University of Tokyo (BSc, DSc) Rockefeller University
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
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Website
www.ohsumilab.aro.iri.titech.ac.jp/english.html
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 Tokyo Institute of Technology'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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