Hidesaburo Hanafusa
Hidesaburo Hanafusa | |
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Hoa phòng tú tam lang | |
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| Born | December 1, 1929 |
| Died | March 15, 2009(aged 79) |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Alma mater | Osaka University |
| Known for | Discovery ofoncogenes |
| Spouse | Teruko |
| Children | 1 (Kei Hanafusa) |
| Awards | Lasker Award(1982) Order of Culture(1995) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Oncology Virology |
| Institutions | Rockefeller University Osaka Bioscience Institute |
| Doctoral students | |
Hidesaburo Hanafusa(Hoa phòng tú tam lang,Hanafusa Hidesaburō,December 1, 1929 – March 15, 2009)was a Japanesevirologist.He shared the 1982Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical ResearchwithHarold E. VarmusandJ. Michael Bishopfor demonstrating how RNA tumor viruses cause cancer, and elucidating their role in combining, rescuing and maintaining oncogenes in the viral genome.[1]
Life
[edit]Hidesaburo Hanafusa was born on December 1, 1929, inHyogo Prefecture.[2]He received his PhD inBiochemistryin 1960 fromOsaka University,where he also met his future wife, Teruko.[2]After his research at theUniversity of California, Berkeleyand in France,[3]he was appointed as professor of molecular oncology at theRockefeller Universityin 1973, and returned to Japan in 1998, becoming director at theOsaka Bioscience Institute.[2] He was a foreign associate of the USNational Academy of Sciencesand a member of theJapan Academy.[4]
He died on March 15, 2009, ofliver cancer,at the age of 79.[4][5]
Awards
[edit]- 1982:Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research[2]
- 1983:Asahi Prize[2]
- 1986: G.H. Clowes Memorial award,American Association for Cancer Research[2]
- 1993:Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. Prize[2]
- 1995:Order of Culture[2]
- 2000: Doctorate of Science,honoris causa,Rockefeller University[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^1982 Winners, Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- ^abcdefghi"Tự phân の đầu で khảo える～ウイルス nghiên cứu からがん di vân tử の phát kiến へ～" Biography of Hidesaburo Hanafusa(in Japanese)
- ^Neel, Benjamin G.; Cross, Frederick R.; Pellman, David (2009-04-17)."Hidesaburo Hanafusa 1929–2009".Obituary.137(2). Cell: 197–199.doi:10.1016/j.cell.2009.04.004.
- ^abFeller, S. M. (2009)."Obituary: Hidesaburo Hanafusa 1929–2009".Cell Communication and Signaling.7(7239): 7.Bibcode:2009Natur.458..718F.doi:10.1186/1478-811X-7-7.PMC2673226.PMID19379504.
- ^Foster, David A.; Darnell Jr, James E. (2009-04-08)."Obituary: Hidesaburo Hanafusa (1929–2009)".Nature.458(7239). Japan: Nature Publishing Group: 718.Bibcode:2009Natur.458..718F.doi:10.1038/458718a.PMID19360078.
External links
[edit]- "Hidesaburo Hanafusa".The Rockefeller University.
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| Academics | |
- 1929 births
- 2009 deaths
- Cancer researchers
- Japanese virologists
- Japanese molecular biologists
- Recipients of the Order of Culture
- Recipients of the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
- Foreign associates of the National Academy of Sciences
- Rockefeller University faculty
- Osaka University alumni
- People from Hyōgo Prefecture
- Deaths from liver cancer in Japan