Susumu Tonegawa

Susumu Tonegawa

(1939) molecular biologist Japan

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[Wikidata] Japanese biologist, neuroscientist (1939 - )... | [Wikipedia] 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 molec

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.

Notable works:

Seishin to busshitsu

Awards:

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|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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