Section of Infection Biology

Education
The undergraduate course of microbiology provides the students with basic up-to-date information about ecology, physiology, biochemistry, and genetics of important oral and medical microorganisms, and also with basic knowledge of immunology.

Under Graduate Students
1st grade: Cell Biochemistry
2nd grade: General Microbiology
3rd grade: Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
3rd grade: Basic Immunology

Graduate Students
Advanced Microbiology and Molecular Biology

Current Research Projects
We are promoting researches in the following 4 fields:
1) Pathogenesis of microbial proteases
2) Molecular genetics of Candida albicans
3) Microbiology and immunology of periodontal disease
4) Molecular analysis of systemic and local responses of host to various pathogens