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Tadatsugu Taniguchi

Tadatsugu Taniguchi 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 Tadatsugu Taniguchi rather than just read about it. In short: Tadatsugu Taniguchi (谷口維紹, Taniguchi Tadatsugu; born January 1, 1948 in Wakayama Prefecture) is a Japanese immunologist known for his pioneer research on Interferons and Interferon regulatory factors. Contribution Taniguchi's work is mostly focused on immunity and oncogenesis, in particular on the mechanisms of signal transduction and gene expression.

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Reference excerpt

Contribution Taniguchi's work is mostly focused on immunity and oncogenesis, in particular on the mechanisms of signal transduction and gene expression. While working at the Cancer Institute in Tokyo, he conducted breakthrough research on sequencing the cDNA, and identified two cytokine genes, interferon-beta and interleukin-2. These advances helped characterize various cytokines and discover a new family of transcription factors, interferon regulatory factors, which play essential roles in the immune system and cancer.

Biography After graduating in biology from the Tokyo University of Education in 1971, Taniguchi worked at the Laboratory of Biochemistry, University of Naples, Italy from 1972 to 1974. He then went to the University of Zurich, where in 1978 he received his doctorate in molecular biology under the supervision of Charles Weissmann. The same year he started working at the Cancer Institute, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research. Then for two years he was a visiting associate professor at New York University, and in 1984 was appointed as professor of molecular and cell biology at Osaka University. From 1995 to 2012, he was a professor at the Faculty of Medicine, the University of Tokyo. Since 2012, he has been a professor at the Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo. He is also an adjunct professor at the New York University School of Medicine.

Honors and awards Milstein Award (1988) Asahi Prize (1989) Robert Koch Prize (1991) Keio Medical Science Prize (1997) Japan Academy Prize (2000) Member, National Academy of Sciences (US, since 2003) Pezcoller-AACR International Award for Cancer Research (2006) Tomizo Yoshida Award, Japanese Cancer Association (2008) Honorary Doctor, University of Zurich (2007) Person of Cultural Merit (2009) Honorary citizen, Aridagawa, Wakayama (since 2010) Order of Culture (2023)

Editorial activities He is an editor of the journals Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, eLife and Immunity.

See also List of members of the National Academy of Sciences (Immunology)

References

External links

Taniguchi Lab, University of Tokyo Archived 2014-10-19 at the Wayback Machine

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Tadatsugu Taniguchi

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Tadatsugu Taniguchi 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 Tadatsugu Taniguchi 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 Tadatsugu Taniguchi 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 Tadatsugu Taniguchi

In research: Tadatsugu Taniguchi 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 Tadatsugu Taniguchi 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: Tadatsugu Taniguchi is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1948 births, Academic staff of the University of Tokyo, Cancer researchers, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Tadatsugu Taniguchi 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

What is Tadatsugu Taniguchi in simple terms?

Tadatsugu Taniguchi (谷口維紹, Taniguchi Tadatsugu; born January 1, 1948 in Wakayama Prefecture) is a Japanese immunologist known for his pioneer research on Interferons and Interferon regulatory factors. Contribution Taniguchi's work is mostly focused on immunity and oncogenesis, in particular on the…

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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.

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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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