Visit to Japan, April-May
- Date:
- 1976
- Reference:
- PP/EBC/J.165-J.171
- Part of:
- Chain, Professor Sir Ernst Boris
- Archives and manuscripts
Collection contents
About this work
Publication/Creation
1976
Physical description
7 files
Biographical note
Chain was invited to visit Japan by H. Umezawa, Director, Microbial Chemistry Research Foundation Institute of Microbial Chemistry, preliminary arrangements being made during the Ninth International Congress of Chemotherapy (J.158). The visit was financed by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
Chain visited several universities and research institutes, and gave lectures on fungal viruses (Bibliog. 148), the action of insulin on metabolism, and the history of penicillin. He was accompanied by Lady Chain, who lectured on insulin and obesity.
During his visit, Chain met the Emperor, and was decorated with the Order of the Rising Sun.