Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine Graduate School of Medicine
Fascination of Infectious Disease Research: When the World of Microorganisms Becomes Visible
What do you find interesting about your work and research
The fascination wit of infectious disease research - when you can see the world of microorganisms Microorganisms are seemingly elusive because they cannot be directly visualized by the human eye. The signs of infection that appear in the body are essentially host responses, and microorganisms must be detected using clinical laboratory tests to diagnose infectious diseases. The antimicrobial resistance, virulence, and transmission mechanisms of microorganisms have their own responsible genes that evolve through mutation and recombination. When a difficult-to-detect microorganism is identified through the development of a new diagnostic method, you will be the first person to diagnose a patient infected with the microorganism and identify the causative pathogen. When whole-genome analysis reveals the sophisticated molecular mechanisms underlying the spread of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria, you will see the evolution and nature of microorganisms that are far more abundant in the world than in the human population.
