Shigekazu Nagata | |
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長田 重一 | |
Born | 1949 Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan |
Nationality | Japanese |
Alma mater | University of Tokyo |
Known for | Interferon Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor Fas ligand Fas receptor Apoptosis |
Awards | Robert Koch Prize (1995) Imperial Prize (2000) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Biochemistry Immunology |
Institutions | Kyoto University Osaka University Osaka Bioscience Institute University of Tokyo University of Zurich |
Doctoral advisor | Yoshito Kaziro |
Shigekazu Nagata (長田 重一, Nagata Shigekazu, born 1949) is a Japanese biochemist, best known for research on apoptosis, the process of programmed cell death occurring in multi-cellular organisms.[1]