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In May 1974, or about 21 years ago, when the first International Meeting of ISTRY was held in this beautiful city of Padova, I had the great pleasure of making personal acquaintance with Prof. Luigi Musajo, whom I had heard about so much while I was in Japan. At this meeting, I presented two lectures, one on oxygenases and the other on indoleamine dioxygenase. I still remember his warm and encouraging remarks and was greatly impressed by his science as well as his personality. It is indeed a great honor and pleasure for me to visit Padova again and to present the Luigi Musajo Award lecture to this distinguished audience. In memory of Prof. Luigi Musajo, I respectfully dedicate this lecture, and describe briefly our past work on tryptophan and oxygenases and the on-going work concerning the mystery of sleep.
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Hayaishi, O. (1996). Tryptophan, Oxygenase, and Sleep. In: Filippini, G.A., Costa, C.V.L., Bertazzo, A. (eds) Recent Advances in Tryptophan Research. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 398. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0381-7_1
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