Mucosal Immunology and Vaccine Development

Biography

Makoto Yawata is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, National University of Singapore and Principal Investigator at Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences, Singapore. As a Physician, he practiced in Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology in Japan. He proceeded to train as a Postdoctoral Fellow in Professor Peter Parham’s Laboratory in Stanford University before joining the National University of Singapore as Faculty. His research activities centers on the basic and clinical aspects of the immunobiology and genetics of human natural killer cells. As an Academic Educator, he trains Physicians in acquiring the skills necessary to conduct clinical investigations as curriculum director of a nationwide program. He currently serves as Associate Editor for ‘Immunology’, an official journal of the British Society for Immunology.

Abstract

Abstract : The conjunctiva as a site for investigation of human mucosal immunology in situ elucidating the mechanisms of immune escape in adenovirus induced epidemic keratoconjunctivitis