Ken Kono PhD National Institute of Health Sciences

Ken Kono is Chief of Viral Safety Section in the Division of Cell-Based Therapeutic Products, National Institute of Health Sciences (NIHS), Japan. He is responsible for viral safety of cell-processed therapeutic products. He is working in several research projects on assessment of viral safety using Next Generation Sequencing technologies. Prior to joining the NIHS in 2011, Kono worked at Osaka University where he performed basic research on host factors involved in HIV replication.