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Yoshinori Ohsumi | |
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.jpg) Ohsumi in 2015 | |
| Born | February 9, 1945 |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Alma mater | University of Tokyo |
| Known for | Autophagy |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2016) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Cell biologist |
| Institutions | Tokyo Institute of Technology |
| Website | www |
Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 290: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value). (born 9 February 1945) is a Japanese cell biologist. He won the 2016 Physiology or Medicine for his discoveries of how cell autophagy works.[1]
Autophagy is the process that cells use to break down and recycle cellular components. This allows the orderly recycling of cellular components.[2][3]
Ohsumi is a professor in Tokyo Institute of Technology's Frontier Research Center.[4] He got the Kyoto Prize for Basic Science in 2012.[5]
References
- ↑ "The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2016". The Nobel Foundation. 3 October 2016. http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2016/press.html.
- ↑ Mizushima, N; Komatsu, M (11 November 2011). "Autophagy: renovation of cells and tissues.". Cell 147 (4): 728–41. .
- ↑ Kobayashi S (2015). "Choose delicately and reuse adequately: the newly revealed process of autophagy". Biological & Pharmaceutical Bulletin 38 (8): 1098–103. . .
- ↑ Yoshinori Ohsumi's biog in ORCID [1]
- ↑ Biemiller, Lawrence (2012-11-10). "Kyoto Prize Is Awarded to 3 Scholars". http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/kyoto-prize-is-awarded-to-3-scholars/51696?cid=gn&utm_source=gn&utm_medium=en.
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