I'm very sorry to hear this sad news of Professor Maeda: a creative 
scientist, whose sense of fun crossed cultures.
Farewell Yasuo-san!

Rob



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> Dear Dicty people,
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> It is with great sadness that I share that Prof. Yasuo Maeda emeritus
> professor at Tohoku University passed away of illness on 26th April at
> the age of 80. His enduring legacy includes ultrastructural work on
> migrating Dicty cells as well as  its pinocytosis, early cell-cell
> heterogeneity and differentiation. Prof. Maeda was one of the early
> csm researchers here in Japan and the founding pillar of the
> community. He was a charming man and loved by his disciples and
> colleagues. We will miss him greatly.
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> yours sincerely,
> Tomoaki Abe

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