was a Japanese-American biochemist. Hakomori was born in

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on 13 February 1929, and graduated from

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Medical College in 1951. He elected for further study in biochemistry under Hajime Masamune. As a

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, Hakomori also worked with Roger W. Jeanloz. In 1959, Hakomori began teaching at the Tohoku College of Pharmaceutical Science. Hakomori returned to the United States in 1964, again working under Jeanloz. In 1966, Hakomori joined the faculty of

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. He left Massachusetts two years later for a position at the

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. Upon moving to Washington, Hakomori concurrently began work for the

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and later the Pacific Northwest Research Institute. The Society for Glycobiology gave Hakomori its Karl Meyer Award in 1995. He was elected member of the

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in 1987 and of the

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in 2000. Hakomori shared the Society for Glycobiology's 2011 Rosalind Kornfeld Award with Yuan-Chuan Lee. He died at home in Mercer Island, Washington on November 10, 2020.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hakomori, Sen-itiroh 1929 births 2020 deaths Japanese emigrants to the United States 20th-century Japanese biochemists 20th-century American biochemists 21st-century American biochemists People from Sendai Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences Tohoku University alumni Brandeis University faculty University of Washington faculty Academic staff of Tohoku University Scientists from Sendai