Professor, Division of Systems Virology, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo Founder, The Genotype to Phenotype Japan (G2P-Japan) Consortium Representative Director, G2P-Japan Association Lab website: https://x.gd/1Z1lWhttps://bsky.app/profile/systemsvirology.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/systemsvirology.bsky.social/post/3ml7ajtfno22fBREAKING🔔 The 57th paper from G2P-Japan🇯🇵 is out at Cell @cellcellpress.bsky.social 🦇!! We elucidated the virological characteristics of a new bat coronavirus identified in Thailand🇹🇭 The debut work by G2P-Asia🌏! Please repost🔥 https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674%2826%2900454-X06 May 2026 17:37 +0000at://did:plc:geaojiv3h5awihuvsqislqd2/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7ajtfno22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/systemsvirology.bsky.social/post/3mjldj6g6z22gGreat meeting you in person Aris😁! [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Apr 2026 02:12 +0000at://did:plc:geaojiv3h5awihuvsqislqd2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjldj6g6z22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/systemsvirology.bsky.social/post/3mjldhecp422gThanks Mahan😁!! [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Apr 2026 02:11 +0000at://did:plc:geaojiv3h5awihuvsqislqd2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjldhecp422ghttps://bsky.app/profile/systemsvirology.bsky.social/post/3midhhfukak2zThanks for kindly introducing our recent study😁 I hope you like it🦇 [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Mar 2026 05:36 +0000at://did:plc:geaojiv3h5awihuvsqislqd2/app.bsky.feed.post/3midhhfukak2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/systemsvirology.bsky.social/post/3m5hvgvwkh225Happy to share my review in Cell Host & Microbe @cp-cellhostmicrobe.bsky.social! Wrote about systems virology, G2P-Japan, pandemic preparedness & responsive science in pandemic. It covers about G2P-Japan from its inception to its role in pandemic & my future perspective https://www.cell.com/cell-host-microbe/abstract/S1931-3128(25)00421-413 Nov 2025 00:20 +0000at://did:plc:geaojiv3h5awihuvsqislqd2/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5hvgvwkh225https://bsky.app/profile/systemsvirology.bsky.social/post/3lyzunnewnc27Should be amazing🤩 Thanks Karim for leading this. See you so soon in Montpellier😚 [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Sep 2025 12:48 +0000at://did:plc:geaojiv3h5awihuvsqislqd2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyzunnewnc27https://bsky.app/profile/systemsvirology.bsky.social/post/3lyyhfsp4i22jOur new study is out at Frontiers in Virology! We conducted passaging experiments and demonstrated that the spike S2 substitution, P804L, drives the adaptation of BANAL-20–236 to a broad range of Rhinolophus bat ACE2. Congrats Bill🎊! https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/virology/articles/10.3389/fviro.2025.1612630/full16 Sep 2025 23:18 +0000at://did:plc:geaojiv3h5awihuvsqislqd2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyyhfsp4i22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/systemsvirology.bsky.social/post/3ly3vfrhf4s2bGreat reunion of COVID gangsters in my lab!! Welcome back, Ralph🇺🇸 and Angie🇨🇦😎 Also thanks for coming, Yvonne🇸🇬, Peter🇸🇬 and Daniel🇦🇺🍷🦇‼️05 Sep 2025 14:42 +0000at://did:plc:geaojiv3h5awihuvsqislqd2/app.bsky.feed.post/3ly3vfrhf4s2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/systemsvirology.bsky.social/post/3lqyb4p6e4k2bBREAKING🔔 The 53th paper from G2P-Japan🇯🇵 is out at Lancet Infectious Diseases @thelancetinfdis.bsky.social. We elucidated the virological characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 NB.1.8.1. Please repost🔥 https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(25)00356-1/fulltext07 Jun 2025 02:04 +0000at://did:plc:geaojiv3h5awihuvsqislqd2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqyb4p6e4k2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/systemsvirology.bsky.social/post/3lq33mpvrtc2bPLEASE REPOST🔈 If The University of Tokyo officially accepts the students from Harvard University, our lab would be happy to consider this opportunity💪🏻 Work together with us🔥 Please send DM if you have any interests📩 https://www.alojapan.com/1283049/univ-of-tokyo-mulls-accepting-harvard-foreign-students-if-barred/26 May 2025 11:39 +0000at://did:plc:geaojiv3h5awihuvsqislqd2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq33mpvrtc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/systemsvirology.bsky.social/post/3lmy7rbjgec2cBREAKING🔔 The 51st paper from G2P-Japan🇯🇵 is out at Vaccine. We evaluated the antiviral activity of neutralizing antibodies induced by SARS-CoV-2 JN.1 recombinant protein vaccine against SARS-CoV-2. Please repost🔥 1/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0264410X2500426817 Apr 2025 03:59 +0000at://did:plc:geaojiv3h5awihuvsqislqd2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmy7rbjgec2chttps://bsky.app/profile/systemsvirology.bsky.social/post/3lmr4t234ks23Here is the Sato Lab, 2025😎! 🇨🇳🇯🇵🇨🇳🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵🇰🇷🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵🇨🇳🇬🇷🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵🇹🇭🇨🇭🇹🇭🇯🇵🇯🇵🇹🇭🇯🇵🇯🇵🇵🇭🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵🇮🇩🇯🇵🇨🇳🇨🇳14 Apr 2025 08:18 +0000at://did:plc:geaojiv3h5awihuvsqislqd2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmr4t234ks23https://bsky.app/profile/systemsvirology.bsky.social/post/3lmgdg3gi5s2qA new preview article is out at Cell Host & Microbe @cp-cellhostmicrobe.bsky.social! We summarized the 3 Cell papers focused on the characteristics of HKU5, a #merbecovirus. Great job Jarel @jarelelgin.bsky.social, Spyros @spyroslytras.bsky.social , and Jumpei!! https://www.cell.com/cell-host-microbe/abstract/S1931-3128(25)00096-410 Apr 2025 01:17 +0000at://did:plc:geaojiv3h5awihuvsqislqd2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmgdg3gi5s2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/systemsvirology.bsky.social/post/3llw6uivacc2bA new preprint is out at @biorxivpreprint! Here we demonstrated that some pangolin coronaviruses are more sensitive to SARS-CoV-2 vaccine sera than SARS-CoV-2 itself, and interestingly, this was determined by only one amino acid residue positioned at 519 in spike🦠 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.01.646621v103 Apr 2025 15:13 +0000at://did:plc:geaojiv3h5awihuvsqislqd2/app.bsky.feed.post/3llw6uivacc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/systemsvirology.bsky.social/post/3llofp2rhls2pAll of which are American dreams🇺🇸31 Mar 2025 12:54 +0000at://did:plc:geaojiv3h5awihuvsqislqd2/app.bsky.feed.post/3llofp2rhls2phttps://bsky.app/profile/systemsvirology.bsky.social/post/3lljgrfdtuk2dWhat a shame. I am just taking about the possibility for scientific collaboration with US scientists. Why the conspiracy theory people in X simplistically talk about “GOF” experiments? I have never talked about such topics before. [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Mar 2025 13:29 +0000at://did:plc:geaojiv3h5awihuvsqislqd2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lljgrfdtuk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/systemsvirology.bsky.social/post/3llikyj47i22yThanks Angie for your flattering😁 Yes let’s make it better together💪🏻 [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Mar 2025 05:12 +0000at://did:plc:geaojiv3h5awihuvsqislqd2/app.bsky.feed.post/3llikyj47i22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/systemsvirology.bsky.social/post/3lliio2fd3k27Thanks Niema for kind words. I just hope/wish it would get better, and it would be great if I can do something for it. Let us do it together💪🏻 Science saves the world!! [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Mar 2025 04:31 +0000at://did:plc:geaojiv3h5awihuvsqislqd2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lliio2fd3k27https://bsky.app/profile/systemsvirology.bsky.social/post/3lli6a3h6es2dFor US🇺🇸 scientists/virologists🦠 - if you want to find better ways for your science and career, please let me know. Let us find better ways. Please do repost/retweet29 Mar 2025 01:24 +0000at://did:plc:geaojiv3h5awihuvsqislqd2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lli6a3h6es2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/systemsvirology.bsky.social/post/3ll6szikzdk2hA new preprint is out at biorxiv! Here we performed round-robin pseudovirus experiments using 53 sarbecoviruses🦠 and ACE2s from 17 mammals to elucidate the ACE2 tropism of sarbecoviruses in natural hosts🦇, potential intermediate hosts🦫 and humans👤 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.22.644775v125 Mar 2025 08:09 +0000at://did:plc:geaojiv3h5awihuvsqislqd2/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll6szikzdk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/systemsvirology.bsky.social/post/3lk7zh624ik25So honored to be introduced in a news feature article in Nature @nature.com with a series of COVID gangsters😎!! https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00730-y?linkId=1339970613 Mar 2025 02:12 +0000at://did:plc:geaojiv3h5awihuvsqislqd2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk7zh624ik25https://bsky.app/profile/systemsvirology.bsky.social/post/3lhx5gwj5522rBREAKING🔔 The 50th🎉 paper from G2P-Japan🇯🇵 is out at Lancet Infectious Diseases @TheLancetInfDis. We elucidated the virological characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 LP.8.1. Please repost🔥 https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(25)00079-9/fulltext12 Feb 2025 02:39 +0000at://did:plc:geaojiv3h5awihuvsqislqd2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhx5gwj5522rhttps://bsky.app/profile/systemsvirology.bsky.social/post/3lgzc6j6i6k27🤩 [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Jan 2025 05:44 +0000at://did:plc:geaojiv3h5awihuvsqislqd2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgzc6j6i6k27https://bsky.app/profile/systemsvirology.bsky.social/post/3lew2ul6ql22rHuge thanks for your participation in #CSHApandemic! I hope you enjoyed the time in the conference in Awaji island as well as your visit in my lab😁 [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Jan 2025 12:05 +0000at://did:plc:geaojiv3h5awihuvsqislqd2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lew2ul6ql22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/systemsvirology.bsky.social/post/3lersmyvutk2zCOVID 5 years later: Learning from a pandemic many are forgetting @science.org written by @cohenjon.bsky.social https://www.science.org/content/article/covid-5-years-later-learning-pandemic-many-are-forgetting02 Jan 2025 19:27 +0000at://did:plc:geaojiv3h5awihuvsqislqd2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lersmyvutk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/systemsvirology.bsky.social/post/3lepunyypd22vThe Next Viral Pandemic Is Coming. Here’s How We Can Stop It https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-next-viral-pandemic-is-coming-heres-how-we-can-stop-it/02 Jan 2025 00:58 +0000at://did:plc:geaojiv3h5awihuvsqislqd2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lepunyypd22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/systemsvirology.bsky.social/post/3leluihtsj22o2024🐉 = 20 papers (12 corresponding papers and 6 at Lancet Infect Dis), 8 invited/keynote talks at international conferences, 16 countries visited. Total citation 13579, h-index 52, 36 lab members, 85 articles at weekly playboy (Japan)31 Dec 2024 10:44 +0000at://did:plc:geaojiv3h5awihuvsqislqd2/app.bsky.feed.post/3leluihtsj22o