Using unparalleled techniques in electron microscopy, Japanese biophysicist Eisaku Katayama (1949– ) revealed molecular shapes of various proteins in their functional states with a resolution that can only be superseded by x-ray study. He also contributed to new techniques in astronomical photography. (M 39651) _ _.
Discovered on 28-9-1992 in Kitami by Endate, K., Watanabe, K.