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Long-term Stay Abroad
Researcher Subjects
The University of Tokushima Faculty of medicine
Yoichi MAEKAWA
The biochemical basis of peptide selection by class • histocompatibility molecules during the intracellular processing of protein antigens
The faculty of Science,Nara Women's University
Emiko HIYAMA
Weak-decay mechanism of light hypernuclei
Research and Development Center of NAGASE & CO., LTD.
Tohru HORIGUCHI
Studies on the biosynthesis of Taxol by utilizing components of Japanese yew tree.
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Akiko TOMITANI
Molecular Genetics of filamontous cyanobacteria
TOHO University,The faculty of Sciences
Soichiro WATANABE
Analysis of the RNA polymerase enzyme from Hepatitis C Virus

Summary of Research in Abroad

Subject The biochemical basis of peptide selection by class • histocompatibility molecules during the intracellular processing of protein antigens
Researcher Yoichi MAEKAWA
The University of Tokushima Faculty of medicine
Period June 1,2002~September 30,2004
Lab.& University Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine,St. Louis, MO 63110, U.S.A
Supervisor Prof. Emil R. Unanue
moves to the head
Subject Weak-decay mechanism of light hypernuclei
Researcher Emiko HIYAMA
The faculty of Science,Nara Women's University
Period May 1,2002~October 31,2002
Lab.& University Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos,NM 87545,USA
Supervisor Prof. Benjamin F.Gibson
moves to the head
Subject Studies on the biosynthesis of Taxol by utilizing components of Japanese yew tree.
Researcher Tohru HORIGUCHI
Reserch and Development Center of NAGASE & CO., LTD.
Period May 15,2001~May 15,2005
Lab.& University Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, 1301 center avenue , Fort Collins CO, 80526, USA
Supervisor Distinguished Professor Robert M. Williams
moves to the head
Subject Molecular Genetics of filamontous cyanobacteria
Researcher Akiko TOMITANI
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Period August 20,2002 ~March 23,2003
Lab.& University Division of Microbiology,School of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,University of Leeds,Leeds LS2 9JT,UK
Supervisor Dr. D. G. Adams
moves to the head
Subject Analysis of the RNA polymerase enzyme from Hepatitis C Virus
Researcher Soichiro WATANABE
TOHO University,The faculty of Sciences
Period August 1,2002~February 26,2004
Lab.& University Department of Chemistry, Stanford University,Stanford, California, 94305 USA
Supervisor Prof. Eric T. Kool
moves to the head