Background
Takahashi, Michiaki was born on February 17, 1928 in Osaka, Japan. Son of Shoji and Masako Takahashi.
高橋理明
Takahashi, Michiaki was born on February 17, 1928 in Osaka, Japan. Son of Shoji and Masako Takahashi.
Takahashi earned his Doctor of Medicine in 1954 from Osaka University"s Medical School, and completed in 1959 the Graduate Course of Medical Science, majoring in poxvirus virology.
Research associate department virology Research Institute Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, 1959-1963, associate professor virology, 1963-1978, professor, head department virology, since 1978. Rockefeller Foundation postdoctoral fellow division experimental biology Baylor College Medicine, Houston, Texas, 1963-1964. Postdoctoral fellow Fels Research Institute, Temple University School Medicine, 1964-1965.
Member Society Japanese Virologists (director), Japanese Cancer Association (councilor), Japanese Association Infectious Diseases (councilor). Developed live chickenpox vaccine, 1974.
Married Hiroko Ohya, November 15, 1958. Children– Teruyuki, Rie.