Background
Higuchi, Takayoshi was born on October 29, 1927 in Agematsu, Nagano, Japan. Son of Tokuichi and Sada Higuchi.
(The biochemistry and molecular biology of wood is importa...)
The biochemistry and molecular biology of wood is important to elucidate the characteristics of wood as a biomaterial. For the understanding of the properties of wood and wood components, it is necessary to investigate the characterization of genes encoding enzymes involved in the biosynthesis of wood components, the differentiation of the cambium into phloem and xylem, and the mechanisms of the expression of these genes. The author gives an overview of the rapidly progressing research in the relatively new field of molecular biology of trees and wood.
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Higuchi, Takayoshi was born on October 29, 1927 in Agematsu, Nagano, Japan. Son of Tokuichi and Sada Higuchi.
Bachelor of Science, Nagoya University, Japan, 1950. Doctor Agricultural Science, University Tokyo, 1959. Doctor honoris causa, University of Science, Technology & Medicine, Grenoble, France, 1987.
Instructor, faculty agriculture, Gifu (Japan) U., 1950-1953;
lecturer, faculty agriculture, Gifu (Japan) U., 1953-1959;
associate professor, faculty agriculture, Gifu (Japan) U., 1960-1967;
professor, faculty agriculture, Gifu (Japan) U., 1967-1968;
professor, Wood Research Institute, Kyoto (Japan) U., 1968-1991;
director, Wood Research Institute, Kyoto (Japan) U., 1978-1984, 88-91;
professor College Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Nihon U., Tokyo, since 1991. Research fellow Prairie Regional Laboratory, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, 1960-1962. Associate professor faculty science Grenoble U., 1963-1964.
Professor Nanjing (People's Republic of China) U. Forestry, since 1985.
(The biochemistry and molecular biology of wood is importa...)
Member Japan Wood Research Society (board directors since 1985), Japanese Society Plant Physiologists, Agricultural Chemical Society Japan, Society Fiber Science and Technology Japan, Technical Association of Pulp and Paper Industry, International Academy Wood Science (vice president 1987-1990, president since 1990), NAS (foreign associate).
Married Sachiko Higuchi, November 18, 1952. Children: Keiko, Kitao.