Joseph S. Takahashi | |
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Born | December 16, 1951 Tokyo, Japan | (age 72)
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Swarthmore College University of Oregon |
Known for | Discovering CLOCK gene |
Awards | W. Alden Spencer Award (2001) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Genetics Neurobiology |
Institutions | UT Southwestern Howard Hughes Medical Institute |
Joseph S. Takahashi is a Japanese American neurobiologist and geneticist. Takahashi is a professor at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center as well as an investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.[1][2] Takahashi's research group discovered the genetic basis for the mammalian circadian clock in 1994 and identified the Clock gene in 1997.[3][4][5] Takahashi was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2003.[6]
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