Susumu Tonegawa

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Susumu Tonegawa is a Japanese molecular biologist and Nobel laureate renowned for discovering the genetic mechanism that produces antibody diversity in the immune system.

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instanceOf Nobel laureate
human
immunologist
academicDegree PhD in molecular biology
awardReceived Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award NERFINISHED
Gairdner Foundation International Award NERFINISHED
Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize NERFINISHED
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
countryOfCitizenship Japan
dateOfBirth 1939-09-05
educatedAt Kyoto University NERFINISHED
University of California, San Diego NERFINISHED
employer Massachusetts Institute of Technology
RIKEN Brain Science Institute NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Japanese
familyName Tonegawa NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork immunology
molecular biology
neuroscience
givenName Susumu NERFINISHED
hasOccupation researcher
university teacher
knownFor V(D)J recombination in immunoglobulin genes
discovery of the genetic mechanism that produces antibody diversity
languageSpoken English
Japanese
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Japan Academy NERFINISHED
National Academy of Sciences
name Susumu Tonegawa NERFINISHED
NobelPrize.category Physiology or Medicine NERFINISHED
NobelPrize.motivation for his discovery of the genetic principle for generation of antibody diversity
NobelPrize.year 1987
notableWork demonstration of somatic recombination in immunoglobulin genes
optogenetic manipulation of memory engrams in mice
placeOfBirth Aichi Prefecture NERFINISHED
Japan NERFINISHED
Nagoya NERFINISHED
positionHeld Director of the RIKEN Brain Science Institute
Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
researchInterest hippocampus
learning
memory
synaptic plasticity
sexOrGender male
workLocation Cambridge, Massachusetts

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Japan Academy Prize hasRecipient Susumu Tonegawa