Yoshinori Ohsumi
Yoshinori Ohsumi | |
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 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 |
Yoshinori Ohsumi (大隅 良典, Ōsumi Yoshinori) (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
[change | change source]- ↑ "The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2016". The Nobel Foundation. 3 October 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ↑ Mizushima, N; Komatsu, M (11 November 2011). "Autophagy: renovation of cells and tissues". Cell. 147 (4): 728–41. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2011.10.026. PMID 22078875. S2CID 18697221.
- ↑ Kobayashi S (2015). "Choose delicately and reuse adequately: the newly revealed process of autophagy". Biological & Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 38 (8): 1098–103. doi:10.1248/bpb.b15-00096. PMID 26235572. S2CID 42838133.
- ↑ Yoshinori Ohsumi's biog in ORCID
- ↑ Biemiller, Lawrence (2012-11-10). "Kyoto Prize Is Awarded to 3 Scholars". The Chronicle of Higher Education Blogs: The Ticker. Retrieved 2016-10-04.