Dr. Ryutaro Kajihara is Assistant Professor of Faculty of Life Sciences at Kumamoto University. His research Interests include neurology, tumor immunity, immunotherapy, cell death, lysosomal disease, iPS cells, and immunology. In 2019, his “Development of adoptive cell transfer therapy using PD-1 gene-modified T cells” received Overseas Study Grant Research Fellowship from the Uehara Memorial Life Science Foundation. His latest publication is a study titled "Involvement of brain-derived neurotrophic factor signaling in the pathogenesis of stress-related brain diseases".