Yoshinori Ohsumi

Yoshinori Ohsumi (大隅 良典, Ōsumi Yoshinori, born February 9, 1945) is a Japanese cell biologist specialisin in autophagy, the process that cells uise tae destroy an recycle cellular components. Ohsumi is a professor at Tokyo Institute o Technology's Institute o Innovative Research.[1] He received the Kyoto Prize for Basic Science in 2012[2] an the 2016 Nobel Prize in Pheesiology or Medicine, for his discoveries o mechanisms for autophagy.[3]


Yoshinori Ohsumi
Ohsumi in 2015
Born (1945-02-09) 9 Februar 1945 (age 79)
Fukuoka, Japan
NaitionalityJapanese
Alma materVarsity o Tokyo
Kent forAutophagy
AwairdsNobel Prize in Pheesiology or Medicine (2016)
Scientific career
FieldsCell biologist
InstitutionsTokyo Institute o Technology
Wabsteid
www.ohsumilab.aro.iri.titech.ac.jp/english.html

References eedit

  1. Yoshinori Ohsumi's Entry at ORCID
  2. Biemiller, Lawrence (10 November 2012). "Kyoto Prize Is Awarded to 3 Scholars". The Chronicle of Higher Education Blogs: The Ticker. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  3. "The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2016". The Nobel Foundation. 3 October 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.