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A Tribute to Professor Shigeki Mizuno

A Tribute to Professor Shigeki Mizuno Chromosome Research 13: 111–112, 2005. 111 # 2005 Springer. Printed in the Netherlands I first met Shigeki Mizuno when he walked into my lab at the University of Leicester in 1971.He had joined me as a research associate, coming from Arthur Whiteley’s group at the Friday Harbour laboratory of the University of Washington.Our programme paraded under the gloriously open title of ‘‘Arrangement and expression of DNA sequences in the large genomes of amphibians’’.In the 1970s you could do that kind of thing and confidently expect to be generously funded. Shigeki made several marked ¢rst impressions. This man was wise. He had an impressively wide and detailed knowledge of his ¢eld of science. This man was brave. He was calmly prepared to get on with the job, no matter how challenging and dif- ¢cult it might seem to be. This man was kind, courteous and eminently reasonable and he very quickly endeared himself to everyone around him. And this man had an extraordinary sense of humour, quiet, rich and supremely civilized. At the bench, he was one of those people whose standards of preparation and planning ensure that they always get things absolutely right ¢rst time in£uence that he had http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Chromosome Research Springer Journals

A Tribute to Professor Shigeki Mizuno

Macgregor, H.
Chromosome Research , Volume 13 (2) – Jan 1, 2005
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Springer Journals
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Copyright © 2005 by Springer Science + Business Media, Inc.
Subject
Biomedicine; Human Genetics; Cell Biology; Plant Genetics & Genomics; Animal Genetics and Genomics
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0967-3849
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1573-6849
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10.1007/s10577-005-2428-9
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Chromosome Research 13: 111–112, 2005. 111 # 2005 Springer. Printed in the Netherlands I first met Shigeki Mizuno when he walked into my lab at the University of Leicester in 1971.He had joined me as a research associate, coming from Arthur Whiteley’s group at the Friday Harbour laboratory of the University of Washington.Our programme paraded under the gloriously open title of ‘‘Arrangement and expression of DNA sequences in the large genomes of amphibians’’.In the 1970s you could do that kind of thing and confidently expect to be generously funded. Shigeki made several marked ¢rst impressions. This man was wise. He had an impressively wide and detailed knowledge of his ¢eld of science. This man was brave. He was calmly prepared to get on with the job, no matter how challenging and dif- ¢cult it might seem to be. This man was kind, courteous and eminently reasonable and he very quickly endeared himself to everyone around him. And this man had an extraordinary sense of humour, quiet, rich and supremely civilized. At the bench, he was one of those people whose standards of preparation and planning ensure that they always get things absolutely right ¢rst time in£uence that he had

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