Dr. Takeshi Yasumoto

Takeshi Yasumoto. MS and Ph.D. in Marine Biochemistry, Fac. of Agric. U. of Tokyo, 1957, 1959, and 1966; Postdoc. at Dep. Chem, U. of. Hawaii (Prof. P.J. Scheuer), 1966-1968: Assist. Prof. in Marine Biochemistry from 1960 to 1969 at U. of Tokyo; Assoc. Prof. in Food Chemistry (1969-1977), Prof. of Food Hygiene (1977-1992) and Bioorganic Chemistry (1992-1998) at Fac. of Agric., Tohoku U; Prof. Emeritus, 1998; Technical Consultant of Japan Food Research Laboratories since April 1998. Visiting Prof., U. of Napoli, April 1988 and April/May 1994; U. of Hawaii, June/July 1988; IUPAC, chair, Working Group on Aquatic Biotoxins (1992-1998); IOC/UNESCO chair Working Group on Aquatic Biotoxins (1994 -1996), Norwegian College of Vet. Med., Oct. 1988; Kalmar U., May 1999.

Institution: Japan Food Research Laboratories (JFRL), Tama Laboratory, 6-11-10 Nagayama, Tama City, Tokyo 206-0025, Japan,

Associations: New York Academy of Science; American Chemical Society, Chemical Society of Japan; Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology and Agrochemistry; Japanese Society of Fisheries Science.

Honors & Awards: 1) Japan Soc. of Fish. Sci., 1976; 2) Yoneda Memorial Lecturer 34th Toxin Symp. 1987; 3) 4th Intern. Conf. on Toxic Marine Phytoplankton, 1989; 4) Award of Japan Soc. of Biosci., Biotech. & Agrochem., 1992; 5) Intern. Marine Natural Products Chemistry (P.J.Scheur Prize), 1994; 6) The Naito Foundation Res. Prize, 1995; 7) Japan. Federation of Agric. Sci., 1997; 8) Yomiuri Prize for Agric. Sci., 1997; 9) Medal with Purple Ribbon from the Government, 1999; 10) Okinawa Times Award. 1999; 11) Honorary Ph.D., Kalmar Univ. (Sweden), 2000: 11) Imperial Prize 2004; 12) Japan Academy Prize 2004; 13) Ryukyu Shinpo Prize 2006; 14) Nakanishi Prize (ACS/CSJ) 2006; Honoris Causa of the Univ. of Vigo (Spain) 2010: Honorary Ph.D. Linnaeus University (Sweden), 2013.

Research activities: Structural and analytical chemistry, etiology and toxicology on marine toxins: e.g., tetrodotoxins, ciguatoxins, maitotoxin, gambierol, gambieric acid, amphidinol, diarrhetic shellfish toxins, brevetoxins, gymnocins, gymnodimine, prorocentrolides, azaspiracids, polycavernosides, palytoxins, and prymnesins.