Osamu Hayaishi | |
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早石 修 | |
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| Born | January 8, 1920 |
| Died | December 17, 2015 (aged 95) |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Alma mater | Osaka University |
| Known for | Oxygenases Prostaglandin |
| Awards | Japan Academy Prize (1967) Order of Culture (1972) Wolf Prize (1986) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biochemistry Physiology |
| Institutions | Osaka Bioscience Institute Osaka Medical College Kyoto University Vanderbilt University University of Tokyo Osaka University Washington University in St. Louis National Institutes of Health |
| Doctoral students | Yasutomi Nishizuka Tasuku Honjo Shigetada Nakanishi |
Osamu Hayaishi MJA (早石 修, Hayaishi Osamu, January 8, 1920 – December 17, 2015), was a Japanese biochemist, physiologist, and military physician.[1] He discovered Oxygenases at the National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases, National Institutes of Health in 1955.[2]
Citing his "outstanding and pioneering contributions to biomedical sciences and enzymology," the Wolf Foundation awarded Hayaishi the 1986 Wolf Prize in Medicine "for his discovery of the oxygenase enzymes and elucidation of their structure and biological importance".[3][4]
Hayaishi was President of International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from 1973 to 1976.[5]
- ^ 京大名誉教授の早石修さん死去 「酸素添加酵素」を発見 (in Japanese). Asahi. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
- ^ Hayaishi, O; Katagiri, M; Rothberg, S (1955). "Mechanism of the Pyrocatechase Reaction". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 77 (20): 5450–1. doi:10.1021/ja01625a095.
- ^ "The 1986 Wolf Foundation Prize in Medicine". Wolf Foundation. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
- ^ The Wolf Prize in Medicine Archived February 26, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Hayaishi, O (2006). "Memoirs of a biochemist". IUBMB Life. 58 (5–6): 242–5. doi:10.1080/15216540600702271. ISSN 1521-6543. PMID 16754304. S2CID 36815233.