Takema Fukatsu , Tokyo/Tsukuba University, Insect-Microbe Symbiotic Systems

In this contribution to our host-microbe interview series, CRC 1182-speaker Prof. Thomas Bosch talks to Prof. Takema Fukatsu, research director at ERATO Fukatsu Evolving Symbiosis Project / Symbiotic Evolution and Biological Functions Research Group, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology/ University of Tokyo / University of Tsukuba. In this conversation, they discuss Fukatsu’s fascination with symbioses, the developments and technologies in this research field, and his work on insect-microbe symbiotic systems.

More on Takema Fukatsu’s work:
https://www.jst.go.jp/erato/fukatsu/english/