Background
Tachibana, Takehiko was born on April 29, 1928 in Toyoma, Japan. Son of Tsunejiro and Sono (Miyakawa) Tachibana.
Tachibana, Takehiko was born on April 29, 1928 in Toyoma, Japan. Son of Tsunejiro and Sono (Miyakawa) Tachibana.
Doctor of Medicine, Kanazawa University, Japan, 1952. Division of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Japan, 1958.
Intern Kanazawa University Hospital, 1952-1953. Research associate Medical School Kanazawa University, 1953-1957. Instructor department pathology Medical School Kanazawa University, 1959-1963.
Research associate Research Institute Infectious Disease Tokyo University, 1963-1964, associate professor department immunology Research Institute Medical Science, 1971-1974, professor, 1974-1976. Section head. virology division National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo, 1964-1974. Professor Research Institute Tuberculosis and Cancer Tohoko University, Sendai, Japan, 1974-1992, professor emeritus Japan, since 1992.
Science advisor Japan Immunoresearch Laboratory, since 1992. Research associate department zoology University Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1957-1959. Visiting investigator department tumor biology Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, 1968-1969.
Member Japan Cancer Association (member council 1977-1989), Japan Society Allergology (member council 1975-1989), Japan Immunology Association (board directors 1987-1988).
Married Kazuyo Watanabe, December 14, 1955. Children: Masahiko, Hiroshi.