Yoshinobu Shigenaka

Background

Shigenaka, Yoshinobu was born on October 20, 1932 in Yanai-shi, Yamaguchi, Japan. Son of Minoru and Fukue Shigenaka.

Education

BSci, Hiroshima U., 1955; MSci, Hiroshima U., 1957; Doctor of Science, Hiroshima U., 1961.

Career

Postdoctoral research fellow, Iowa State University, Ames, 1961-1962; research assistant, Hiroshima U., Japan, 1962-1972; lecturer, Hiroshima U., 1972-1973; assistant professor, Hiroshima U., 1973-1977; professor cell biology, Hiroshima U., since 1977. Visiting professor Kansas State University, Manhattan, 1967-1969, McGill University, Montreal, 1969-1970. Visiting research fellow Australian National U., Canberra, 1981.

Achievements

• Yoshinobu Shigenaka has been listed as a noteworthy Cell biology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Japanese Society Zoology, Japan Society Electron Microscopy, Society Protozoologists, Electron Microscopy Society American, American Society Cell Biology.

Interests

• Avocation: classical music.

Connections

Married Sachiko Yamashiro, August 28, 1967. Children: Michiko, Masanobu, Hironobu.

Father:

Minoru Shigenaka

Mother:

Fukue Shigenaka

Spouse:

Sachiko Yamashiro

child:

Michiko Shigenaka

child:

Hironobu Shigenaka

child:

Masanobu Shigenaka