EDUCATION 2001-2005
Ph.D. in Medical Science University of the Ryukyus, Japan (March 2005)
1999-2001 Master Degree in Health Science University of the Ryukyus, Japan (March 2001)
1993-1998 M.D., Bachelor Degree in Medicine Dalian Medical University, China (July 1998)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2/2012 – current Norrlands universitetssjukhus, Västerbottens läns landsting
Forskar-AT läkare 9/2011 – 1/2012
Department of Molecular Biology Faculty of Medicine, Umeå University, Sweden Postdoc 3/2011 – 6/2011
Infektionskliniken, Västerbottens läns landsting Underläkare vikariat 5/2005 – 4/2010
Department of Molecular Biology Faculty of Medicine, Umeå University, Sweden Postdoc 4/2001 - 3/2005
Division of Bacterial Pathogenesis Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Japan Research assistant and Teaching assistant 4/1999 – 3/2001
Department of Morphological Pathology Graduate School of Health Sciences, University of the Ryukyus, Japan Teaching assistant
VISITING POSITIONS
10/2013 – 12/2013 Department of Molecular & Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, USA Visiting researcher
9/2007 – 10/2007 Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin, Germany Visiting researcher
8/2004 -10/2004 Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University, Sweden Visiting researcher
1/1999 – 3/1999 Department of Morphological Pathology Graduate School of Health Sciences, University of the Ryukyus, Japan Guest researcher
PUBLICATIONS Peer-reviewed articles
1. Song T, Sabharwal D, Wai SN (2010) VrrA mediates Hfq-dependent regulation of OmpT synthesis in Vibrio cholerae. J Mol Biol 400:682-688.
2. Lindmark B, Rompikuntal PK, Vaitkevicius K, Song T, Mizunoe Y, Uhlin BE, Guerry P, Wai SN (2009) Outer membrane vesicle-mediated release of cytolethal distending toxin (CDT) from Campylobacter jejuni. BMC Microbiol 9:220.
3. Song T, Wai SN (2009) A novel sRNA that modulates virulence and environmental fitness of Vibrio cholerae. RNA Biol 6:254-258.
4. Song T, Mika F, Lindmark B, Liu Z, Schild S, Bishop A, Zhu J, Camilli A, Johansson J, Vogel J, Wai SN (2008) A new Vibrio cholerae sRNA modulates colonization and affects release of out outer membrane vesicles. Mol Microbiol 70:100-111.
5. Vaitkevicius K, Rompikuntal PK, Lindmark B, Vaitkevicius R, Song T, Wai SN (2008) The metalloprotease PrtV from Vibrio cholerae. FEBS J, 275:3167-3177.
6. Vaitkevičius K, Lindmark B, Ou G, Song T, Toma C, Iwanaga M, Zhu J, Andersson A, Hammarstrom ML, Tuck S, Wai SN (2006) A Vibrio cholerae protease needed for killing of Caenorhabditis elegans has a role in protection from natural predator grazing. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 103:9280-9285.
7. Nakasone N, Tran HH, Nguyen MB, Higa N, Toma C, Song T, Ichinose Y, Iwanaga M (2005) Short report: isolation of Escherichia coli O157:H7 from fecal samples of cows in Vietnam. Am J Trop Med Hyg 73:586-587.
8. Phantouamath B, Sithivong N, Insisiengmay S, Ichinose Y, Higa N, Song T, Iwanaga M (2005) Pathogenicity of Shigella in healthy carriers: a study in Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic. Jpn J Infect Dis 58:232-234.
9. Song T, Toma C, Nakasone, N, Iwanaga M (2005) Sensitive and rapid detection of Shigella and enteroinvasive Escherichia coli by a loop-mediated isothermal amplification method. FEMS Microbiol Lett 243:259-263.
10. Toma C, Nakasone N, Song T, Iwanaga M (2005) Vibrio cholerae SXT element, Laos. Emerg Infect Dis 11:346-347.
11. Toma C, Espinosa EM, Song T, Miliwebsky E, Chinen I, Iyoda S, Iwanaga M, Rivas M (2004) Distribution of putative adhesins in Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli of different seropathotypes. J Clin Microbiol 42:4937-4946.
12. Nakasone N, Toma C, Song T, Iwanaga M (2004) Purification and characterization of a novel metalloprotease isolated from Aeromonas caviae. FEMS Microbiol Lett 237:127-132.
13. Song T, Toma C, Nakasone N, Iwanaga M (2004) Aerolysin is activated by metalloprotease in Aeromonas veronii biovar sobria. J Med Microbiol 53:477-482.
14. Iwanaga M, Song T, Higa N, Kakinohana S, Toma C, Nakasone N (2002) Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli: incidence in Japan and usefulness of the clump-formation test. J Infect Chemother 8:345-348. Manuscript
15. Song T, Toma C, Noboru N, Iwanaga M, Uhlin BE, Wai SN (2014) Aeromonas veronii biovar sobria releases active aerolysin via outer membrane vesicles. 16. Song T, Sabharwal D, Gurung J, Cheng A, Sjöström A, Yildiz F, Uhlin BE, Wai SN (2014) Vibrio cholerae utilizes direct sRNA regulation in expression of a biofilm matrix protein. PLOS One, under review.
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