Research theme for competitive and other funds (1):
2023 - 2025 Development of new antimicrobial treatments specific for Staphylococcus aureus
Papers (23):
Kotaro Kiga, Yusuke Sato’o, Xin-Ee Tan, Kazuhiko Miyanaga, Huong Minh Nguyen, Feng-Yu Li, Aa Haeruman Azam, Srivani Veeranarayanan, Shinya Watanabe, Yoshifumi Aiba, et al. Development of a nonreplicative phage-based DNA delivery system and its application to antimicrobial therapies. PNAS Nexus. 2025
Engineering staphylococcal prophages for therapeutic applications against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
(International Symposium on Plasmid Biology 2024)
Isolation and characterization of broad host range bacteriophages infecting Acinetobacter baumannii
(第97回日本細菌学会総会 2024)
Isolation and application of Klebsiella pneumoniae prophage with a broad host range
(2024)
Engineering a safety-enhanced synthetic phage capable of efficiently eliminating MRSA
(The 97th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Bacteriology 2024)
2007 - 2013 Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) College of Life Science and Bioengineering, Department of Biological Sciences PhD
2003 - 2007 Vietnam National University, VNU University of Science, Faculty of Biology Bachelor
Work history (7):
2025/04 - 現在 Veneno Technologies Co. Ltd.
2024/04 - 2025/03 Jichi Medical University
2022/04 - 2024/03 自治医科大学 感染・免疫学講座 細菌学部門 ポスドクタ
2020/07 - 2022/03 琉球大学・熱帯生物圏研究センター・分子生命科学研究施設
2019/04 - 2020/03 農業・食品産業技術総合研究機構
2013/06 - 2019/03 Institute of Biotechnology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology
2016/05 - 2017/03 School of Science at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
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Awards (4):
2020 - JICA Advanced Training Certificate, JICA-KIRIN Fellowship Programme
2014 - Researcher Links Travel Grant, the British Council, United Kingdom (UK)
2006 - VNU University of Science Award for Scientific Research by students, Second Place
2003 - International Biology Olympiad, Bronze Medal
Association Membership(s) (3):
American Society for Microbiology
, Japanese Society for Bacteriology
, Japanese Society for Phage Therapy