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Yoshinori Ohsumi

Biography

• 2016-present　　Professor, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology
• 2014-present　　Honorary Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology
• 2010-2016　　　　Professor, Frontier Research Center, Tokyo Institute of Technology
• 2009-2010　　　　Professor, Advanced Research Organization, Integrated Research Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology
• 2004-2009　　　　Professor, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies [SOKENDAI]
• 1996-2009　　　　Professor, Department of Cell Biology, National Institute for Basic Biology
• 1988-1996　　　　Associate Professor, Department of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo
• 1986-1988　　　　Lecturer, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, The University of Tokyo
• 1977-1986　　　　Research Associate, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, The University of Tokyo, with Prof. Yasuhiro Anraku
• 1974-1977　　　　Postdoctoral Fellow, Rockefeller University with Prof. Gerald M. Edelman
• 1972-1974　　　　Research Fellow, Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, The University of Tokyo
• 1967-1972　　　　Graduate Student, Department of Biochemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, with Prof. Kazutomo Imahori
• 1963-1967　　　　Undergraduate Student, Department of Basic Science, College of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo Awards

Honors and Awards

• 2016　　　　　　　　The 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• 　　　　　　　　　　　2017 Breakthrough Prize In Life Sciences
• 　　　　　　　　　　　The Order of Culture
• 　　　　　　　　　　　2016 Paul Janssen Award
• 　　　　　　　　　　　15th Wiley Prize
• 　　　　　　　　　　　45th Rosenstiel Award
• 2015　　　　　　　　The Person of Cultural Merit
• 　　　　　　　　　　　The Keio Medical Science Prize, Keio University Medical Science Fund
• 　　　　　　　　　　　International Prize for Biology, The Japan Society
• 　　　　　　　　　　　Canada Gairdner International Award, The Gairdner Foundation
• 2013　　　　　　　　Thomson Reuters Citation Laureates
• 2012　　　　　　　　Kyoto Prize, The Inamori Foundation
• 2008　　　　　　　　Asahi Prize, The Asahi Shimbun
• 2007　　　　　　　　Science Award of the Botanical Society of Japan
• 2006　　　　　　　　Japan Academy Prize, The Japan Academy
• 2005　　　　　　　　Fujiwara Award, The Fujiwara Foundation of Science