Nobutaka Hirokawa | |
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廣川 信隆 | |
| Born | March 25, 1942 Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Alma mater | University of Tokyo |
| Known for | Kinesin Electron Microscopy |
| Awards | Japan Academy Prize (1999) Asahi Prize (1995) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Neuroscience Cell Biology |
| Institutions | University of Tokyo Washington University in St. Louis University of California, San Francisco |
| Doctoral advisor | Junnosuke Nakai |
Nobutaka Hirokawa (廣川 信隆, Hirokawa Nobutaka) (born March 25, 1946) is a Japanese neuroscientist and cell biologist famous for research on the kinesin superfamily of motor proteins. He has been President and Chair of the Board of Trustees at the Human Frontier Science Program since 2012.[1]