Kenji Hirayama
平山謙二

■ Position
Professor
教授

■ Speciality
Immunogenetics, Tropical Medicine
免疫遺伝学、熱帯病学

■ What I am doing
Research on Schistosomiasis, Chagas Disease, Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever, Malaria, and other Tropical Diseases especially focusing on host genetics. Writing grant applications.
Please click the research at this home page.

■ What is my favorite experiment
Organize case control study for the identification of human disease genes in the endemic areas of Tropical Infectious diseases
Micromanipulations of cells

■ Background
HLA biology, Human T cell immunity, Experimental Schistosomiasis, DNA typing, 　Human population study
Medical Doctor (Tokyo Medical Dental Univ. 1981)
Ph.D.(Human Genetics) from Tokyo Medical Dental University (1985)

■ Personal Information
DOB 1955.5.30
Single when I am in the laboratory
One wife (?yo), one daughter (17yo), one son (14yo)
Can play tennis, swim, karaoke, drink, sleep anywhere
Cannot walk a long distance (even short), drive when sleepy, endure the delay of students'experiments, speak Spanish, stay long in Japan