Mutagenesis, Vol. 14, No. 4, 349,
July 1999
© 1999 UK Environmental Mutagen Society/Oxford University Press
Dr. Makoto Hayashi
The Editorial Board is delighted to welcome Dr Makoto Hayashi as the new Executive Editor for Japan and have much pleasure in introducing him to our readersMakoto Hayashi. DSc – Born in Kyoto, Japan in 1947
Education. Dr Hayashi spent two years at the Department of Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, and studied mammalian cytogenetics and in vitro carcinogenesis. He received his DSc in 1984 on `The mechanisms of micronucleus formation in mouse bone marrow and some technical aspects for the mouse micronucleus test system' from Kawansei Gakuin University, Nishinomiya, Japan.
Work experience. He joined the National Institute of Health Sciences (NIHS) (previously Hygienic Sciences) in 1976 and is currently the Head of Division of Genetics and Mutagenesis. He worked at IARC, Lyon, as a consultant for three months and also at the Institute ofOccupational Health, Helsinki for one year as a guest scientist.
Professional certification. He has been a board member of The Environmental Mutagen Society of Japan (JEMS) since 1990 and served as Secretary to JEMS from 1994 to 1997. He has been a board member of the Mammalian Mutagenicity Study Group (MMS/JEMS) from its establishment and has led many collaborative studies on the rodent micronucleus test, the outcome of which influenced ICH guidance and OECD guidelines. He is also a member of The Genetics Society of Japan, The Society of Chromosome Research (Japan), The Society of Cell Biology of Japan, The Society for Analytical Cytology, and EMS. He was the winner of the JEMS Annual Award in 1986 for `Basic and applied study on the rodent micronucleus test'. He was a managing editor of MMS Communications until the journal merged with Mutation Research and was also a receiving editor of Mutation Research Letter in 1996. He has been an editorial board member of Mutation Research and Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis since 1991, and has served as an Associate Editor of Mutagenesis since 1993.
Scientific interests. Before joining NIHS, he worked on karyoptypic evolution of lower vertebrates, especially freshwater fishes. He is currently interested in environmental science. Since joining NIHS, he has been working on micronucleus induction. He cleared the relationship between chromosomal aberrations and micronucleus formation. He introduced acridine orange staining into the rodent micronucleus assay. He is also interested in the statistical evaluation and interpretation of genotoxic data.
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