Koichi Tanaka
Koichi Tanaka (田中 耕一, Tanaka Kōichi, born August 3, 1959) is a Japanese electrical engineer. He shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2002 for creating a method for mass spectrometric analyses of biological macromolecules with John Bennett Fenn and Kurt Wüthrich.[1][2]
Koichi Tanaka | |
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| Born | 3 August 1959
(aged 66) |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Alma mater | Tohoku University |
| Known for | Soft laser desorption |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2002) Order of Culture (2002) Person of Cultural Merit (2002) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Electrical Engineering, chemistry |
| Institutions | Shimadzu Corporation |
Koichi Tanaka Media
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with Masatoshi Koshiba and Jun'ichirō Koizumi (at the Prime Minister's Official Residence on October 11, 2002)
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Shimadzu LCMS-IT-TOF liquid chromatography mass spectrometer, used in the development of next-generation diagnostic methods for detecting disease-related proteins from blood samples.
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Ribbon bar: Order of Culture (Japan)
References
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- ↑ "Biographical Snapshots of Famous Women and Minority Chemists: Snapshot". Archived from the original on 2008-06-05. Retrieved 2008-08-18.