Susumu Tonegawa

Susumu Tonegawa
; Susumu Tonegawa
	Susumu Tonegawa
Born	6 September 1939 (age 85); Nagoya, Japan
Naitionality	Japan
Alma mater	Kyoto Varsity; Varsity o Californie, San Diego;
Kent for	Antibody diversity
Awairds	Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize (1982); Order of Culture (1984); Nobel Prize in Pheesiology or Medicine (1987);
	Scientific career
Fields	Genetics, Immunology, Neuroscience
Institutions	Massachusetts Institute of Technology; RIKEN Brain Science Institute; Howard Hughes Medical Institute;
Academic advisors	Masaki Hayashi; Renato Dulbecco[citation needit];
Influenced	Adrian Hayday (postdoc)
Wabsteid
	tonegawalab.mit.edu/susumu-tonegawa

Susumu Tonegawa (利根川進 Tonegawa Susumu, born September 6, 1939) is a Japanese scientist wha wis the sole recipient o the Nobel Prize in Pheesiology or Medicine in 1987, for his discovery o the genetic mechanism that produces antibouk diversity.^[2] Awtho he won the Nobel Prize for his wirk in immunology, Tonegawa is a molecular biologist bi trainin an he again chynged fields follaein his Nobel Prize win; he nou studies neuroscience, examinin the molecular, cellular an neuronal basis o memory formation an retrieval.

References

↑ Hayday, A (1985). "Structure, organization, and somatic rearrangement of T cell gamma genes". Cell. 40 (2): 259–269. doi:10.1016/0092-8674(85)90140-0.
↑ "The MIT 150: 150 Ideas, Inventions, and Innovators that Helped Shape Our World". The Boston Globe. 15 Mey 2011. Retrieved 8 August 2011. Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (help)

[Hayday1985-1] Hayday, A (1985). "Structure, organization, and somatic rearrangement of T cell gamma genes". Cell. 40 (2): 259–269. doi:10.1016/0092-8674(85)90140-0.

[2] "The MIT 150: 150 Ideas, Inventions, and Innovators that Helped Shape Our World". The Boston Globe. 15 Mey 2011. Retrieved 8 August 2011. Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (help)

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