Biochemistry

Charles Fumito Taketa was born March 10, 1926, at Waimea on the island of Kawai, Hawaii. He received his A.B. at Washington University in 1950, and his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1957. In 1958, he was appointed to the faculty of Marquette University School of Medicine as instructor in Biochemistry and later promoted to Assistant Professor. As the school became the Medical College of Wisconsin in 1967, he continued his ascent to Associate Professor, then to Professor in 1973. In 1980-1982, he was acting Chairman, and from 1982 he was Vice Chairman of the Department of Biochemistry. His research career, which was devoted to understanding the chemical basis hemoglobin function and later the toxicity of organotin compounds, was supported by the National Institutes of Health, the Wisconsin Heart Foundation, the American Cancer Society, and the Midwest Children's Cancer Center. In 1975-1976, he was a Fogarty Scholar at Kings College, London, and in 1987 he received the Medical College's Distinguished Service Award. He died on June 1, 1990.

 

Past Invited Speakers

May 2007		Natalie Ahn, Ph.D. University of Colorado Boulder
May 2006		Jack Dixon, Ph.D. University of California San Diego
Apr. 2004		Phillip A. Cole, MD, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University Maryland
Oct. 2002		William S. Reznikoff, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison
Apr. 2002		Rowena G. Matthews, Ph.D. University of Michigan
Apr. 2001		Gregory Petsko, Ph.D. Brandeis University
Sept. 1999		Hector DeLuca, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin—Madison
Oct. 1998		James L. Lessard, Ph.D. Children's Hospital Medical Center Cincinnati
Apr. 1998		Jonathan Stamler, M.D. Howard Hughes Medical Institute Duke University Medical Center
Oct. 1996		Bettie Sue Masters, Ph.D. University of Texas Health Science Center
Oct.  1995		Richard T. Okita, Ph.D. Washington State University
May 1994		Robert G. Kemp, Ph.D. University Health Science Center Chicago Medical School
Sept. 1992		Grant Mauk, Ph.D. University of British Columbia
Oct. 1991		John W. Suttie, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin—Madison