Refining: Biochemistry
Elucidation of the innate immune system as a basis for the development of novel therapies Pursuing a love of research to become a researcher
KAMADA Rui Associate Professor, Faculty of Science
A Doctor of Science, Rui Kamada specializes in biochemistry, peptide chemistry, bio-related chemistry, cell biology, and functional biochemistry. Kamada completed a doctoral program in chemistry at the Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University. After working as a research fellow at the Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University and a visiting fellow at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the United States, she became an assistant professor at the Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University in 2014. She assumed the current position in 2020 under the Ambitious Tenure Track System, which was established by the University to foster future research leaders. Kamada is researcher of great promise for the future.
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Litterae Populi Spring 2022
Immunity refers to the mechanism that protects the bodies of living organisms from pathogens including bacteria and viruses, eliminates cancer cells and dead cells that develop in the body. There are two types of immunity: innate immunity and adaptive immunity. Innate immunity, first defense of immune system, reacts rapidly and nonspecifically upon encountering a pathogen. On the other hand, adaptive immune response is slower to develop but is specific and results in classical immunological memory. Adaptive immunity stores the genetic information of a pathogen that has invaded body tissue once and produced
