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Yoshimasa Hirata was born on 1915 in Yamaguchi, Japan, is a Japanese organic chemist. Discover Yoshimasa Hirata's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 85 years old?

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Born 1915
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Birthplace Yamaguchi, Japan
Date of death 2000
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Yoshimasa Hirata (平田 義正) was a Japanese organic chemist.

1915

Hirata was born in Yamaguchi, Japan in 1915.

1941

He received a Bachelor of Science from the Tokyo Imperial University (now the University of Tokyo) in 1941, and then joined the faculty there as a Lecturer of Chemistry.

1944

In 1944, he moved to Nagoya University as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry.

In that same year, he was promoted Associate Professor.

1949

He received his Ph.D. from Nagoya University in 1949, and was promoted to Full Professor in 1954.

1955

In 1955, Hirata met a recent graduate from Nagasaki Pharmacy School, a young Osamu Shimomura.

He invited Shimomura to work in his lab, which he did, in April 1955.

Hirata tasked him with purifying crystallizing Cypridina luciferin for the purpose of determining its structure.

He completed the difficult task after three months, and Hirata awarded him with a doctorate, despite him not being a doctoral student.

1979

In 1979, Hirata moved to Meijo University, staying there for ten years before retiring.

Hirata's best known research was that involving toxic compounds, including tetrodotoxinpandalytoxin, his research of the bioluminescent compound Cypridina luciferin from the vargula hilgendorfii, also known as the sea firefly, and his work on bioactive compounds of plant origin, including anisatin, dendrobine, and daphniphylline.