Background
Yakura, Hidetaka was born on December 8, 1947 in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. Son of Yasutaroh and Sumiko (Irie) Yakura.
Yakura, Hidetaka was born on December 8, 1947 in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. Son of Yasutaroh and Sumiko (Irie) Yakura.
Doctor of Medicine, Hokkaido University, 1972. Doctor of Philosophy, Hokkaido University, 1978.
Research fellow Farber Cancer Center/Harvard School Medicine, Boston, 1976-1978. Research associate Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York City, 1978-1983. Assistant professor department pathology Asahikawa (Japan) Medical College, 1983-1985, associate professor department pathology, 1985-1989.
Director, department immunology and signal transduction Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Neurosci., since 1989, director molecular research division, since 1996. Visiting investigator Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1988. Associate scientist National Institute Neurosci., National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, 1989—1997.
Adjunct professor Tokyo Metropolitan University, since 2001.
Member American Association Immunologists, American Society Microbiology.