Susumu Tonegawa

Susumu Tonegawa
; Susumu Tonegawa
	Susumu Tonegawa
Born	6 September 1939 (age 85); Nagoya, Japan
Naitionality	Japan
Alma mater	Kyoto Varsity; Varsity o Californie, San Diego;
Kent for	Antibody diversity
Awairds	Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize (1982); Order of Culture (1984); Nobel Prize in Pheesiology or Medicine (1987);
	Scientific career
Fields	Genetics, Immunology, Neuroscience
Institutions	Massachusetts Institute of Technology; RIKEN Brain Science Institute; Howard Hughes Medical Institute;
Academic advisors	Masaki Hayashi; Renato Dulbecco[citation needit];
Influenced	Adrian Hayday (postdoc)
Wabsteid
	tonegawalab.mit.edu/susumu-tonegawa

Susumu Tonegawa (利根川進 Tonegawa Susumu, born September 6, 1939) is a Japanese scientist wha wis the sole recipient o the Nobel Prize in Pheesiology or Medicine in 1987, for his discovery o the genetic mechanism that produces antibouk diversity.^[2] Awtho he won the Nobel Prize for his wirk in immunology, Tonegawa is a molecular biologist bi trainin an he again chynged fields follaein his Nobel Prize win; he nou studies neuroscience, examinin the molecular, cellular an neuronal basis o memory formation an retrieval.

References

↑ Hayday, A (1985). "Structure, organization, and somatic rearrangement of T cell gamma genes". Cell. 40 (2): 259–269. doi:10.1016/0092-8674(85)90140-0.
↑ "The MIT 150: 150 Ideas, Inventions, and Innovators that Helped Shape Our World". The Boston Globe. 15 Mey 2011. Retrieved 8 August 2011. Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (help)

[Hayday1985-1] Hayday, A (1985). "Structure, organization, and somatic rearrangement of T cell gamma genes". Cell. 40 (2): 259–269. doi:10.1016/0092-8674(85)90140-0.

[2] "The MIT 150: 150 Ideas, Inventions, and Innovators that Helped Shape Our World". The Boston Globe. 15 Mey 2011. Retrieved 8 August 2011. Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (help)

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Susumu Tonegawa
Susumu Tonegawa
Born	(1939-09-06) 6 September 1939 (age 85) Nagoya, Japan
Naitionality	Japan
Alma mater	Kyoto Varsity Varsity o Californie, San Diego
Kent for	Antibody diversity
Awairds	Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize (1982) Order of Culture (1984) Nobel Prize in Pheesiology or Medicine (1987)
Scientific career
Fields	Genetics, Immunology, Neuroscience
Institutions	Massachusetts Institute of Technology RIKEN Brain Science Institute Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Academic advisors	Masaki Hayashi Renato Dulbecco^{[citation needit]}
Influenced	Adrian Hayday (postdoc)^[1]

Wabsteid
tonegawalab.mit.edu/susumu-tonegawa