I am very sorry to hear of Masashi's death.
He was a lovely man, a rock in Jeff's lab and a great addition to the UK
Dicty scene while he was here.
He also had a wicked sense of humour....
All sympathy to his wife and children.

Rob

> Dear Dicty community,
>
> It is with profound regret that we share of the passing of Masashi
> Fukuzawa on Wednesday, 22th July, 2020.
> He was in his 57th year. We are feeling deep sorrow of Masashi’s early
> death.
>
>
> Masashi spent first decade of his early career with Jeffery G. Williams in
> UK, and worked at MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, University
> College London from 1994 to 1996, and University of Dundee from 1996 to
> 2004.
> Masashi made a significant contribution to our understanding of prestalk
> cell differentiation as he identified and characterised important
> transcription factors involved in DIF-1 signalling pathway and
> multicellular development in Dicty.
>
> After he moved to Hirosaki University Japan in 2004, he continued his
> long-term research interest of prestalk cell differentiation, and also, he
> expanded his scope to be focusing on entire of Dicty life cycle.
> Masashi had a deep passion for Dicty, he actively joined international
> Dicty meeting, dedicated to Japanese society for the study of the cellular
> slime mold, and contributed to develop young researcher.
>
> In the educational scene, Masashi was very active person and he always led
> student with his ambition and positive attitude as a great mentor.
> Besides the mentoring, he often organised and enjoyed fishing, camping,
> skiing, cooking and golf with the students in his laboratory.
>
> We lost dedicated scientist, and wonderful person.
>
>
> Masashi will be greatly missed.
>
>
> Satoshi and Hiroshi
>
>
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> Satoshi Kuwana
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> The University of Tokyo
> College of Arts and Sciences
> Department of Basic Science (Sawai Lab)
>
> Hiroshi Senoo
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> Johns Hopkins University
> Department of Cell Biology
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