Koichi Tanaka

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Koichi Tanaka is a Japanese engineer and Nobel Prize–winning chemist renowned for his pioneering work in mass spectrometry, particularly soft laser desorption ionization.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese scientist
chemist
engineer
human
affiliation Shimadzu Corporation
areaOfInfluence bioanalytical chemistry
biotechnology
proteomics
awardReceived Japan Academy Prize
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2002
Person of Cultural Merit (Japan)
countryOfBirth Japan
countryOfCitizenship Japan
employer Shimadzu Corporation
familyName Tanaka NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork analytical chemistry
chemistry
mass spectrometry
gender male
givenName Koichi
hasRole Nobel laureate in Chemistry
research engineer
isAlive true
knownFor mass spectrometric analysis of biological macromolecules
soft laser desorption ionization
languageOfWorkOrName Japanese
name Koichi Tanaka NERFINISHED
nationality Japanese
NobelPrizeCategory Chemistry
NobelPrizeYear 2002
notableAchievement demonstration of soft laser desorption for large biomolecules
enabling mass spectrometric analysis of proteins without fragmentation
notableConcept mass spectrometric analysis of biomolecules
soft laser desorption
occupation chemist
engineer
inventor
placeOfBirth Toyama Prefecture NERFINISHED
reasonForAward development of methods for identification and structure analyses of biological macromolecules
sharesNobelPrizeWith John B. Fenn
Kurt Wüthrich
workLocation Kyoto

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Tohoku University
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