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研究室紹介
Sanitary Entomology
Surveillance and functional analysis of new viruses transmitted by blood-sucking insects (arboviruses) and developing tools for prevention of arbovirus infections
Research Interests
Analysis of vector insects’ habitat, isolation and identification of new viruses. Genetic and molecular analysis of host cells function in virus infections.
1. Development of new method for preventing fly attacks (especially around barns).
2. Genetic analysis of red-back spiders in Japan. Development of anti-venom tools.
The hygienic insects we study are "insects that cause public health hazards to humans”. These include poisonous insects, disease-carrying insects, and insects that cause itching by sucking blood. The purpose of our research is to deepen our understanding of these "insects that people don't like" and to improve our lives by controlling them. Insect-borne diseases are raging around the world, infecting more than 400 million people a year. It is believed that the most effective way to control these infectious diseases is to control the insects that carry the pathogens (vectors). This is called vector control. However, there are still many things we need to know and many technologies we need to develop in order to target and control disease-carrying insects among the many insects. That is why we are constantly conducting research on "protecting human health while looking at insects”.