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Andrzej K. Tarkowski (born 4 May 1933, Warsaw) is a Polish embryologist and an emeritus professor at Warsaw University.〔 (Warsaw University's Department of Biology website )〕 He is best known for his pioneering researches on embryos and blastomeres, which have created theoretical and practical basis for achievements of biology and medicine of the twentieth century - in vitro fertilization, cloning and stem cell discovery. In 2002 Tarkowski with Anne McLaren won the Japan Prize for their discoveries concerning the early development of mammalian embryos.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2002 (18th) JAPAN PRIZE LAUREATES )〕 ==Career== In 1950 Tarkowski was admitted to study at the Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences (Currently: Faculty of Biology) University of Warsaw. He graduated in 1955 with M.Sc. degree. His Ph.D. was received in 1959, and in 1963 he reached a D.Sc. degree at the Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw. In 1972 he was appointed professor. He eventually received full professorship in 1978. From 1964 until his retirement in 2003 he was the head of the Department of Embryology, and during two periods (1972-1981;1987-2003) he was the head of the Institute of Zoology in the Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw. Professor Tarkowski contributed to international science throughout his professional life. He has collaborated with many research centers around the world. He was a Fellow of the Rockefeller Foundation in the Department of Zoology, University College of North Wales (UK), and served as a visiting professor of the Royal Society at the University of Oxford (UK), Rockefeller University of New York (USA), University of Adelaide (Australia) and Institute of Jacques Monod CNRS and Paris University XVII (France). Tarkowski is also a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences, the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences, the French Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Sciences, and Academia Europaea. In 1997-2004 he was also a member of the Advisory Board of the Foundation for Polish Science. What characterises professor Tarkowski is his passion for teaching. His M.Sc and Ph.D students were good prepared to carry out own researches, what resulted in fact that currently many of them lead own laboratories and are professors at universities all around the world (Cambridge(UK), Manchester(UK), Houston(USA),Rennes(France)) In 2003 professor Tarkowski retired. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Andrzej Tarkowski」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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