Mitsuhiro Yanagida
Encyclopedia
is a Japanese biologist
, professor, and Dean of the Graduate School of Biostudies at Kyoto University
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He was elected as a Foreign member of the Royal Society
on 11 May 2000.
with a D.Sc. and later studied at Geneva, Switzerland. He is now Principal Investigator of the G0 Cell Unit, at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
.
He is an Honorary Fellow of the Society of Biology
.
Biologist
A biologist is a scientist devoted to and producing results in biology through the study of life. Typically biologists study organisms and their relationship to their environment. Biologists involved in basic research attempt to discover underlying mechanisms that govern how organisms work...
, professor, and Dean of the Graduate School of Biostudies at Kyoto University
Kyoto University
, or is a national university located in Kyoto, Japan. It is the second oldest Japanese university, and formerly one of Japan's Imperial Universities.- History :...
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He was elected as a Foreign member of the Royal Society
Royal Society
The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, known simply as the Royal Society, is a learned society for science, and is possibly the oldest such society in existence. Founded in November 1660, it was granted a Royal Charter by King Charles II as the "Royal Society of London"...
on 11 May 2000.
Life
He graduated from the University of TokyoUniversity of Tokyo
, abbreviated as , is a major research university located in Tokyo, Japan. The University has 10 faculties with a total of around 30,000 students, 2,100 of whom are foreign. Its five campuses are in Hongō, Komaba, Kashiwa, Shirokane and Nakano. It is considered to be the most prestigious university...
with a D.Sc. and later studied at Geneva, Switzerland. He is now Principal Investigator of the G0 Cell Unit, at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
The Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University is an interdisciplinary graduate school offering a 5-year PhD program in Science...
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He is an Honorary Fellow of the Society of Biology
Society of Biology
The Society of Biology is a charitable organization in the United Kingdom created to advance the interests of biology. Formed in 2010 by the merger of the Biosciences Federation and the Institute of Biology, the Society has some 10,000 individual members and through its corporate specialist member...
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