Awarded the Prize "for his discoveries of mechanisms for autophagy."

Japanese Cell Biologist. Born on February 9, 1945 in Fukuoka, Japan, Mr. Ohsumi obtained his Ph.D in science in Tokyo University, Japan. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the Rockefeller University from 1974 to 1977. Currently, He is Emeritus Professor at Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology.