Yoshinori Ohsumi
Yoshinori Ohsumi | |
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Ohsumi in 2016 | |
| Born | February 9, 1945 Fukuoka, Japan |
| Alma mater | University of Tokyo (BSc, DSc) |
| Known for | Autophagy |
| Awards | Kyoto Prize (2012) Gairdner Foundation International Award (2015) Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2016) Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences (2017) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Cell biologist |
| Institutions | Institute of Science Tokyo Tokyo Institute of Technology |
| Website | www |
Yoshinori Ohsumi (大隅 良典, Ōsumi Yoshinori; born February 9, 1945) is a Japanese cell biologist specializing in autophagy, the process that cells use to destroy and recycle cellular components. Ohsumi is a professor at Institute of Science Tokyo's Institute of Innovative Research. He received the Kyoto Prize for Basic Sciences in 2012, the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, and the 2017 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for his discoveries of mechanisms for autophagy.