Hidesaburō Hanafusa
Hidesaburō Hanafusa ( Japanese 花房 秀 三郎 , Hanafusa Hidesaburō ; born December 1, 1929 in Nishinomiya ; † March 15, 2009 in Osaka ) was a Japanese geneticist and molecular biologist and professor at Rockefeller University in New York City .
He is considered one of the discoverers of oncogenes and one of the pioneers in research into retroviruses . The focus of his more than five decades of research was virus-related cancers .
Life
Hanafusa received a Ph.D. from Osaka University in 1960. in biochemistry . As a student he married Teruko Inoue , with whom he later collaborated scientifically. The couple had a daughter. In 1961, Hanafusa went to Harry Rubin's laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley . From 1964 to 1966, he was a visiting researcher at the Collège de France in Paris before becoming head of the Viral Oncology Laboratory at the Public Health Research Institute in New York City . In 1973 Hanafusa became Professor of Molecular Oncology at Rockefeller University in New York City. After his retirement in 1998, he returned to Japan, where he remained until 2008, the Osaka Bioscience Institute initiated. After the death of his first wife (1996), Hanafusa married a second time. On March 15, 2009, Hidesaburo Hanafusa died of liver cancer , a tumor that is often caused by viruses.
Awards (selection)
- 1981 Howard Taylor Ricketts Award
- 1982 Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
- 1983 Asahi Prize
- 1985 Foreign member of the United States National Academy of Sciences
- 1991 appointment to Bunka Kōrōsha, person with special cultural merit
- 1993 Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. Prize
- 1995 Japanese Order of Culture
- 2000 member of the Japanese Academy of Sciences
literature
- David A. Foster, James E. Darnell : Obituary: Hidesaburo Hanafusa (1929-2009). Inspiration and innovation in molecular cancer research. Nature 458, 718 (April 9, 2009) doi: 10.1038 / 458718a
- Benjamin G. Neel, Frederick R. Cross, David Pellman: Obituary: Hidesaburo Hanafusa (1929-2009). Cell 137, April 17, 2009 ( PDF , 780 kB)
- Masabumi Shibuya: Professor Hidesaburo Hanafusa: A 50-Year Quest for the Molecular Basis of Cancer. J Biochem (2009) 146 (1): 3-5. doi: 10.1093 / jb / mvp082
- Stephan M. Feller: Obituary: Hidesaburo Hanafusa 1929-2009. Cell Communication and Signaling 2009, 7: 7 doi: 10.1186 / 1478-811X-7-7 ( online )
- Peter K. Vogt : Oncogenes and the Revolution in Cancer Research: Homage to Hidesaburo Hanafusa (1929-2009). Genes & Cancer 1 (1) 6–11 doi: 10.1177 / 1947601909356102 ( PDF , 160 kB)
Web links
- Hidesaburo Hanafusa (1929-2009) at Rockefeller University (rockefeller.edu); Retrieved April 24, 2011
- Talley Henning Brown: Hidesaburo Hanafusa, professor emeritus, this at 79th at Rockefeller University (rockefeller.edu); accessed on February 2, 2016
- Profile of Hidesaburo Hanafusa, Ph.D. ( Memento from July 6, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) at the Osaka Bioscience Institute (obi.or.jp)
Individual evidence
- ^ Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award 1982 Winner Hidesaburo Hanafusa at laskerfoundation.org; Retrieved April 24, 2011
- ↑ Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. Prize (1990-2002) ( Memento from November 19, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) at General Motors (gm.com)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hanafusa, Hidesaburō |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 花房 秀 三郎 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese geneticist and molecular biologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 1, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nishinomiya |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 15, 2009 |
| Place of death | Osaka |