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Masayuki Kuraoka

Associate Research Professor of Integrative Immunobiology
Integrative Immunobiology
Box 3010 Med Ctr, Durham, NC 27710
27 Alexandria Way, Room 2239, Building 3, Durham, NC 27703

Selected Grants


Characterizing olfactory plasma cell dynamics and survival niche within the upper airway

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2024 - 2029

Genetic and Structural Basis for Virus Neutralization

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2024 - 2029

Structure-function analysis of infection- and vaccine-induced B-cell repertoires - Project 2

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by Boston Children's Hospital · 2014 - 2028

Optimizing the Generation of Monoclonal Antibodies for Prevention and Treatment of HSV Disease

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Albert Einstein College of Medicine · 2023 - 2027

Structure-function analysis of infection- and vaccine-induced B-cell repertoires - Core D

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Boston Children's Hospital · 2023 - 2027

SHIV/HIV Env-Antibody Coevolution as a Guide to Iterative Vaccine Design

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by University of Pennsylvania · 2017 - 2027

Novel Immunogens to Elicit Broadly Cross-reactive Antibodies That Target the Hemagglutinin Head Trimer Interface

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2021 - 2026

Epitope focusing by molecular grafting of subdominant epitopes to achieve a universal-influenza vaccine.

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Massachusetts General Hospital · 2020 - 2024

CIVICS A Option 18E Clonal Analysis of Rhesus Macaque Germinal Center B Cells in Response to the 20 HA mRNA Vaccine

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2023

Immunity to novel T/F SHIVs: variability in the co-evolution of virus and host immunity

ResearchAssociate Research Professor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2022

Modeling affinity maturation at molecular resolution

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Boston University · 2015 - 2020

Attenuated HSV Vaccines That Induce Protective Mucosal Antibodies

ResearchResearch Scientist · Awarded by Albert Einstein College of Medicine · 2016 - 2020

Testing the Nearest Neighbor Approach to Active Vaccination for HIV-1

ResearchResearch Scientist · Awarded by University of Washington · 2014 - 2017

B-cell Tolerance and Humoral Immunity to HIV-1

ResearchSenior Research Associate · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2009 - 2014

Analysis of the Murine Antibody Repertoire

ResearchPostdoctoral Associate · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2009 - 2011

External Relationships


  • ABCAM PLC
  • Moderna, Inc.

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