Masahito Asada
- Department of Protozoology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Assistant Professor
- Parasitology, Protozoology
- 1）Analysis on erythrocyte invasion mechanisms of rodent malaria parasites
2）Visualization of the erythrocyte invasion and growth mechanisms of Babesia bovis merozites
Nice to meet you, my name is Masahito Asada. I moved from Obihiro, Hokkaido in Feb. 2013. My major field is Parasitology, especially Protozoan diseases. I've been working on Malaria, Babesiosis, Leishmaniasis, and African Trypanosmiasis. Though I will work on erythrocyte invasion mechanisms of Plasmodium and Babesia parasites in the lab, I wish to keep in touch with field work. I hope I can contribute to the program in Tropical protozoan disease from bench to field. And also I hope you to have a fullfilling life in Nagasaki and obtain fruitful results.
▼Recommended books
Bushido: The Soul of Japan (Inazo Nitobe, Wilder Publication etc.)
I chose a book not directly related to the research. Inazo Nitobe (1862-1933) is a Japanese agricultural economist, educator, and one of the Under-Secretaries General of the League of Nations. Bushido was originally written in English and published 1900. The book influenced many foreigners such as Theodore Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy. The book is well written by comparizon between Japanese culture and Western culture. I don't hope to misunderstand japanese culture ‘e.g. ritual suicide’just from one aspect. If you have a time, please try to read. It's not just my recommendation, but also recommend from my former superiors in Obihiro.personal history
2000-2006 Faculty of Agricultur, The University of Tokyo (D.V.M.)
2006-2010 Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo (Ph. D.)
2010-2013 National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine (Research fellow)
2013- Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University
works/thesis
1. Hakimi H, Asada M, Angeles Jose Ma, Kawai S, Inoue N, Kawazu S. Plasmodium vivax and P. knowlesi: cloning, expression and functional analysis of 1-Cys Peroxiredoxin Exp Parasitol. 2013 133(!):101-5
2. Angeles JM, Goto Y, Kirinoki M, Asada M, Leonardo LR, Rivera PT, Villacorte EA, Inoue N, Chigusa Y, Kawazu S. Utilization of ELISA Using Thioredoxin Peroxidase-1 and Tandem Repeat Proteins for Diagnosis of Schistosoma japonicum Infection among Water Buffaloes. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2012 ;6(8):e1800.
3. Asada M, Goto Y, Yahata K, Yokoyama N, Kawai S, Inoue N, Kaneko O, Kawazu S.
Gliding motility of Babesia bovis merozoites visualized by time-lapse video microscopy. PLoS One. 2012; 7(4):e35227.
4. Asada M, Tanaka M, Goto Y, Yokoyama N, Inoue N, Kawazu S. Stable expression of green fluorescent protein and targeted disruption of thioredoxin peroxidase-1 gene in Babesia bovis with the WR99210/dhfr selection system. Mol Biochem Parasitol. 2012 ;181(2):162-70.
5. Y. Matsumoto, C. Sanjoba, M. Asada, and Y. Matsumoto. Polymorphism of Leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania donovani s.l. in Asia. Kala Azar in South Asia ? current status and challenges ahead (ed. By E. Noiri and T. K. Jha) Springer verlag, 2010