Wada, Akiyoshi
Person
Biography
Akiyoshi Wada is Professor Emeritus of Tokyo University, after having been a professor of Physics of the University and Director of the RIKEN Genomic Sciences Center (GSC), Yokohama, Japan. Currently, he is the Special Advisor of GSC, President of Yokohama Science Center, and Executive Director of Ochanomizu University. Wada studied biological macromolecules in Prof Paul Doty’s lab at Harvard University before joining the Department of Physics in the Faculty of Science at Tokyo University, where he studied the physical properties of DNA and proteins until 1990.
In 1981, Wada led a national project in Japan to develop the world’s first automated DNA sequencing device. Wada was President of Biophysical Society of Japan (1974–1975), Council member of the International Union of Pure and Applied Biophysics (IUPAB) (1978–1984) and Director of Science Division of The Science Council of Japan (1997–2000). He was an instrumental architect of the Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) in 1988.
Dr. Wada was the first person in the world to propose automated high-speed technology for deciphering DNA sequence. By 1988, the Japanese Human Genome Project began as a response to the progress in the corresponding activities in the United States and Europe. The International Human Genome Project began under the cooperation of Japanese, European, and American researchers working on The International Human Genome Project. At a meeting in 1996 in Bermuda, a decision was taken to split the task of sequencing the human genome between several countries. Japan was allocated human chromosome 21, and the Japanese team, consisting of Yoshiyuki Sakaki, Nobuyoshi Shimizu, and their colleagues, successfully sequenced the entire chromosome in 2000 with the collaboration of the German team.
Found in 33 Collections and/or Records:
Articles about Japan given to Sydney Brenner by Akiyoshi Wada, 1991
Item — Box CP18, Folder: 37
Identifier: SB_01_01_0746_016
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Correspondence series consists of incoming and outgoing handwritten and typed letters, carbons, postcards, faxes, and telegrams generated during Sydney Brenner's career. The bulk of this series covers the late 1940s to the 2000s. Correspondents include over 30 Nobel laureates, as well as biochemists, geneticists, students, publishers, and others. Highlights of the collection include the correspondence from Francis Crick, with whom Brenner shared an office for 20 years. Topics covered...
Dates:
1991
Faxed handwritten letter from Akiyoshi Wada to Sydney Brenner #1, 5/11/1992
Item — Box CP18, Folder: 37
Identifier: SB_01_01_0746_035
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Correspondence series consists of incoming and outgoing handwritten and typed letters, carbons, postcards, faxes, and telegrams generated during Sydney Brenner's career. The bulk of this series covers the late 1940s to the 2000s. Correspondents include over 30 Nobel laureates, as well as biochemists, geneticists, students, publishers, and others. Highlights of the collection include the correspondence from Francis Crick, with whom Brenner shared an office for 20 years. Topics covered...
Dates:
5/11/1992
Faxed handwritten letter from Akiyoshi Wada to Sydney Brenner #2, 17/09/1992
Item — Box CP18, Folder: 37
Identifier: SB_01_01_0746_036
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Correspondence series consists of incoming and outgoing handwritten and typed letters, carbons, postcards, faxes, and telegrams generated during Sydney Brenner's career. The bulk of this series covers the late 1940s to the 2000s. Correspondents include over 30 Nobel laureates, as well as biochemists, geneticists, students, publishers, and others. Highlights of the collection include the correspondence from Francis Crick, with whom Brenner shared an office for 20 years. Topics covered...
Dates:
17/09/1992
Faxed handwritten letter from Akiyoshi Wada to Sydney Brenner #3, 17/09/1992
Item — Box CP18, Folder: 37
Identifier: SB_01_01_0746_037
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Correspondence series consists of incoming and outgoing handwritten and typed letters, carbons, postcards, faxes, and telegrams generated during Sydney Brenner's career. The bulk of this series covers the late 1940s to the 2000s. Correspondents include over 30 Nobel laureates, as well as biochemists, geneticists, students, publishers, and others. Highlights of the collection include the correspondence from Francis Crick, with whom Brenner shared an office for 20 years. Topics covered...
Dates:
17/09/1992
Faxed handwritten letter from Akiyoshi Wada to Sydney Brenner #4, 28/09/1993
Item — Box CP18, Folder: 37
Identifier: SB_01_01_0746_041
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Correspondence series consists of incoming and outgoing handwritten and typed letters, carbons, postcards, faxes, and telegrams generated during Sydney Brenner's career. The bulk of this series covers the late 1940s to the 2000s. Correspondents include over 30 Nobel laureates, as well as biochemists, geneticists, students, publishers, and others. Highlights of the collection include the correspondence from Francis Crick, with whom Brenner shared an office for 20 years. Topics covered...
Dates:
28/09/1993
Faxed handwritten letter from Sydney Brenner to Akiyoshi Wada, 24/09/1993
Item — Box CP18, Folder: 37
Identifier: SB_01_01_0746_042
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Correspondence series consists of incoming and outgoing handwritten and typed letters, carbons, postcards, faxes, and telegrams generated during Sydney Brenner's career. The bulk of this series covers the late 1940s to the 2000s. Correspondents include over 30 Nobel laureates, as well as biochemists, geneticists, students, publishers, and others. Highlights of the collection include the correspondence from Francis Crick, with whom Brenner shared an office for 20 years. Topics covered...
Dates:
24/09/1993
Faxed letter from Akiyoshi Wada to Sydney Brenner #1, 4/3/1992
Item — Box CP18, Folder: 37
Identifier: SB_01_01_0746_021
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Correspondence series consists of incoming and outgoing handwritten and typed letters, carbons, postcards, faxes, and telegrams generated during Sydney Brenner's career. The bulk of this series covers the late 1940s to the 2000s. Correspondents include over 30 Nobel laureates, as well as biochemists, geneticists, students, publishers, and others. Highlights of the collection include the correspondence from Francis Crick, with whom Brenner shared an office for 20 years. Topics covered...
Dates:
4/3/1992
Faxed letter from Akiyoshi Wada to Sydney Brenner #2, 19/08/1992
Item — Box CP18, Folder: 37
Identifier: SB_01_01_0746_025
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Correspondence series consists of incoming and outgoing handwritten and typed letters, carbons, postcards, faxes, and telegrams generated during Sydney Brenner's career. The bulk of this series covers the late 1940s to the 2000s. Correspondents include over 30 Nobel laureates, as well as biochemists, geneticists, students, publishers, and others. Highlights of the collection include the correspondence from Francis Crick, with whom Brenner shared an office for 20 years. Topics covered...
Dates:
19/08/1992
Faxed letter from Akiyoshi Wada to Sydney Brenner #3, 13/09/1993
Item — Box CP18, Folder: 37
Identifier: SB_01_01_0746_043
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Correspondence series consists of incoming and outgoing handwritten and typed letters, carbons, postcards, faxes, and telegrams generated during Sydney Brenner's career. The bulk of this series covers the late 1940s to the 2000s. Correspondents include over 30 Nobel laureates, as well as biochemists, geneticists, students, publishers, and others. Highlights of the collection include the correspondence from Francis Crick, with whom Brenner shared an office for 20 years. Topics covered...
Dates:
13/09/1993
Faxed letter from Akiyoshi Wada to Sydney Brenner #4, 13/08/1993
Item — Box CP18, Folder: 37
Identifier: SB_01_01_0746_045
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Correspondence series consists of incoming and outgoing handwritten and typed letters, carbons, postcards, faxes, and telegrams generated during Sydney Brenner's career. The bulk of this series covers the late 1940s to the 2000s. Correspondents include over 30 Nobel laureates, as well as biochemists, geneticists, students, publishers, and others. Highlights of the collection include the correspondence from Francis Crick, with whom Brenner shared an office for 20 years. Topics covered...
Dates:
13/08/1993
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- Journal of Molecular Biology 3
- Automated DNA Sequencers 2
- Career Choice 2
- Central Research Laboratory, Hitachi, Ltd 2
- Correspondence as Topic 2
- DNA Detection 2
- Electrophoresis Gel Migration 2
- Hamamatsu, Japan 2
- Human Genome Project 2
- Nucleic Acid – Sequencing 2
- Okayama, Japan 2
- Patent Licenses 2
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- Politics 2
- Reprints 2
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- Sequencing 2
- Tokyo, Japan 2
- Authors and publishers 1
- Awards and Prizes 1
- Base Sequencing 1
- CD-ROMs 1
- Completion HGP Fist Intl work shop on automatic and high speed DNA 1
- Correspondence 1
- Genome Mapping and Sequencing 1
- Genome sequencing and mapping 1
- Invitations 1
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