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Mitsuhiro Yanagida

Mitsuhiro Yanagida is a biology topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Mitsuhiro Yanagida rather than just read about it. In short: Mitsuhiro Yanagida ForMemRS (柳田充弘, Yanagida Mitsuhiro; born April 4, 1941, in Tokyo) is a Japanese molecular biologist known for research on cell cycle and chromosome structure using the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. He was elected as a foreign member of the Royal Society on 11 May 2000.

Key takeaways

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Reference excerpt

Mitsuhiro Yanagida ForMemRS (柳田充弘, Yanagida Mitsuhiro; born April 4, 1941, in Tokyo) is a Japanese molecular biologist known for research on cell cycle and chromosome structure using the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. He was elected as a foreign member of the Royal Society on 11 May 2000.

Education and early life Yanagida was born in Tokyo, and received his doctorate in science from the University of Tokyo in 1970.

Career and research He was Professor of Biophysics at Kyoto University from 1977 to 2004, where he served as Dean of Graduate School of Biostudies from 2001 to 2003. After retiring from Kyoto University and becoming Professor Emeritus, he has been Professor of the G0 Cell Unit at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology.

Awards and honors

Yanagida is an Honorary Fellow of the Society of Biology since 2010 and foreign associate of the National Academy of Sciences, USA since 2012. He received many awards including the Order of Culture (2011) and the Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy (2003).

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Mitsuhiro Yanagida

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Mitsuhiro Yanagida claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In biology, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Mitsuhiro Yanagida before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Mitsuhiro Yanagida ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Mitsuhiro Yanagida

In research: Mitsuhiro Yanagida appears in biology research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Mitsuhiro Yanagida in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Mitsuhiro Yanagida is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1941 births, Academic staff of Kyoto University, Foreign members of the Royal Society, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Mitsuhiro Yanagida outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

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Why does Mitsuhiro Yanagida matter?

Because it connects several biology ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Mitsuhiro Yanagida?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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