Ayumi Matsuyama received a DVM in 2011 from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University in Hokkaido, Japan; worked as a research assistant at Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University in Hokkaido, Japan; worked as a postdoctoral fellow at The Department of Pathobiology, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph in Guelph, Ontario; was received a Ph.D. from the Department of Pathobiology, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph in Guelph, Ontario; having worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Veterinary Pathology, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan.

• DVM, Hokkaido University, Japan 2011
• PhD, University of Guelph, 2023

Basic immunology, viral immunology, innate/adaptive immunology, cell-mediated immune responses

• International Gradutate Tuition Scholarship, 2017
• DG Ingram Memorial Scholarship, 2020

1. Matsuyama-Kato A, Shojadoost B, Boodhoo N, Raj S, Alizadeh M, Fazel F, Fletcher C, Zheng J, Gupta B, Abdul-Careem MF, Plattner BL, Behboudi S, Sharif S (2023) Activated chicken gamma delta T cells are involved in protective immunity against Marek's Disease. Viruses 15 (2): 285
2. Raj S, Matsuyama-Kato A, Alizadeh M, Boodhoo N, Nagy E, Mubareka S, Karimi K, Behboudi S, Sharif S (2023) Treatment with Toll-like receptor (TLR) ligands 3 and 21 prevents fecal contact transmission of low pathogenic H9N2 avian influenza virus (AIV) in chickens. Viruses 15 (4): 977
3. Matsuyama-Kato A, Boodhoo N, Iseki H, Abdul-Careem MF, Plattner BL, Behboudi S, Sharif S (2022) Differential activation of chicken gamma delta T cells from different tissues by Toll-like receptor 3 or 21 ligands. Developmental and Comparative Immunology 131: 104391 
4. Matsuyama-Kato A, Iseki H, Boodhoo N, Bavananthasivam J, Alqazlan N, Abdul-Careem MF, Plattner BL, Behboudi S, Sharif S (2022) Phenotypic characterization of gamma delta (γδ) T cells in chickens infected with or vaccinated against Marek's disease virus. Virology 568:115-125 
5. Boodhoo N, Matsuyama-Kato A, Shojadoost B, Behboudi S, Sharif S (2022) The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 non-structural proteins 1 and 15 proteins mediate antiviral immune evasion. Current Research in Virological Science 3: 100021 
6. Bavananthasivam J, Alqazlan N, Alizadeh M, Matsuyama-Kato A, Astill J, Kulkarni RR, Sharif S (2022) The regulatory microenvironment in feathers of chickens infected with very virulent Marek’s disease virus. Viruses 14 (1): 112  
7. Bavananthasivam J, Alizadeh M, Astill J, Alqazlan N, Matsuyama-Kato A, Shojadoost B, Taha-Abdelaziz K, Sharif S (2021) Effects of administration of probiotic lactobacilli on immunity conferred by the herpesvirus of turkeys vaccine against challenge with a very virulent Marek's disease virus in chickens.Vaccine 39 (17): 2424-2433 
8. Bavananthasivam J, Astill J, Matsuyama-Kato A, Taha-Abdelaziz K, Shojadoost B, Sharif S (2020) Gut microbiota is associated with protection against Marek's disease virus infection in chickens. Virology 553: 122-130 
9. Bavananthasivam J, Alkie TN, Matsuyama-Kato A, Hodgins DC, Sharif S (2019) Characterization of innate responses induced by in ovo administration of encapsulated and free forms of ligands of Toll-like receptor 4 and 21 in chicken embryos. Research in Veterinary Science125: 405-415 
10. Machida Y, Murata S, Matsuyama-Kato A, Isezaki M, Taneno A, Sakai E, Konnai S, Ohashi K (2017) Isolation and purification of Gallid herpesvirus 2 strains currently distributed in Japan. Journal of Veterinary Medical Science 79 (1): 115-122 
11. Matsuyama-Kato A, Murata S, Isezaki M, Takasaki S, Kano R, Konnai S, Ohashi K (2014) Expression analysis of programmed death ligand 2 in tumors caused by the avian oncovirus Marek's disease virus. Archives Virology 159 (8): 2123-2126 
12. Murata S, Hashiguchi T, Hayashi Y, Yamamoto Y, Matsuyama-Kato A, Takasaki S, Isezaki M, Onuma M, Konnai S, Ohashi K (2013) Characterization of Meq proteins from field isolates of Marek's disease virus in Japan. Infection, Genetics and Evolution 16: 137-143 
13. Matsuyama-Kato A, Murata S, Isezaki M, Kano R, Takasaki S, Ichii O, Konnai S, Ohashi K (2012) Molecular characterization of immunoinhibitory factors PD-1/PD-L1 in chickens infected with Marek’s disease virus. Virology Journal 9: 94 
14. Murata S, Hayashi Y, Kato A, Isezaki M, Takasaki S, Onuma M, Osa Y, Asakawa M, Konnai S, Ohashi K (2012). Surveillance of Marek’s disease virus in migratory and sedentary birds in Hokkaido, Japan. The Veterinary Journal, 192 (3): 538–540