Acknowledgments and Apologies:
Acknowledgments
This part was cut off from the body text of my science chronicle. This now covers Science,
Languages, classes, and local friends. My church is included.
First of all, to the companies. (Alphabet) Adobe Systems Inc. (San Jose, CA); America
Online (Dulles, VA) with Netscape (Mountain View, CA); Apple Computer Inc. (Cupertino,
CA); AT & T (Florham, Red Bank, NJ; Menlo Park, CA; Cambridge, UK); Borland (Scotts
Valley, CA); Cisco Systems Inc. (San Jose, CA); Dell Computer Corp. (Round Rock, TX);
Epson (Long Beach, CA); Gallimard (Fr); Hewlett Packard (Palo Alto, CA); Intel Corp.
(Santa Clara, CA); International Business Machines (IBM) Corp. (Armonk, NY); La Opinión
(Los Angeles, CA); Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA); McAfee (Santa Clara, CA);
Microsoft (Redmond, WA); Motorola (Schaumburg, IL); O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
(Sebastopol, CA); Penguin Books (UK); RedHat Linux (Durham, NC); Real Networks
(Seattle, WA); SONY (New York, NY; Tokyo); Sun Microsystems Inc. (Mountain View,
CA); Toyota (Nagoya, Jp &USA); TIME Magazine (New York, NY); Topaz System
(Chatsworth, CA); XO Communication formerly Concentric Network (); Various Dictionaries
Publisher (Websters, Oxford, Sanshusha, Hakuyu-sha, Doubleday, William Collins Sons);
Novels Publishers in Japan (Iwanami-Shoten, Kadokawa, Kohdansha, Ohbunsha).
I also like to thank my friends and mentors, each one in different depth.
Bio-Science:
Tokyo Metropolitan University
Organic Chemistry, and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance of Proteins (Dr. Kainosho Masatsune, ;
Dr. Satoh Takeo, Dr. Nishiyama, Dr. Komeiji, Tanaka Nobuko, Nagao-senpai, Takahashisenpai, Imarura-senpai, Kamura-senpai, Nakamura Yoshikuni -san, Yatsuyanagi-san, one more
colleagues sit with me, Abe Kimie -san, Tomonaga Noriko -san).
Developmental biology (Dr. Kayo Okazaki, Miura Naoyuki -san, Yagi Takashi - san).
Tokyo Jikeikai University School of Medicine
Biochemistry and Protein Purification (Dr. Kurioka Susumu, Kanamaru Mitchie -san, Dr.
Matsuda Makoto, Dr. Hori Seiji, Dr. Asakura Tadashi, Dr. Sakurai -san, Dr. Kobayashi
Takaaki, Dr. Abe Miyako, Dr. Hayashi Shin-ich, Dr. Kameji Takaaki, Dr. Kanamori Ryutaro,
Dr. Fujita Shinya, Dr. Matsufuji, Dr. Murakimi -sensei, one more person across the walkway,
Yanagisawa -san, Yamada Chiyoko -san)
Osaka University
Laboratories at Osaka University, see "apologies" section at the bottom.
Neighbor Laboratories at Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, and Institute for
Molecular and Cellular Biology (Osaka U.: Dr. Shibaoka, Dr. Matsubara Ken-ichi, Dr.
Chisaka Osamu, Dr. Nakamura Norihiko; Dr. Taniguchi Tadatsugu, Harada Hisashi -san,
Mimura Kyoko -san; Dr. Kishimoto Tadamitsu)
Doheny Eye Institute
Special thanks to directing professors (Local:// Dr. Shintaro Suzuki, Dr. Kathryn A. Rich,
Dr. Janet C. Blanks)
(Faculty Global:// Dr. Stephen Ryan, :// (alphabet) Dr. Henry KW Fong, Dr. Enduck Kay,
Dr. Peter McDonnell, Dr. Narsing Rao, Dr. Alfredo Sadun, Dr. Ron Smith, Dr. Mel Trousdale,
Dr. Kay Wu)
With various memories
(Administrative) :// (human resource) Carmen Carillo, Andrea Lantini; :// (research
administrative) Linda Little, Lilia Gonzalez, Diane Gegala, Sue Gertson, Fay Sim; :// (computer)
Tony Arboleda; :// (finance) Yolanda Mora, Carol Garcia.
(Lab Local:// Dr. Kenji & Yumiko Sano, Maria Sueby, Dr. Michihiro Kitagawa, Dr.
Nonaka, Dr. Sago, Dr. Shuichi Obata, Dr. Sachiko Murase, Dr. Hirano Shinji, Fortune Hsieh,
Ernesto Barron, Anthony Rodriguez, Gengjie Yang, Yutian Zhan).
(Lab Global:// Micheal Rudisill, Chris Spee, Tamako Nakamura, Dr. Nancy Wu, Lin Guo,
Vamsi Gullapalli, Dr. Xin Gu, Meisheng Jiang, Li Tao, Sujay Pandey, Daiwei, Marthann
Salazar).
(Lab Global and my roommates related:// Dr. Danilo Soriano, Dr. Manuel Pinheiro Jr., Dr.
Taiji Sakamoto, Dr. Mauro Nishi, Dr. Daibes Filho-norris cancer, Marta dos Santos, Dr.
Murilo Domingues, Dr. Seiji Hayashi, Dr. Jose A. Cardillo, Dr. Mirian Skaf, Marcus Mendes,
Dr. Luciane Moreira, Dr. Clarissa de Oliveira, Dr. Daniel di Martino, Dr. Ayrton Ramos, Dr.
Belquiz & Joan Nassaralla, Dr. Katia Emiko Taba, Dr. Ceaser Padilla)
University of Southern California
Laboratory colleauges at USC School of Medicine, Department of Cell and Neurobiology
plus alpha (Dr. Da-Yu Wu, Julie Marszalik, Johnny Uy, Danny Tran, Charlene Manalo, Dr.
Cheryl M. Craft, Dr. Richard N. Lolley, Dr. Steve S Schreiber, Dr. Donald B. Kohn, Cecilia
Melenderes, Jaji Murage, Bruce Brown, Xumei Zhu, Gloria Arciniega, Dr. Jeannie Chen, Ana
Mendez, Angela Roca, Francis Concepcion, Dr. Hans-Jürgen Fülle, Rima Khankan, Dr.
Schauwecker, Lisa and Rich McDermott, Darlene Campbell).
Computers and Programming:
Programming language C/C++ (Darko Ziskovic, Dr. Shin-ichi Aota, BERI, Osaka).
DNA sequence scanning softwares (Dr. Dan S. Prestridge, U. of Minnesota; Dr. Gary D.
Stormo, Qing K. Chen, U. of Colorado).
My Church and Visiting Churches:
American Lutheran Church (Burbank, CA) (Pastor Ron White, Jan White; Ron and Sig Reid;
Tom and Barbara Reilly; Principal Joanne Biondi; Pastor Laura Gentry; Emily and Eric
Turney; Tony Redman; Amanda Habbershaw; Jeanette Lambert; Melissa Irizarry; Yolanda
Aumont :// (alphabet) Dave Allen; Rich & Jean Andersen; Carmen & Lisa Angentiano; Paul
Angers; Herb & Alma Bauer; Steve Biondi; Deyo Blake; Christine & Bill Bowers; Rick &
Helen Cob; Emilie Edmisten; Helen Eide; Dortha Engquist; Dorothy Frankson; Don & Jill
Friesen; Auggie, Gloria, & Joaquina Garcia; Brad & Karen Gensurowsky; Christine Gitmore;
Steve & Suzanne Habbershaw; Matilda Halbritter; Mary Hall; Leslee Harman; Marjorie
Hass; Bonnie Hill; Kim Innocent; Debbie Jarbo; Ron Jarbo; Genia Jarred; Don & Yolanda
Johnson; Warren & Dottie Johnson; Ted & Michelle Lambert; Robbin Larson; Ron Lasky;
Mike & Kathy Lawrence; Don & Betty Long; Flora McCall; Cliff & Pauline Meyer;
Lorraine Nelson; Bob & Linda Nicol; Dorotea Paulus; Denis & Lynda Petitt; Patrick &
Karen Ramos; Bill & Vi Reardon; Brian & Roberta Reynolds; Jill Richards; Isabel Rittmiller;
Bill Sims; Mike & Tina Shinn; Courtney & Lydsai Sustaire; Geogia Stathas; Kirk & Joni
Stanford; Dan & Heidi Steadler; Betty Swanson; Dorothy Swisher; Christine Templet; Mike
& Kat-Lot Teen; Tanda Tindell; Herb & Eileen Wirtz; Darren Woods & Melinda Froelich; ).
Union Church (Los Angeles, CA) (Pastor Phillip Tsuchiya -sensei; Pastor Yabuki Ken -sensei;
Kuroda Ken -san). St. Stephen's Catholic Church (Los Angeles, CA) (Father HermanJoseph Rettigs, now St. Anthony of Padua). Home Bible Study (Grayland Bembry, Danny
Williams).
Classes:
Abram Friedman Occupational Center (AFOC) (Desktop Publishing Class, Instructor
Gayle Brodie, Ivan Salazar, Michael Moor, James Austin).
Abram Friedman Occupational Center (AFOC) (Sign Language Class, Instructor Ruben
Macias, Fannie Johnson, Rudy Espinola, Adolfo Garcia, Norma Thompson, Petra Martinez,
Mirozlava Sanchez).
Languages and Genetics:
English (Saitoh Yutaka -sensei, Sakurai Shinko -sensei at junior-high; Kitajima Kumiko sensei, Itoh Junko -sensei, Ohnishi Yasuo -sensei, Yamanouchi Mitsuru -sensei, Jason Norrid,
Grayland Bembry, Maurice Barnfather, Pastor Ronald White, American Lutheran Church).
German (Konishi-sensei, Tokyo Metropolitan University; Stephan Hoffmann, Marianne
Ehren, Peter Pably, Christel Göttler, Herb Bauer, Herb Wirtz, American Lutheran Church).
French (Hori-sensei, Adachi-sensei, Tokyo Metropolitan U.).
Russian (Kanazawa Hiroharu -sensei, Ishiwatari Yoshiko -sensei, Nisso Institute; Ikeda
Mariko -san, Machida Yoko -san).
Spanish(Es) (Norberto Huerta, Carlos Garcia, Jose Rivera, Jose Ocampo, Maria Sueby,
Ramiro Panduro, Teresa Level, Iris Hernandez, Francisco Figueredo, and Felix Sutherland).
Portuguese(Pt) (Dr. Danilo Soriano, Dr. Manuel Pinheiro Jr., Dr. Mauro Nishi, Dr. Daibes
Filho, Marta dos Santos, Dr. Murilo Domingues, Dr. Seiji Hayashi, Dr. Jose A. Cardillo, Dr.
Mirian Skaf, Marcus Mendes, Dr. Luciane Moreira, Dr. Clarissa de Oliveira, Dr. Daniel di
Martino-Es/Pt, Dr. Ayrton Ramos, Dr. Belquiz & Joan Nassaralla, Dr. Katia Emiko Taba, Dr.
Ceaser Padilla-Es/Pt).
Chinese (Washio-sensei, Tama High School; Junjie Ye, Gengjie Yang, Yutian Zhan, Fortune
Hsieh).
Classic Japanese (Kawade Fumiyo -sansei, Tama high school, Inukai -sensei, Manyo-syu).
Contemporary Japanese (Fumio Kido, Dad; Masako Kido-Yamazaki, Mom; Azusachan, my sister, Amano-Kido Azusa, and everything daily lives in Japan).
Media, Communication and its Neighbors:
Los Angeles (geographical choice) and Jounalism (reading newspapers) (Mami Hayashi,
Asahi Homecast, BridgeUSA, Japan-TV). Please be yourself, I was wrong.
Communication in 1999-2000 (Malinda Ellison, Rick Dees, Ellen-K, JoJo Wright, Valentine,
Spearman, Commander Chuck Street, KIIS-FM; Noel and Josie McCurley, Security
Network USA).
Communication in 2005 (Ryan Seacrest, Ellen-K, KIIS-FM).
Show "Sweet Charity" in 2005 (Christina Applegate).
TuneFind:
Colleauges at and near TuneFind (alphabet) (Maurice Barnfather, Christine Bowers, Pastor
Laura Gentry, Dot Hammond, Teresa Level, Kathleen Marcellino, Flora McCall, Sharon
Murray, William Reardon, Dean Rosenberger, Florence Smith, and Felix Sutherland).
Ex-Housemates:
Teresa Level, Valeria Level, Charlie Level, Francin Level.
Current Housemates plus alpha:
Felix Sutherland, Barbara Sutherland :// (year order) Adam Nord, Erika Cox, Takashi Ishizu,
Serben Peteu, Meilee Saccenti, Carlos Reyes, Scott Anderson.
Apologies (this will be likely in 2005-2006, then moves into acknowledgements):
Mochida Shoji -san: I was so sorry, I was thoughtless about using your apartment room
circa 1983 summer at Kyoto. How may I fix it up to you?
Bacterial genetics and AGTC language (Osaka U.: Dr. Tateo Itoh, Dr. Hediyuki Ogawa, Dr.
Tomoko Ogawa, Dr. Horii Toshiriho, Adzuma Kenji -senpai, Ho Kenno -san, Ajimura
Masahiro - senpai, Eguchi Yutaka -senpai, Kawashima -senpai, Yasueda Hisashi-san, Dr.
Shimizu Kikuo, Dr. Kuramitsu Seiki, Yamamoto-Araki Kimi-san, Ohta Shinji -san, Tani
Yoshiaki -san, Tateishi Satoshi -san, Takechi Shinji -san, Terasawa Miyuki, Iwamoto Noriko,
Nobuki Reiko).
Laboratory of Cell Fusion and Mammalian Cell Genetics / Manipulation (Osaka U.: Dr.
Tsuyoshi Uchida, Dr. Okada Yoshio, Dr. Yasufumi Kaneda, Dr. Yoneda Yoshihiro, Dr.
Kohno Kenji, Dr. Masaru Yamaizumi, Dr. Nakanishi Mahito, Dr. Tanaka Kiyoji, Dr. Miura
Naoyuki, Dr. Sugano Tatsuo, Imamoto-Sonobe Naoko -san, Matsuoka Yousuku -san, Dr.
Iwai -sensei, Dr. Yoneda Akihiro, Iwamoto Ryo -san, Ohmura Fumihiko -san, Katoh Keiko san, Hirata Keiko -san, Dr. Kiho -sensei, Dr. Miwatani Hiroshi, Ogita Zenzaburo -san, Asahina
Hiroshi -san, Ohyama Kiyoko -san, Sai Sakae -san, Gotoh Wako -san, Matsukubo-Takahata
Yoshiko -san).
I was a terrible guy, and aggressive occasionally, probably because I was ambitious, very poor
at social interaction and under the pressure of research achievement. Please, forgive me.
Carmen Carillo : An apology to you.
Murase Sachiko -san: Another apology to you.
Postscript acknowledgment to my personal Friends.
Dance at Magic Kingdom:
Jessi Hill.
Movies Making:
Jason Norrid, Jeffery Gordon, Raul Almanzan, and Richard Hartman.
Faith on Jesus Chirst (at the beginning):
Grayland Bembry.
Dance at Christmas Party:
Carol Garcia.
Leading Role at Line Dancing:
Carmen Carillo.
End of Acknowledgments and Apologies