Yoshinori Ohsumi

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gptkbp:instanceOf biologist
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Tokyo_Institute_of_Technology
gptkbp:awardedBy gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physiology_or_Medicine
gptkbp:birthDate 1945-02-09
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Fukuoka,_Japan
gptkbp:children 1
gptkbp:contribution discovery of autophagy pathways
development of autophagy activators
development of autophagy inhibitors
identification of autophagy-related genes
elucidation of autophagy's role in health and disease
gptkbp:education gptkb:Kyoto_University
gptkbp:field cell biology
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Yoshinori Ohsumi
gptkbp:influenced drug development
biomedical research
understanding of aging
understanding of cellular degradation
understanding of metabolic disorders
understanding of neurodegenerative diseases
understanding of cancer biology
understanding of cellular homeostasis
understanding of immune response
understanding of infectious diseases
understanding of neurobiology
understanding of obesity
understanding of regenerative medicine
understanding of stem cell biology
understanding of diabetes
understanding of cardiovascular diseases
understanding of metabolic syndrome
understanding of tissue repair
understanding of liver diseases
understanding of heart diseases
therapeutic strategies for diseases
understanding of cell signaling.
understanding of kidney diseases
understanding of muscle degeneration
gptkbp:influencedBy Yoshinori_Ohsumi's_research_group
gptkbp:knownFor research on autophagy
gptkbp:nationality Japanese
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Gairdner_Foundation_International_Award
gptkb:Kihara_Prize
Order of Culture
gptkbp:publishes gptkb:Nature_Reviews_Molecular_Cell_Biology
gptkb:Journal_of_Cell_Science
Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology
Autophagy: Mechanisms and Role in Disease
Cellular_and_Molecular_Life_Sciences
gptkbp:researchFocus mechanisms of autophagy
gptkbp:researchInterest genetic analysis
microscopy
biochemical analysis
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Yoshiko_Ohsumi