Research

AWARD

Year 2019

Misaki Matsuo   　    John Coffin Award

                                  Summer Retrovirus Conference 2019

Year 2018

Yorifumi Satou   　    Prize for Research Achievements

                                  Kumamoto University

Saori Iwase   　         Outstanding Presentation Award

                                  Summer Retrovirus Conference 2018

Year 2017

Hiroo Katsuya　        Research Achievements 2017

                                  Kumamoto University

Misaki Matsuo　       Outstanding Presentation Award

                                  Summer Retrovirus Conference 2017

Yuki Inada .    　        Excellent Poster Award

                                  79th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Hematology

Misaki Matsuo　       Excellent Poster Award

                                  79th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Hematology

Year 2016 

Paola Miyazato　       Best Poster Award

                                   17th Kumamoto AIDS seminar

Misaki Matsuo　        Best Science Award

                                   Summer Retrovirus Conference 2016

Year 2015

Yorifumi Satou 　       Best Poster Award

                                   HTLV Conference 2015 June

Misaki Matsuo　        Best Presentation Award

                                   Summer Retrovirus Conference 2015

Misaki Matsuo　        Young Investigator Award

                                   The Japanese Society of HTLV-1 and Associated Diseases (JSHAD)

 

SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS AND LECTURES

Year 2018

Jan 18th - 20th            JSPS-NUS Symposium in Kumamoto

                                     Poster Presentation: Paola Miyazato

                                    Transcriptomic analysis of HTLV-1 proviruses infected cells: hints to elucidate the mechanisms of transcriptional regulation

                                    Poster Presentation: Hiroo Katsuya

                                    Detection of viral and human chimeric transcripts in adult T-cell leukemia-lymphoma

                                    Poster Presentation: Islam Mohammad Saiful

                                    Evaluation of HIV-1 proviral DNA by newly established approaches

Year 2017 

Feb 3rd                        4th Kansai Virus Club Meeting in Takatsuki

                                    Special Lecture: Yorifumi Satou

                                    Transcriptional control mechanism of exogenous retroviruses integrated into the human genome

Mar 7th - 10th             18th International Conference on Human Retrovirology in Tokyo

                                    Poster Presentation: Paola Miyazato

                                    Targeted Enrichment: A Novel Approach to Analyze the Integrated HTLV-1 Provirus through Next-Generation Sequencing

                                    Poster Presentation: Hiroo Katsuya

                                    Possible Involvement of YB-1 in the Abnormal Nuclear Shape of Adult T-cell Leukemia/Lymphoma Cells

                                    Poster Presentation: Misaki Matsuo

                                    Molecular Characterization of a New Enhancer in HTLV-1 Provirus

May 18th - 20th          27th Annual Meeting of the Society of Antiviral Therapy in Kumamoto

                                    Oral Presentation: Yorifumi Satou

                                    Analysis of virus-infected cell clone kinetics in humanized mouse HIV-1 infection model by NGS

May 22nd - 23rd         11th Annual Meeting of Japanese Society for Epigenetics in Tokyo

                                    Poster Presentation: Misaki Matsuo

                                    Identification of novel enhancer region of retrovirus HTLV-1 and its molecular mechanism analysis

Jun 29th - 30th           20th Summer Retrovirology Conference in Kumamoto        

                                    Poster Presentation: Misaki Matsuo

                                    Identification of novel enhancer of HTLV-1 and molecular mechanism analysis

                                    Poster Presentation: Benjy Tan Jek Yang

                                    Improving the resolution of HIV-1 transcriptome analysis through targeted enrichment

Aug 18th - 20th          4th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of HTLV-1 in Osaka

                                    Poster Presentation: Paola Miyazato

                                    Integral transcriptomic and epigenetic analyses of HTLB-1 proviruses in infected cell

                                    Poster Presentation: Hiroo Katsuya

                                    Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase-δ (PI3k-δ) is a potential therapeutic target in adult T-cell leukemia-lymphoma

                                    Oral Presentation: Misaki Matsuo

                                    Molecular mechanism of HTLV-1 novel enhancer and functional interaction analysis with host genome around integration site

                                    Poster Presentation: Misaki Kakoki

                                    Possible involvement of YB-1 in abnormal nuclear shape of adult T-cell leukemia-lymphoma cells

Sept 28th - 30th          76th Annual Meeting of Japanese Cancer Association in Kanagawa

                                    Oral Presentation: Yorifumi Satou

                                    The human retrovirus HTLV-1 inserts an ectopic CTCF-binding site into the host human genome

Oct 20th - 22nd           79th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Hematology in Tokyo

                                    Oral Presentation: Hiroo Katsuya

                                    Post-treatment ligation-mediated PCR in adult T-cell leukemia-lymphoma patients and detection of microscopic residual lesions using NGS

                                    Poster Presentation: Misaki Matsuo

                                    Molecular characterization of an HTLV-1 enhancer and its functional interaction with the host genome

                                    Poster Presentation: Misaki Kakoki

                                    Possible involvement of YB-1 in abnormal nuclear shape of adult T-cell leukemia-lymphoma cells

Oct 24th - 26th           65th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Virology in Osaka

                                   Poster Presentation: Islam Mohammad Saiful

                                   Absolute quantification of integrated HIV-1 DNA in vivo by using droplet digital PCR

                                   Oral Presentation: Misaki Matsuo

                                   Identification and molecular characterization of a new HTLV-1 enhancer

                                   Poster Presentation: Benjy Tan Jek Yang

                                   Improving the resolution of HIV-1 provirus RNA sequencing through targeted enrichment

                                   Poster Presentation: Yuki Inada

                                   Highly sensitive viral RNA-seq is a powerful tool to analyze the viral transcripts in HTLV-1 infected individuals

Oct 30th - Nov 1st     18th Kumamoto AIDS Seminar in Kumamoto

                                   Poster Presentation: Islam Mohammad Saiful

                                   Quantitative and qualitative evaluation of HIV-1 proviral DNA by droplet digital PCR and high throughput sequencing

                                   Poster Presentation: Benjy Tan Jek Yang

                                   High resolution HIV-1 provirus transcriptome analysis with DNA probe enrichment

Nov 24th - 26th          31st Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for AIDS Research in Tokyo

                                   Oral Presentation: Islam Mohammad Saiful

                                   Quantitative and qualitative evaluation of HIV-1 proviral DNA by droplet digital PCR and high throughput sequencing

                                   Oral Presentation: Benjy Tan Jek Yang

                                   High resolution HIV-1 provirus transcriptome analysis with DNA probe enrichment

 Dec 6th - 9th             40th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Molecular Biology Society in Hyogo

                                   Oral Presentation: Paola Miyazato

                                   Transcriptome analysis of HTLV-1 proviruses in infected cells: hints to elucidate the mechanism of transcriptional regulation

Dec 9th - 12th            59th American Society of Hematology Meeting in Atlanta

                                   Poster Presentation: Yuki Inada

                                   Highly sensitive viral RNA-seq is a powerful tool to analyze the viral transcripts in HTLV-1 infected individuals

                                   Poster Presentation: Misaki Kakoki

                                   Possible involvement of YB-1 in abnormal nuclear shape of adult T-cell leukemia-lymphoma cells 

Year 2016 

May 19th - 20th          10th Annual Meeting of Japanese Society for Epigenetics in Osaka

                                    Poster Presentation: Yorifumi Satou

                                    Human retrovirus HTLV-1 inserts an ectopic CTCF binding site in the human genome

Jul 7th - 8th                19th Summer Retrovirology Conference in Kyoto

                                    Oral Presentation: Misaki Matsuo

                                    Analysis of the molecular mechanism of a new enhancer in HTLV-1 provirus

Aug 27th - 28th           3rd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of HTLV-1 in Kagoshima

                                    Oral Presentation: Paola Miyazato

                                    Application of targeted enrichment to next-generation sequencing of integrated HTLV-1 provirus

                                    Oral Presentation: Misaki Matsuo

                                    Analysis of the molecular mechanism of a new enhancer in HTLV-1 provirus

Oct 13th - 15th           78th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Hematology in Yokohama

                                    Oral Presentation: Misaki Matsuo

                                    Analysis of the molecular mechanism of a new enhancer in HTLV-1 provirus

Oct 23rd - 25th           64th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Virology in Sapporo

                                    Oral Presentation: Misaki Matsuo

                                    Molecular characterization of a new enhancer in HTLV-1 provirus

                                    Poster Presentation: Paola Miyazato

                                    Application of targeted enrichment to next-generation sequencing of retrovirus integrated into the host human genome

Oct 31st - Nov 2nd      17th Kumamoto AIDS Seminar in Kumamoto

                                    Symposium: Yorifumi Satou

                                    Application of next-generation sequencing to elucidate the regulatory mechanism of retroviruses integrated into the host human genome

                                    Poster Presentation: Paola Miyazato

                                    Application of targeted enrichment to next-generation sequencing of retrovirus integrated into the host human genome

                                    Poster Presentation: Islam Mohammad Saiful

                                    Quantification of HIV-1 proviral DNA in various tissues of a macaque model of HIV-1 infection

                                    Poster Presentation: Misaki Matsuo

                                    Molecular characterization of a new enhancer in HTLV-1 provirus

                                    Poster Presentation: Misaki Kakoki

                                    Possible involvement of YB-1 in abnormal nuclear shape of adult T-cell leukemia cells

Nov 24th - 26th           30th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for AIDS Research in Kagoshima

                                    Symposium: Yorifumi Satou

                                    Analysis of HIV-1 provirus by next-generation sequencing

Nov 30th - Dec 2nd     39th Annual Meeting of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan in Yokohama

                                    Poster Presentation: Paola Miyazato

                                    Application of targeted enrichment to epigenetic analysis of HTLV-1 provirus

Dec 21st                      Osaka University, Institute for Protein Research Seminar in Osaka

                                    Lecture: Yorifumi Satou

                                    Transcriptional control mechanism of exogenous retroviruses integrated into the human genome