Kayo Inaba Explained

Kayo Inaba is a professor at Kyoto University where she heads the Graduate School of Biostudies. She is also the Vice-President for Gender Equality and the Director of the Centre for Women Researchers.

Inaho is known for her work on dendritic cells and she won the Asia pacific UNESCO Awards for Women in Science in 2014. She has shown the importance of dendritic cells to the immune system and how they can live outside of the body.^[1]

Life

Inaba graduated from the Kyoto University with a Ph.D. in 1978.From 1982 until 2011, She was visiting faculty member in Ralph Steinman’s lab.^[2] She is executive vice-president for gender equality, international affairs, public relations, and director of the International Strategy Office at Kyoto University.^[3] Inaba was the first female associate professor in the science department at Kyoto University.^[1] Inaba is on the board of the Japanese Society for Immunology.^[4]

In 2024, she was designated a Person of Cultural Merit.^[5]

Works

• Book: Paola Ricciardi-Castagnoli. Dendritic Cells in Fundamental and Clinical Immunology. 11 November 2013. Springer Science & Business Media. 978-1-4757-9966-8. 1–. Dendritic Cell Development and Maturation. Ralph Steinman. Maggie Pack. Kayo Inaba.
• Book: Jacques Banchereau. Daniel Schmitt. Dendritic Cells in Fundamental and Clinical Immunology. https://books.google.com/books?id=flHTBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA65. 6 December 2012. Springer Science & Business Media. 978-1-4615-1971-3. 65–. Kayo Inaba. Muneo Inaba. Margit Witmer-Pack. Karen Hathcock. Richard Hodes. Ralph Steinman . Expression of B7 Costimulator Molecules on Mouse Dendritic Cells.
• Book: Ralph M. Steinman. Kayo Inaba. Gerold Schuler. MArgit Witmer . Ralph M. Steinman. Robert John North. Mechanisms of Host Resistance to Infectious Agents, Tumors, and Allografts: A Conference in Recognition of the Trudeau Institute Centennial. https://books.google.com/books?id=ffeEAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA71. 1 January 1986. Rockefeller Univ. Press. 71–. UCAL:B4499585. Stimulation of the Immune Response: Contributions of Dendritic Cells. 9780874700428.

Notes and References

1. http://discov-her.com/en/article/treating-cells-outside-the-human-body Treating cells outside the human body
2. Web site: Adjunct faculty member Kayo Inaba receives L'Oréal-UNESCO Women in Science award. Rockefeller University. 11 August 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150907025432/http://newswire.rockefeller.edu/2014/03/03/adjunct-faculty-member-kayo-inaba-receives-loreal-unesco-women-in-science-award/. 7 September 2015.
3. http://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/about/profile/executive President, Executive Vice-Presidents, and Vice-Presidents on Kyoto university website
4. http://www.hasumi-foundation.org/bio021.html Dr Inaba
5. Web site: ちばてつや氏ら7人に文化勲章 功労者に青木功氏ら. 25 October 2024. The Nikkei.