Shigetada Nakanishi
Japanese biochemist and neuroscientist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Shigetada Nakanishi (born January 7, 1942[1]) is a Japanese biochemist and neuroscientist. Both a medical doctor and biomedical researcher by training, Nakanishi is the director of the Osaka Bioscience Institute and professor emeritus at Kyoto University. He has received several scientific awards for his research in neuroscience, having characterized the molecular structure or function of several protein receptors.
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Shigetada Nakanishi | |
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Born | (1942-01-07) January 7, 1942 (age 82) |
Alma mater | Kyoto University |
Awards | Asahi Prize (1983) Keio Medical Science Prize (1996) Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy (1997) Gruber Prize in Neuroscience (2007) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Neuroscience |
Institutions | Kyoto University Osaka Bioscience Institute |
Doctoral students | Yoshiki Sasai |
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He is a foreign associate of the National Academy of Sciences and a foreign honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S.