Kunio Yamazaki
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Dr. Kunio Yamazaki is a biologist
. He is currently working at the Monell Chemical Senses Center
.
Dr. Yamazaki is most notable for his extensive work with the major histocompatibility complex
.
He has worked with Dr. Gary Beauchamp
, also of Monell, before.
Biologist
A biologist is a scientist devoted to and producing results in biology through the study of life. Typically biologists study organisms and their relationship to their environment. Biologists involved in basic research attempt to discover underlying mechanisms that govern how organisms work...
. He is currently working at the Monell Chemical Senses Center
Monell Chemical Senses Center
The Monell Chemical Senses Center is a non-profit independent scientific institute located at the University City Science Center research campus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...
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Dr. Yamazaki is most notable for his extensive work with the major histocompatibility complex
Major histocompatibility complex
Major histocompatibility complex is a cell surface molecule encoded by a large gene family in all vertebrates. MHC molecules mediate interactions of leukocytes, also called white blood cells , which are immune cells, with other leukocytes or body cells...
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He has worked with Dr. Gary Beauchamp
Gary Beauchamp
Dr. Gary K. Beauchamp has been Director and President of the Monell Chemical Senses Center since 1990.Dr. Beauchamp graduated from Carleton College in 1965 with a bachelor’s degree in biology. He received his Ph.D. in biopsychology in 1971 from The Pritzker School of Medicine of the University of...
, also of Monell, before.