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Part 2: The Invention of PCR

2026.01.06
The author first heard the term “PCR” in the early 1980s while undergoing training on a DNA synthesizer in the sub… 黒澤伸行

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Part 1 The “Analyzing Life’s Mysteries” Project Was Born from Analytical Instrument Development

2025.11.17
This series is based on a manuscript I had the honor of writing for the Journal of the Society for Biotechnology, Japan, “Continuation of the Fundamentals of Biotechnology Lecture Series/Miscel… 黒澤伸行

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Understanding the Archive and Foreseeing the Future

2025.01.23
The progress of chromatography since the late 1970s has been remarkable. In the field of protein research, techniques for isolating target proteins advanced around Sephadex media, and the introduction of… 黒澤伸行

The Good Old America (6)

2025.01.15
Have you ever heard of Buena Vista Social Club? This name became famous thanks to an album created in 1997, born out of a session between American musician Ry Cood… 黒澤伸行

The Good Old America (5)

2024.07.22
My first visit to North America was in 1972. During my childhood in Tokyo, I would often peer through the fences at Washington Heights (now Yoyogi Park) to glimpse the U.S. m… 黒澤伸行

The Good Old America (4)

2024.07.15
Upon landing at Nashville Airport (Tennessee) on a domestic flight from Boston, passengers quickly stood up as soon as the seatbelt sign was turned off. Adjusting my watch to Central Time, an hour behind Eastern Time, I ove… 黒澤伸行

The Good Old America (3)

2024.07.08
In the 1960s, several secondhand clothing stores along Omotesando and Aoyama sold surplus U.S. military jeans and apparel. Even as an elementary school student, I wore Levi’s and LEE jeans that my mother h… 黒澤伸行

The Good Old America (2)

2024.07.01
The second business trip to the United States started off in the worst possible way. My flight was delayed by three hours in Los Angeles, causing me to miss my connection. As a result, I had to take a series of overnight… 黒澤伸行

The Good Old America (1)

2024.07.01
The first time I traveled to the US for work was around 1984, during PITTCON. It was just before the release of the HPLC photodiode array detector. Atlantic City was a town of boardwalks and casinos. I found bre… 黒澤伸行

Photo of multiple analytical instruments, including a mass spectrometer, installed on a laboratory bench in a white research lab.

The Untold Story of HPLC: Why Did Dr. James L. Waters Create HPLC?

2024.07.01
From the late 1970s to the 1980s, the HPLC market expanded significantly as a method for low-molecular-weight separation and measurem… 黒澤伸行

Part 2: The Invention of PCR

Part 1 The “Analyzing Life’s Mysteries” Project Was Born from Analytical Instrument Development

Understanding the Archive and Foreseeing the Future

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The Untold Story of HPLC: Why Did Dr. James L. Waters Create HPLC?

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Part 2: The Invention of PCR

Part 1 The “Analyzing Life’s Mysteries” Project Was Born from Analytical Instrument Development

Understanding the Archive and Foreseeing the Future

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The Good Old America (4)

The Good Old America (3)

The Good Old America (2)

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The Untold Story of HPLC: Why Did Dr. James L. Waters Create HPLC?

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