Shimon Sakaguchi
Shimon Sakaguchi (坂口 志文, Sakaguchi Shimon, born January 19, 1951 in Shiga) is an immunologist and a Distinguished Professor of Osaka University. He is best known for the discovery of regulatory T cells and to describe their role in the immune system. This discovery is used in the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases.
Shimon Sakaguchi 坂口 志文 | |
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Shimon Sakaguchi | |
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Nationality | Japanese |
Education | Kyoto University |
Known for | Regulatory T cells |
Awards | William B. Coley Award (2004) Gairdner Foundation International Award (2015) Crafoord Prize (2017) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | pathology, immunology |
Institutions | Johns Hopkins University Stanford University Scripps Research Institute RIKEN University of Tokyo Osaka University |
Biography
In 2015, the news agency Thomson Reuters signals Shimon Sakaguchi among potential recipients of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.[1]
Awards and recognition
- 2004: William B. Coley Award[2]
- 2008: Keio Medical Science Prize[3]
- 2009: Medals of Honor (Japan), purple ribbon[4]
- 2011: Asahi Prize[5]
- 2012: Foreign associate of the National Academy of Sciences[6]
- 2015: Gairdner Foundation International Award.[7]
- 2017: Crafoord Prize
- 2017: Person of Cultural Merit
- 2017: Momofuku Ando Prize[8]
- 2019: Order of Culture
- 2020: Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize[9]
- 2020: Robert Koch Prize[10]
References
- Announcing the 2015 Citation Laureates by Thomson Reuters.
- William B. Coley Award-Award, Cancer Research Institute '(cancerresearch.org)
- The 2008 Keio Medical Science Prize Awardees, Keiō University
- "Distinguished Professor Shimon SAKAGUCHI of IFReC awarded Canada Gairdner International Award". Osaka University. March 26, 2015.
- The Asahi Prize Asahi Shimbun
- Shimon Sakaguchi National Academy of Sciences
- Shimon Sakaguchi MD, PhD, Gairdner Foundation
- "News & Topics | Osaka University Immunology Frontier Research Center".
- Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize 2020
- Robert Koch Prize 2020
External links
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