Research theme for competitive and other funds (8):
2021 - 2024 Promotion of emerging and re-emerging virus research using high-speed reverse genetics
2019 - 2022 エボラ出血熱の発症の分子基盤に関する研究
2019 - 2022 熱帯性慢性腎臓病に関連する新規ハンタウイルス、ランカウイルスの解析
2018 - 2021 Characterization of molecular mechanism of distribution of phospholipid in Ebola virus particles
2016 - 2020 determination of early target cells of ebola virus
2016 - 2019 the study of pathogenicity of Ebola virus disease using reverse genetics system(Fostering Joint International Research)
2014 - 2017 Investigation of pathogenetic mechanism of Ebola virus disease using reverse genetics system
2013 - 2015 microRNAターゲティングを利用したエボラウイルスの病原性解析
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Papers (44):
Sithumini M W Lokupathirage, Yoshimi Tsuda, Kodai Ikegame, Kisho Noda, Devinda S Muthusinghe, Fumiya Kozawa, Rashid Manzoor, Kenta Shimizu, Kumiko Yoshimatsu. Subcellular localization of nucleocapsid protein of SFTSV and its assembly into the ribonucleoprotein complex with L protein and viral RNA. Scientific reports. 2021. 11. 1. 22977-22977
Devinda S Muthusinghe, Kenta Shimizu, Sithumini M W Lokupathirage, Zhouoxing Wei, Yomani D Sarathkumara, G R Amanda Fonseka, Pavani Senarathne, Nobuo Koizumi, Tomonori Kawakami, Akio Koizumi, et al. Identification of Novel Rodent-Borne Orthohantaviruses in an Endemic Area of Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Etiology (CKDu) in Sri Lanka. Viruses. 2021. 13. 10
Zhouoxing Wei, Kenta Shimizu, Kumpei Nishigami, Yoshimi Tsuda, Yomani Sarathukumara, Devinda S Muthusinghe, Chandika D Gamage, Lishanta Granathne, Sithumini M W Lokupathirage, Nishanta Nanayakkara, et al. Serological methods for detection of infection with shrew-borne hantaviruses: Thottapalayam, Seewis, Altai, and Asama viruses. Archives of virology. 2021. 166. 1. 275-280
Crystal A Mendoza, Satoko Yamaoka, Yoshimi Tsuda, Keita Matsuno, Carla M Weisend, Hideki Ebihara. The NF-κB inhibitor, SC75741, is a novel antiviral against emerging tick-borne bandaviruses. Antiviral research. 2021. 185. 104993-104993
Kisho Noda, Yoshimi Tsuda, Fumiya Kozawa, Manabu Igarashi, Kenta Shimizu, Jiro Arikawa, Kumiko Yoshimatsu. The Polarity of an Amino Acid at Position 1891 of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus L Protein Is Critical for the Polymerase Activity. Viruses. 2020. 13. 1
Yomani D. Sarathkumara, Chandika D. Gamage, Sithumini Lokupathirage, Devinda S. Muthusinghe, Nishantha Nanayakkara, Lishanthe Gunarathne, Kenta Shimizu, Yoshimi Tsuda, Jiro Arikawa, Kumiko Yoshimatsu. Reply to comments by Yih et al. (Exposure to hantavirus is a risk factor associated with kidney diseases in Sri Lanka: A cross-sectional study). Viruses. 2019. 11. 12
Education (1):
2002 - 2006 Osaka University Research Institute for Microbial Diseases
Professional career (1):
博士(医学)
Work history (5):
2022/04 - 現在 長崎大学高度感染症研究センター
2021/07 - 2022/03 Nagasaki University
2017/04 - 2021/06 Hokkaido University
2013/02 - 2017/03 Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine
2009/06 - 2013/01 RML, NIAID, NIH USA
Association Membership(s) (3):
The American Society for Virology
, THE PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN
, THE JAPANESE SOCIETY FOR VIROLOGY