Yoshinori Ohsumi
Yoshinori Ohsumi (大隅 良典 Ōsumi Yoshinori) (born February 9, 1945) is a Japanese cell biologist specializing in autophagy, is a professor in Tokyo Institute of Technology 's Frontier Research Center. He received the Kyoto Prize for Basic Science in 2012.[1]
Biography
Ohsumi was born February 9, 1945 in Fukuoka, Japan. He received a B.Sci. in 1967 and a D.Sci. in 1974, both from Tokyo University; from 1974-77 he was a postdoctoral fellow at the Rockefeller University in New York City.
He returned to The University of Tokyo in 1977 as a Research Associate; he was appointed Lecturer there in 1986, and promoted to Associate Professor in 1988. In 1996 he moved to the National Institute for Basic Biology in Okazaki City, Japan. where he was appointed Professor. From 2004 to 2009 he was also professor at the Graduate University for Advanced Studies in Hayama, Japan. In 2009 he transitioned to a three-way appointment as Emeritus Professor at the National Institute for Basic Biology and at the Graduate University for Advanced Studies, and a Professorship at the University of Tokyo.
Awards
- Fujihara Award, Fujihara Foundation of Science (2005)
- Japan Academy Prize, Japan Academy (2006)
- Asahi Prize, Asahi Shimbun (2009)
- Kyoto Prize for Basic Science (2012)
- Gairdner Foundation International Award (2015)
- International Prize for Biology (2015)
- Keio Medical Science Prize (2015)
Publications
Ohsumi's most cited paper on the protein LC3[2] has been cited a great number of times according to Google Scholar.
References
- ↑ Lawrence Biemiller, "Kyoto Prize Is Awarded to 3 Scholars" The Chronicle of Higher Education Nov. 10, 2012
- ↑ Kabeya, Y.; Mizushima, N.; Ueno, T.; Yamamoto, A.; Kirisako, T.; Noda, T.; Kominami, E.; Ohsumi, Y.; Yoshimori, T. (2000). "LC3, a mammalian homologue of yeast Apg8p, is localized in autophagosome membranes after processing". The EMBO Journal 19 (21): 5720–5728. doi:10.1093/emboj/19.21.5720. PMC 305793. PMID 11060023.
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