ABSTRACT
YukiakiKuroda,D.Sc.,isProfessorofGeneandCellBiologyatAzabuUniversity, SagamiharaandEmeritusProfessoratNationalInstituteofGenetics,Mishima,Japan.He receivedhisB.S.atKyotoUniversityin1950anddoctorateinScienceatOsakaUniversity 1959.NIHInternationalPostdoctoralResearchFellowatUniversityofChicago1961-1962. AssociateProfessoratOsakaUniversity1963-1966;HeadofLaboratoryatNationalInstitute ofGenetics1966-1976;HeadofDept.atN.I.G.1976-1984;ProfessoratN.I.G.1984-1990; ProfessorandDirectorofResearchInstituteofBioscienceatAzabuUniversity1990--present. PresidentofJapanTissueCultureAssoc.;Chairmanof7thInternationalConf.oflnvertebrate andFishTissueCultureatOhito,Japan;Japan.Soc.ofCellBioi.;Genet.Soc.ofJapan;Japan Soc.ofDevelop.Bioi.;JapanEnviron.MutagenSoc.Geneexpressionandcellbiologyof culturedinsectandmammaliancellsduringembryonicdevelopment,chemicalmutagenesis andageing.
