Dr.

Masatoshi Takeichi

Riken Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research
Cellular and developmental biologist; Educator; Research institution administrator
Area
Biological Sciences
Specialty
Cellular and Developmental Biology
Elected
2004
International Honorary Member
Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University, and Honorary Scientist, RIKEN. Discovered that cell-cell adhesion is mediated by cadherins, transmembrane proteins that mediate the homotypic binding between neighboring cells. Demonstrated that a code exists such that cells with like cadherins attach to each other.
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