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Ayato Takada

Virologist

Born in Tokyo in 1968, currently a professor at the Hokkaido University International Institute for Zoonosis Control. Graduated from the School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University in 1993, and completed a doctorate in Veterinary Science at the same university in 1996. After serving as an assistant at the Hokkaido University in 1997 and the Institute of Medical Science at the University of Tokyo in 2000, Takada assumed his current position in 2005.
Takada specializes in virology, focusing on the ecology of zoonotic viruses such as Ebola and influenza, as well as developing diagnostic and therapeutic methods for these viruses. He has conducted research in various locations worldwide, including Zambia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mongolia, and Indonesia. His comprehensive research approach spans from molecular biology to global epidemiological studies. Takada is also the first Japanese researcher on Ebola to work in a foreign Biosafety Level 4 laboratory.