Sidonia Fagarasan MD, PhD

Sidonia Fagarasan’s research addresses the symbiotic relationships between gut bacteria and the immune system. She holds an M.D. degree from the University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj, Romania and a Ph.D. degree from Kyoto University. Currently a team leader at the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama Japan, she has co-authored more than 50 research papers in international peer-reviewed journals, many of which are in high- impact journals such as Science, Immunity, Nature, Cell, and Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences and has received numerous awards.