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Yoshinori Ohsumi
Yoshinori Ohsumi | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Ohsumi in 2016 | |
| Born | February 9, 1945 Fukuoka, Japan |
| Alma mater | University of Tokyo (BSc, DSc) |
| Known for | Autophagy |
| Awards | Kyoto Prize (2012) Gairdner Foundation International Award (2015) Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2016) Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences (2017) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Cell biologist |
| Institutions | Institute of Science Tokyo Tokyo Institute of Technology |
| Website | www |
Yoshinori Ohsumi (大隅 良典, Ōsumi Yoshinori, born February 9, 1945) is a Japanese cell biologist specializing in autophagy, the process that cells use to destroy and recycle cellular components. Ohsumi is a professor at Institute of Science Tokyo's Institute of Innovative Research.[1] He received the Kyoto Prize for Basic Sciences in 2012,[2] the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, and the 2017 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences[3] for his discoveries of mechanisms for autophagy.[4]
- ^ Yoshinori Ohsumi's ORCID 0000-0003-2384-2166
- ^ Biemiller, Lawrence (November 10, 2012). "Kyoto Prize Is Awarded to 3 Scholars". The Chronicle of Higher Education Blogs: The Ticker. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
- ^ "Laureates—Breakthrough Prize". Breakthrough Prize. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
- ^ "The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2016". The Nobel Foundation. October 3, 2016. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
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