Background
Ishizaka, Kimishige was born on December 3, 1925 in Tokyo.
石坂 公成
immunologist university professor
Ishizaka, Kimishige was born on December 3, 1925 in Tokyo.
Ishizaka obtained his medical qualifications and PhD from the University of Tokyo.
His work has been regarded as a major breakthrough in the understanding of allergy. He was awarded the 1973 Gairdner Foundation International Award and the 2000 Japan Prize for his work in immunology. Pupils include Tadamitsu Kishimoto, who worked with him at Johns Hopkins.
From 1953 to 1962 he headed the immunoserology division at the department of serology at the Japanese National Institute of Health. During his position there he spent two years as a research fellow Caltech (1957-1959). He was promoted to associate professor in 1965.
It was in Denver that he discovered IgE and its interplay with mast cells. In 1970, Ishizaka was appointed as O'Neill Professor of Medicine and Microbiology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, as well as Professor of Biology at the Faculty of Arts and Science. He worked there until 1989, when many of his junior researchers lost their research funding, and he became scientific director (and president from 1990) of the new La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology in La Jolla, which was being set up with support from the Kirin Brewery Company.
He retired in 1996, and returned to Japan.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy Allergy (honorary). Member American Association Immunology, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine. ADDDRESS (Mailing) Kimishige Ishizaka La Jolla Institute-Allergy & Immunology 10355 Science Center Dr San Diego, California 92121-1118 M C.
Married; 1 child.
