Susumu Tonegawa | |
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 Tonegawa early in his tenure at MIT | |
| Born | September 5, 1939 |
| Nationality | Japanese |
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| Known for | Antibody diversity E-box V(D)J recombination |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Genetics, Immunology, Neuroscience |
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| Website | tonegawalab |
Susumu Tonegawa (利根川 進, Tonegawa Susumu, born September 5, 1939) is a Japanese scientist who was the sole recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1987 for his discovery of V(D)J recombination, the genetic mechanism which produces antibody diversity.[1] Although he won the Nobel Prize for his work in immunology, Tonegawa is a molecular biologist by training and he again changed fields following his Nobel Prize win; he now studies neuroscience, examining the molecular, cellular and neuronal basis of memory formation and retrieval.
- ^ "The MIT 150: 150 Ideas, Inventions, and Innovators that Helped Shape Our World". The Boston Globe. May 15, 2011. Retrieved August 8, 2011.