Akiko Iwasaki 岩崎明子 | |
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| Born | September 13, 1970 Iga, Mie Prefecture, Japan |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | University of Toronto, National Institutes of Health |
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| Children | 2 |
| Awards | National Academy of Medicine Elected Member |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Immunobiology, Molecular Biology, Cellular Biology, Developmental Biology |
| Institutions | Yale University, Howard Hughes Medical Institute |
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 "Long Covid: A parallel pandemic", Akiko Iwasaki and others, Knowable Magazine, August 8, 2022. |
Akiko Iwasaki (岩崎明子, Iwasaki Akiko, born September 13, 1970) is a Sterling Professor of Immunobiology and Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology at Yale University.[1] She is also a principal investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.[2] Her research interests include innate immunity, autophagy, inflammasomes, sexually transmitted infections, herpes simplex virus, human papillomavirus, respiratory virus infections, influenza infection, T cell immunity, commensal bacteria, COVID-19, and long COVID.
Iwasaki was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2018.[3] She was the 2023–2024 president of the American Association of Immunologists.[4]
- ^ Zhang, Brian (2022-03-02). "Akiko Iwasaki named Sterling Professor". Yale Daily News. Retrieved 2022-03-07.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ "2023 AAI Election". The American Association of Immunologists. Retrieved May 24, 2023.