Professional Training and Experience

• BS (Meat Science), 1966, Obihiro University, Obihiro, Japan
• MS (Muscle Biochemistry), 1968, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
• PhD (Muscle Biology), 1972, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin

Research Interests

• Muscle structure, muscle contraction
• Muscle diseases, skeletal and cardiac muscle
• Cardiovascular system
• Muscle protein isolation, characterization
• Immunomolecular biology: CD antigens, cytokines, dendritic cells
• Electrophysiology: EC coupling
• Electron microscopy
• Atomic force microscopy