Shigetada Nakanishi

Shigetada Nakanishi
Shigetada Nakanishi
Born (1942-01-07) January 7, 1942 (age 82)
Alma materKyoto University
AwardsAsahi Prize (1983)
Keio Medical Science Prize (1996)
Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy (1997)
Gruber Prize in Neuroscience (2007)
Scientific career
FieldsNeuroscience
InstitutionsKyoto University
Osaka Bioscience Institute
Doctoral studentsYoshiki Sasai

Shigetada Nakanishi (born January 7, 1942[1]) is a Japanese biochemist and neuroscientist. Both a medical doctor and biomedical researcher by training, Nakanishi is the director of the Osaka Bioscience Institute and professor emeritus at Kyoto University. He has received several scientific awards for his research in neuroscience, having characterized the molecular structure or function of several protein receptors.

He is a foreign associate of the National Academy of Sciences and a foreign honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S.

  1. ^ "中西重忠(なかにし しげただ)とは". 日本人名大辞典+Plus (in Japanese). Asahi Shinbun. Retrieved 23 November 2016.