbial strains under the NBRP Program (ver 1.0)was available.(RIKEN website)
February 8, 2022　16:00-17:00: Webinar by Dr. Vit Hubka (Medical Mycology Research Center, Chiba University)
"Decade in Aspergillus taxonomy: developments and remaining challenges"
November 1, 2021: Call for Proposals: Joint Usage/Research Center of Medical Mycology Research Center, Chiba University
Deadline of submission: Jan 4, 2022.
August 26, 2021: Articles published in the Journal of Fungi (Khalifa OH et al.) was selected as Editor's Choice Articles.
August 17, 2021: "An emerging threat - visceral mycoses associated with severe viral infections" posted in the gallery.
August 2, 2021: "Mycoses and natural disasters" posted in the gallery.
May 19, 2021: "Mucormycosis complication in COVID-19 patients" posted in the gallery.
February 15, 2021: Prof. Yoneyama and his colleagues published a review article for RIG-I-like receptors on Cellular & Molecular Immunology.
September 23, 2020　16:00-17:00: Webinar by Dr. Fábio Seiti Yamada Yoshikawa (Medical Mycology Research Center, Chiba University)
February 5, 2020: "The 8th Global Network Forum on Infection and Immunity" was held at Chiba University Hospital.
January 11, 2020: "The 8th Global Network Forum on Infection and Immunity" will be held on January 11, 2020 at the Garnet Hall, Chiba University Hospital.
November 19, 2019　16:00-17:00: Seminar by Prof. Sho Yamasaki（Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University）
December 1, 2018: "The 7th Global Network Forum on Infection and Immunity"
November 7, 2018　18:00-19:00: Monthly seminar by Dr. Nobuhiko Kamada （Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Michigan Medical School）
『The Gut Microbiota and IBD: Moving from Correlation to Causation』
Jun 28, 2018　17:00-18:30: Monthly seminar by Dr. Gabriel Nunez（Department of Pathology and Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA）
『Role of the Microbiota in Intestinal Pathogen Colonization and Inflammatory Disease』
Ｍａｙ 22, 2018　16:30-17:30: Monthly seminar by MD PhD Eggi Arguni（Eliminate Dengue Project Yogyakarta, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Gadjah Mada）
『Wolbachia Aedes aegypti : an alternative strategy in dengue elimination』
August, 2017: Prof. Sasakawa’s short articles were published in Cell and Cell Host & Microbe.
>>Cell "Voices"
>>Cell Host & Microbe "VOICES"
October 28, 2017: "The 6th Global Network Forum on Infection and Immunity" will be held on October 28th 2017 at the Garnet Hall, Chiba University Hospital.
April 12, 2017　16:00-17:30: Monthly seminar by Professor Matthias Sipiczki（University of Debrecen, Hungary)
『The pigment producing, antagonistic Metschnikowia yeasts pose a challenge to rDNA barcoding』
April 11, 2017　16:30-17:30: Monthly seminar by Professor Michael Way（Cellular Signalling and Cytoskeletal Function Lab The Francis Crick Institute, London)
『How Vaccinia virus (ab)uses the host cytoskeleton to promote its spread』
January 16, 2017　17:00-18:30: Monthly seminar by Dr. Gabriel Nuñez（Department of Pathology and Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Michigan, USA）
『Linking pathogen virulence, host immunity and the microbiota at the intestinal barrier』
November 12, 2016　9:30-17:00: "The 5th Global Network Forum on Infection and Immunity" will be held on November 12th 2016 at the Garnet Hall, Chiba University Hospital.
October 25, 2016　15:30-17:00: Monthly seminar by Professor Jean-Marc Reichhart（The University of Strasbourg ,CNRS, France)
『The Drosophila Immune System, an evolutionary perspective』
July 1, 2016　16:00-17:30: Monthly seminar by Dr.Teruyuki Sano（Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, USA)
『Molecular mechanisms of Th17 cell differentiation and activation in response to commensal bacteria in the mouse intestine』 (in Japanese)
November 17, 2015 11:00-12:00: Monthly seminar by Dr. Catarina Costa（University of Lisbon, Portugal）
『The underestimated role of MFS transporters in the pathogenic fungi Candida glabrata』
November 14, 2015　9:30-16:40: "The 4th Global Network Forum on Infection and Immunity" will be held on November 14th 2015 at the Memorial Hall, School of Medicine, Chiba University.
July 30, 2015　16:00-17:00: Monthly seminar by Dr.Benoit Marteyn（Institut Pasteur, France)
『Oxygen modulation of Shigella flexneri virulence and neutrophils physiology』
March 12, 2015: Dr. Makoto Miyaji, former director of MMRC, passed away on March. 8th.
We express deepest condolences on his death.
March 17, 2015 　16:00-17:30: Monthly seminar by Professor Jean-Marc Reichhart（The University of Strasbourg ,CNRS, France)
『Inside the Nobel-Prize Winning Research on Toll-like Receptors : Drosophila as a model to study the innate immune response.』
March 17, 2015 　10:40-11:20: Final lecture by Professor Susumu Kawamoto (in Japanease)
March 17, 2015　 10:00-10:40: Final lecture by Associate Professor Koji Yokoyama (in Japanease)
February 17, 2015　 10:30-11:30: Monthly lecture by Dr. Yoshiyuki Goto (in Japanese)
November 17, 2014: Dr. Akio Nomoto, former director of MMRC, passed away on Nov. 13th.
We express deepest condolences on his death.
October 14, 2014: Associate Professor in Molecular Immunology >>Application Guidelines
June 25, 2014: Prof. Yoneyama selected as Thomson Leuters' Highly Cited Researcher.
January 6, 2014: website has been renewed.
October 16, 2013: National BioResource Project (NBRP) “Pathogenic Microorganisms” (2nd phase of NBRP from 2007 to 2011) is supported by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), the Japanese Government.

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