Molecular biologist Shin-Ichi Fukuoka honored as a Vermeer aficionado

Molecular biologist Shin-Ichi Fukuoka honored as a Vermeer aficionado

NEW YORK, United States - Photo taken on July 1, 2014, at Rockefeller University in New York, the United States, shows Japanese molecular biologist Shin-Ichi Fukuoka. He was recently selected as one of 20 aficionados of 17th century Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer by the Royal Pictures Gallery Mauritshuis in The Netherlands.

Molecular biologist Shin-Ichi Fukuoka honored as a Vermeer aficionado

Molecular biologist Shin-Ichi Fukuoka honored as a Vermeer aficionado

NEW YORK, United States - Photo taken on July 1, 2014, in New York, the United States, shows Japanese molecular biologist Shin-Ichi Fukuoka. He was recently selected as one of 20 aficionados of 17th century Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer by the Royal Pictures Gallery Mauritshuis in The Netherlands.

Molecular biologist Shin-Ichi Fukuoka honored as a Vermeer aficionado

Molecular biologist Shin-Ichi Fukuoka honored as a Vermeer aficionado

NEW YORK, United States - Photo taken on July 1, 2014, in New York, the United States, shows Japanese molecular biologist Shin-Ichi Fukuoka. He was recently selected as one of 20 aficionados of 17th century Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer by the Royal Pictures Gallery Mauritshuis in The Netherlands. (Kyodo)

Molecular biologist Shin-Ichi Fukuoka honored as a Vermeer aficionado

Molecular biologist Shin-Ichi Fukuoka honored as a Vermeer aficionado

NEW YORK, United States - Photo taken on July 1, 2014, at Rockefeller University in New York, the United States, shows Japanese molecular biologist Shin-Ichi Fukuoka. He was recently selected as one of 20 aficionados of 17th century Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer by the Royal Pictures Gallery Mauritshuis in The Netherlands. (Kyodo)