Background
Kishimoto, Yasuo was born on April 11, 1925 in Osaka, Japan. Son of Yasuichi and Chiyono (Sugimura) Kishimoto. came to the United States, 1962.
neurochemist neurology educator
Kishimoto, Yasuo was born on April 11, 1925 in Osaka, Japan. Son of Yasuichi and Chiyono (Sugimura) Kishimoto. came to the United States, 1962.
Bachelor of Science, Kyoto U., Japan, 1948; Doctor of Philosophy, Kyoto U., 1956.
Associate research biochemist, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1967; senior investigator, G.D. Searle & Company, Skokie, Illinois, 1967-1969; senior investigator, Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center, Waltham, Massachusetts, 1969-1976; associate biochemist, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1969-1976; associate, Harvard University Medical School, 1969-1976; director biochemistry research, John F. Kennedy Institute, Baltimore, 1976-1988; professor neurology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1976-1988; Adjunct Professor neuroscience Center for Molecular Genetics, University of California, San Diego, since 1988. Consultant grant reviews National Institutes of Health, since 1981, National Science Foundation.
Member American Society Biological Chemists, American Society Neurochemistry, International Society.Neurochemistry, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Japanese Society Biochemistry, Japanese Bio-chemical Society, International Society Glycoconjugates.
Married Miyoko Nishikawa, May 12, 1949. Children: Tsutomu, Yoriko, Takashi, Momoko Anne.