Conquering cancer by advancing immunotherapy. The CCII is a research center at Kyoto University, led by Nobel Laureate Prof Tasuku Honjo. https://www.ccii.med.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/https://bsky.app/profile/ccii-kyoto.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/ccii-kyoto.bsky.social/post/3mswyrqkngk2pCCII's Toshiyasu Suzuki introduces guest speaker Jun Ishihara (Imperial College) who spoke on "Improving Efficacy and Safety of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors, Cytokine Therapy, and CAR-T Cells via Tumour Collagen-Targeted Drug Delivery System" https://www.ccii.med.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/event/the-51st-ccii-seminar-improving-efficacy-and-safety-of-immune-checkpoint-inhibitors-cytokine-therapy-and-car-t-cells-via-tumour-collagen-targeted-drug-delivery-system-jun-ishihara/13 Aug 2026 06:19 +0000at://did:plc:2ux75ofdwt7hhexxob3ulpnb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mswyrqkngk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/ccii-kyoto.bsky.social/post/3mrvw7fyknk2pThe high level of heterogeneity of immune cells, (Kenji Chamoto) says, “is likely an eternal challenge in immunology.”' [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Jul 2026 02:35 +0000at://did:plc:2ux75ofdwt7hhexxob3ulpnb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrvw7fyknk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/ccii-kyoto.bsky.social/post/3mrvyjwkers2nVisiting Prof. Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia.bsky.social in the second session of a hands-on workshop for CCII PhD students on writing introductions, abstracts & cover letters. www.ccii.med.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/31 Jul 2026 03:17 +0000at://did:plc:2ux75ofdwt7hhexxob3ulpnb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrvyjwkers2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/ccii-kyoto.bsky.social/post/3mrvw7fyknk2pThe high level of heterogeneity of immune cells, (Kenji Chamoto) says, “is likely an eternal challenge in immunology.”' [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Jul 2026 02:35 +0000at://did:plc:2ux75ofdwt7hhexxob3ulpnb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrvw7fyknk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/ccii-kyoto.bsky.social/post/3mrqwwphsns2jWhat's in a name? Quite a lot: for cancer immunotherapy, it is vital that researchers & clinicians know when they are talking about the same cells (or not). CCII's Kenji Chamoto participated in this effort to standardise T cell nomenclature. #Immunology @natrevimmunol.nature.com https://www.nature.com/articles/s41577-025-01238-229 Jul 2026 03:05 +0000at://did:plc:2ux75ofdwt7hhexxob3ulpnb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrqwwphsns2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/ccii-kyoto.bsky.social/post/3mrluqxlaik2a'Were it not for the imperative to turn more than a trillion dollars of losses into a profit, we would not have the aggressive, site-destroying scraping epidemic. Nor would we see AI crammed into every part of every product and service we use.' https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/24/supplemental-income/#andrew-tate-gwyneth-paltrow27 Jul 2026 02:42 +0000at://did:plc:2ux75ofdwt7hhexxob3ulpnb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrluqxlaik2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/ccii-kyoto.bsky.social/post/3mrcdf3rroc2hFollowing the success of last year, Four Seasons Hotel Kyoto is honoured to host the “Terry Fox Run 2026,” a charity event dedicated to supporting the Center for Cancer Immunotherapy and Immunobiology (CCII). https://www.ccii.med.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/2026/07/14/four-seasons-hotel-kyoto-to-host-charity-event-terry-fox-run-2026/23 Jul 2026 07:38 +0000at://did:plc:2ux75ofdwt7hhexxob3ulpnb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrcdf3rroc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/ccii-kyoto.bsky.social/post/3mrcdf3rroc2hFollowing the success of last year, Four Seasons Hotel Kyoto is honoured to host the “Terry Fox Run 2026,” a charity event dedicated to supporting the Center for Cancer Immunotherapy and Immunobiology (CCII). https://www.ccii.med.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/2026/07/14/four-seasons-hotel-kyoto-to-host-charity-event-terry-fox-run-2026/23 Jul 2026 07:38 +0000at://did:plc:2ux75ofdwt7hhexxob3ulpnb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrcdf3rroc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/ccii-kyoto.bsky.social/post/3mr4lx5uyv22jDay 3 of Salvatore Cosentino's CCII Workshop on Data Sharing and Management for Scientists. https://www.ccii.med.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/event/ccii-workshop-data-sharing-and-management-for-scientists/21 Jul 2026 00:55 +0000at://did:plc:2ux75ofdwt7hhexxob3ulpnb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr4lx5uyv22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/ccii-kyoto.bsky.social/post/3mqobgfyp6c2zCCII Visiting Professor Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia.bsky.social kicks off a series of sessions for graduate students on how to write the introduction to scientific manuscripts www.ccii.med.kyoto-u.ac.jp15 Jul 2026 08:09 +0000at://did:plc:2ux75ofdwt7hhexxob3ulpnb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqobgfyp6c2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/ccii-kyoto.bsky.social/post/3mq6hzndbqs27Thanks to Cornelia Weyand (Mayo Clinic/Stanford) for visiting Kyoto & CCII & giving the 50th CCII Seminar on “The Hidden Risk of Immune Youth in #Autoimmune Disease”. https://www.ccii.med.kyoto-u.ac.jp/event/event_22442/09 Jul 2026 01:25 +0000at://did:plc:2ux75ofdwt7hhexxob3ulpnb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq6hzndbqs27https://bsky.app/profile/ccii-kyoto.bsky.social/post/3mouimxrq5c2jAt @cruk-mi.bsky.social, Santiago Zelenay @santiagozelenay.bsky.social introduces CCII vice director Sidonia Fagarasan, who spoke on metabolic effects on cancer #immunotherapy.22 Jun 2026 08:44 +0000at://did:plc:2ux75ofdwt7hhexxob3ulpnb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mouimxrq5c2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/ccii-kyoto.bsky.social/post/3mr4lx5uyv22jDay 3 of Salvatore Cosentino's CCII Workshop on Data Sharing and Management for Scientists. https://www.ccii.med.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/event/ccii-workshop-data-sharing-and-management-for-scientists/21 Jul 2026 00:55 +0000at://did:plc:2ux75ofdwt7hhexxob3ulpnb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr4lx5uyv22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/ccii-kyoto.bsky.social/post/3mqobgfyp6c2zCCII Visiting Professor Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia.bsky.social kicks off a series of sessions for graduate students on how to write the introduction to scientific manuscripts www.ccii.med.kyoto-u.ac.jp15 Jul 2026 08:09 +0000at://did:plc:2ux75ofdwt7hhexxob3ulpnb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqobgfyp6c2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/ccii-kyoto.bsky.social/post/3mq6hzndbqs27Thanks to Cornelia Weyand (Mayo Clinic/Stanford) for visiting Kyoto & CCII & giving the 50th CCII Seminar on “The Hidden Risk of Immune Youth in #Autoimmune Disease”. https://www.ccii.med.kyoto-u.ac.jp/event/event_22442/09 Jul 2026 01:25 +0000at://did:plc:2ux75ofdwt7hhexxob3ulpnb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq6hzndbqs27https://bsky.app/profile/ccii-kyoto.bsky.social/post/3mowuvilts22hCornelia Weyand (Mayo Clinic/Stanford) will visit Kyoto & CCII on July 6th to speak about “The Hidden Risk of Immune Youth in #Autoimmune Disease”. It will mark our 50th CCII Seminar 🎂 #Immunology https://www.ccii.med.kyoto-u.ac.jp/event/event_22442/23 Jun 2026 07:29 +0000at://did:plc:2ux75ofdwt7hhexxob3ulpnb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mowuvilts22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/ccii-kyoto.bsky.social/post/3mouimxrq5c2jAt @cruk-mi.bsky.social, Santiago Zelenay @santiagozelenay.bsky.social introduces CCII vice director Sidonia Fagarasan, who spoke on metabolic effects on cancer #immunotherapy.22 Jun 2026 08:44 +0000at://did:plc:2ux75ofdwt7hhexxob3ulpnb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mouimxrq5c2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/ccii-kyoto.bsky.social/post/3mnkjfaymqs2xDorina Avram (Moffitt Cancer Center) at CCII, discussing the “Control of Exhaustion and Stemness Programs in Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes and Opportunities for Response Improvement in Adoptive Cell Therapy” https://www.ccii.med.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/event/event_21786/ #Immunology #Immunotherapy05 Jun 2026 16:06 +0000at://did:plc:2ux75ofdwt7hhexxob3ulpnb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnkjfaymqs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/ccii-kyoto.bsky.social/post/3mmnxour2cc25New fm CCII researchers Katsuhiro Ito, Kenji Chamoto , Tomonori Yaguchi et al: "Phenotype of circulating tumor-reactive T cells predicts immune checkpoint inhibitor response in non-small cell lung cancer" #Immunology #Immunotherapy @natcomms.nature.com https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-69680-x25 May 2026 07:34 +0000at://did:plc:2ux75ofdwt7hhexxob3ulpnb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmnxour2cc25https://bsky.app/profile/ccii-kyoto.bsky.social/post/3mmjaneou2k2oJune 1st at CCII, Dorina Avram on "Control of Exhaustion and Stemness Programs in Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes and Opportunities for Response Improvement in Adoptive Cell Therapy" #Immunology https://www.ccii.med.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/event/event_21786/23 May 2026 10:31 +0000at://did:plc:2ux75ofdwt7hhexxob3ulpnb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmjaneou2k2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/ccii-kyoto.bsky.social/post/3mmh7653lw22rThanks to Gabriel Nunez for visiting CCII & giving a seminar on "Microbiota-Immune Interactions in Intestinal Inflammatory Disease" #Immunology https://www.ccii.med.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/event/event_21684/22 May 2026 14:59 +0000at://did:plc:2ux75ofdwt7hhexxob3ulpnb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmh7653lw22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/ccii-kyoto.bsky.social/post/3mjlqp53nf22zAfter two days on how to generate images, Stanford's Guolan Lu guided CCII workshop participants through what is arguably the most significant bottleneck: how to analyse all the resulting data (pic by @hiroshi-ichise.bsky.social) #Imaging #Immunology https://www.ccii.med.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/event/event_20600/16 Apr 2026 06:08 +0000at://did:plc:2ux75ofdwt7hhexxob3ulpnb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjlqp53nf22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/ccii-kyoto.bsky.social/post/3mjjaooczbs27A Brief History of Everything (in imaging) with Oslo University's Johanne Tracey Jacobsen at CCII's workshop on Advanced Tissue Imaging and Image Analysis, followed by hands on work for the participants. #Immunology #Imaging https://www.ccii.med.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/event/event_20600/15 Apr 2026 06:16 +0000at://did:plc:2ux75ofdwt7hhexxob3ulpnb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjjaooczbs27https://bsky.app/profile/ccii-kyoto.bsky.social/post/3mjjaooczbs27A Brief History of Everything (in imaging) with Oslo University's Johanne Tracey Jacobsen at CCII's workshop on Advanced Tissue Imaging and Image Analysis, followed by hands on work for the participants. #Immunology #Imaging https://www.ccii.med.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/event/event_20600/15 Apr 2026 06:16 +0000at://did:plc:2ux75ofdwt7hhexxob3ulpnb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjjaooczbs27https://bsky.app/profile/ccii-kyoto.bsky.social/post/3mjgdmus3qk2tNew paper from CCII researchers Masaki Tajima, Sidonia Fagarasan et al: a purine salvage pathway that helps CD8 T cells cope with metabolic stress and fend off ferroptosis. #Immunology #Metabolism @natimmunol.nature.com https://www.nature.com/articles/s41590-026-02491-w14 Apr 2026 02:31 +0000at://did:plc:2ux75ofdwt7hhexxob3ulpnb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjgdmus3qk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/ccii-kyoto.bsky.social/post/3mjeeqxrrh22kMatteo Iannacone @iannaconelab.bsky.social gave a tour de force presentation on liver immunity, hosted by @hiroshi-ichise.bsky.social as part of the CCII workshop on Advanced Tissue Imaging & Image Analysis #Immunology #TissueImmunity https://www.ccii.med.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/event/event_20600/13 Apr 2026 07:46 +0000at://did:plc:2ux75ofdwt7hhexxob3ulpnb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjeeqxrrh22k