title: [Review on my scientific career: red blood cell, thrombosis, standardization].
abstract: To mark my retirement from Kyushu University I would like to review my scientific career in this article. I started my scientific career in 1968 as a graduate student of Department of Biochemistry Kyushu University Faculty of Medicine with Professor Shigeki Minakami. Since then for almost 40 years, I have been working on (i) the metabolism and function relationship of red blood cells, (ii) the pathogenesis of Japanese thrombophilia and (iii) the standardization of clinical laboratory measurement in nationwide. I will review these subjects in this article.
authors.affiliation: Nagasaki International/University, Sasebo.
authors.forename: Naotaka
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hamasaki
mesh_terms: D001671:Biochemistry / Q000266:history; D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques / Q000266:history*; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000502:physiology; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000266:history