Toshiya Takano

Background

Takano, Toshiya was born on February 4, 1935 in Tokyo. Son of Katsuichiro and Yao Takano.

Education

Doctor of Medicine, Keio U., Tokyo, 1960; Doctor of Philosophy, Keio U., 1967.

Career

Assistant professor, Kanazaw (Japan) U. Institute Cancer Research, 1962-1964; assistant professor, Keio U. School Medical Microbiology, Tokyo, 1964-1968; associate professor, Keio U. School Medical Microbiology, Tokyo, 1974-1982; professor, department chairman, Keio U. School Medical Microbiology, Tokyo, since 1982; research associate department biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1968-1970. Visiting scientist National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1970-1974. Visiting professor Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale, Villejuif, France, 1976.

Visiting fellow Downing College, Cambridge, England, 1985, 87. Associate director Kitasato Institute Medical Research, Tokyo, since 1982.

Achievements

• Toshiya Takano has been listed as a noteworthy Medical educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Japanese Society Virology (councilor since 1984), American Society Microbiology, Japanese Medical Association (award for medical research 1976), Japanese Society Molecular Biology.

Connections

Married Taeko Seto; children: Yoko, Tsutomu.

Father:

Katsuichiro Takano

Mother:

Yao Takano

Spouse:

Taeko Seto

child:

Yoko Takano

child:

Tsutomu Takano