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| Meeting The "World"
In '87 |
Koichi Tanaka first met the "world" in
September 1987 at the 2nd Japan-China Joint Symposium on Mass Spectrometry
held in Takarazuka, Japan. It was to this event that Dr. Robert Cotter
a leading authority, even at that time, in the mass spectrometry field
had been invited. He stated in his address that it was more than likely
impossible to detect macromolecules using laser ionization mass spectrometry.
After the address, Tanaka, who was present at the symposium on behalf
of the research team to organize a poster-arranged presentation, approached
Dr. Cotter and informed him of their research results showing the
amazing data in which detection reached a mass number of 72,000. This
data had a profound impact on Dr. Cotter, who promptly took report
copies back to the USA and, in joint co-operation with Dr. Catherine
Fenselau, a biological macromolecule researcher, introduced Shimadzu
research results to many researchers in Europe and USA.
The Takarazuka symposium also gave Tanaka a chance to meet Dr. Takekiyo
Matsuo (deceased) of Osaka University, who sooner than anyone saw
the significance of the data in Tanaka's poster-arranged presentation,
and firmly recommended Tanaka should put the poster into a formal paper and
tell the world of the breakthrough. Tanaka followed Dr. Matsuo's advice
and drafted a paper in English (Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry
Vol. 2 No.8 Page 151-153 1988), bringing his name to the attention
of the world in one swift move. |
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