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Susumu Tonegawa
(1939)
Molecular Biologist
Japan
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Susumu Tonegawa is a molecular biologist from Japan, best known for Seishin to busshitsu.
Quick Facts About Susumu Tonegawa
- Born
- September 6, 1939
- Nationality
- Japan
- Profession
- Molecular Biologist
- Notable works
- Seishin to busshitsu
About Susumu Tonegawa
Susumu Tonegawa is a Japanese scientist who was the sole recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1987 for his discovery of V(D)J recombination, the genetic mechanism which produces antibody diversity. Although he won the Nobel Prize for his work in immunology, Tonegawa is a molecular biologist by training and he again changed fields following his Nobel Prize win; he now studies neuroscience, examining the molecular, cellular and neuronal basis of memory formation and retrieval.
Biography source: Wikipedia
Awards & Honors
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Robert Koch Prize
Order of Culture
Asahi Prize
German Immunology Prize
Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize
Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
Canada Gairdner International Award
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Person of Cultural Merit
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Gold medal of the Spanish National Research Council
Shincho Gakugei Literature Prize
Cloëtta Prize
EMBO Membership
Bristol-Myers Squibb Award for Distinguished Achievement in Cancer Research
honorary doctorate of the University of Alcala
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