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Shimon Sakaguchi
is an immunologist and a Distinguished Professor of Osaka University. He is best known for the discovery of regulatory T cells and describing their role in the immune system. This discovery is used in the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases. Biography Sakaguchi was born in Japan's Shiga Prefecture and educated at Kyoto University. In 2015, the news agency Thomson Reuters signals Shimon Sakaguchi among potential recipients of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Awards and recognition * 2004: William B. Coley Award * 2008: Keio Medical Science Prize * 2009: Medals of Honor (Japan), purple ribbon * 2011: Asahi Prize * 2012: Foreign associate of the National Academy of Sciences * 2015: Chunichi Culture Award * 2015: Gairdner Foundation International Award. * 2016, 2018, 2021: Asian Scientist 100, ''Asian Scientist'' * 2017: Crafoord Prize * 2017: Person of Cultural Merit * 2017: Momofuku Ando Prize * 2019: Order of Culture * 2020: Paul Ehrlich and Ludw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osaka University
The , abbreviated as UOsaka or , is a List of national universities in Japan, national research university in Osaka, Japan. The university traces its roots back to Edo period, Edo-era institutions Tekijuku (1838) and Kaitokudō, Kaitokudo (1724), and was officially established in 1931 as the sixth of the Imperial Universities in Japan, with two faculties: science and medicine. Following the Educational reform in occupied Japan, post-war educational reform, it merged with three pre-war Higher school (Japan), higher schools, reorganizing as a comprehensive university with five faculties: science, medicine, letters, law and economics, and engineering. After the merger with Osaka University of Foreign Studies in 2007, UOsaka became the largest national university in Japan by undergraduate enrollment. The official name of the university in English has been changed from "Osaka University" to "The University of Osaka (UOsaka)" as of April 2025. UOsaka is one of the most productive researc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shiga Prefecture, Japan
is a landlocked Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan in the Kansai region of Honshu. Shiga Prefecture has a population of 1,398,972 as of 1 February 2025 and has a geographic area of . Shiga Prefecture borders Fukui Prefecture to the north, Gifu Prefecture to the northeast, Mie Prefecture to the southeast, and Kyoto Prefecture to the west. Ōtsu is the capital and largest city of Shiga Prefecture, with other major cities including Kusatsu, Shiga, Kusatsu, Nagahama, Shiga, Nagahama, and Higashiōmi. Shiga Prefecture encircles Lake Biwa, the largest freshwater lake in Japan, and 37% of the total land area is designated as List of national parks of Japan, Natural Parks, the highest of any prefecture. Shiga Prefecture's southern half is located adjacent to the former capital city of Kyoto and forms part of Greater Kyoto, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in Japan. Shiga Prefecture is home to Ōmi beef, the Eight Views of Ōmi, and Hikone Castle, one of four List of National T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
