Background
Komano, Tohru was born on September 29, 1933 in Kyoto. Son of Yoshio and Sui Komano.
Komano, Tohru was born on September 29, 1933 in Kyoto. Son of Yoshio and Sui Komano.
Bachelor, Kyoto University, 1957. Master, Kyoto University, 1959. Doctor, Kyoto University, 1963.
Instructor Kyoto University, 1962-1968, associate professor, 1968-1973, professor molecular biology, 1974—1996, professor emeritus, since 1996. Fulbright exchange scholar California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 1965-1967.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Japanese Society Bioscience Biotechnology Biochemistry (prize of agr.chemistry 1990), Japanese Society Biochemistry, Japanese Society MolecularBiology, Japanese Cancer Association.
Married Sumiko Komano, December 8, 1962. Children: Hiroshi, Kyoko, Atsushi.