Japanese Biologists at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole

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During the hundred years from 1890 to 1990, about eighty Japanese biologists visited the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) at Woods Hole, Massachusetts. The academic careers and relationships and their research interests of these scientists are described chronologically in relation to major world events. Shozaburo Watase, whose major areas of interest were animal morphology and cytology, was, in 1890, the first Japanese biologist to visit the MBL; indeed, he worked under the MBL first director, C. O. Whitman. In the years preceding World War II, about 20 Japanese biologists visited the MBL; the most active one among these scientists was Katsuma Dan, who came to the MBL for the first time in 1937. Ten years later, in 1947, Dan's wife-Jean Clark Dan-became the first post-war Japanese visitor. The number of Japanese biologists visiting the MBL surged during the 1960s and then declined as marine laboratories in Japan became better equipped. A particularly memorable event was the tour of the MBL by the Emperor of Japan, Hirohito, in October 1975. Two Japanese biologists have maintained long-term laboratories at the MBL: Shinya Inoue has been working at Woods Hole since 1949, and Osamu Shimomura, since 1981. At the MBL, Japanese biologists were able to learn the latest research methods; they were also exposed to the atmosphere of the laboratory and established professional and personal contacts with American biologists. Hence, the MBL was considered by Japanese biologists to be the most influential of all marine biological laboratories after World War II.

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    1571980077170051968
  • NII論文ID
    110006473352
  • NII書誌ID
    AA11081495
  • ISSN
    02854821
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    en
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