Susumu Tonegawa is a Japanese scientist who won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1987 for "his discovery of the genetic principle for generation of antibody diversity." Although he won the Nobel Prize for his work in immunology, Tonegawa is a molecular biologist by training. In his later years, he has turned his attention to the molecular and cellular basis of memory formation. Wikipedia
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Selected Publications Tsien, J.Z., Huerta, P.T., and Tonegawa, S. The essential role of hippocampal CA1 NMDA receptor-dependent synaptic plasticity in spatial memory. web.mit.edu/biology/www/facultyareas/facresearch/tonegawa...
The main research interest of Professor Susumu Tonegawa's lab is to understand the molecular, cellular, neuronal circuitry, and neural systems mechanisms underlying learning and memory and associated cognitive functions. web.mit.edu/picowercenter/faculty/tonegawa.html
Tonegawa received a B.S. degree from Kyoto University in 1963 and earned a Ph.D. in biology from the University of California, San Diego in 1969. He was a member of the Basel Institute for Immunology in Switzerland from 1971 to 1981 and taught biology at medicine.nobel.brainparad.com/susumu_tonegawa.html
Susumu Tonegawa was born in Nagoya, Japan and received a bachelor's degree from Kyoto University in 1963. He went on to receive a doctorate from the University of California, San Diego. After leaving the University of California, he undertook post-docto www.fchampalimaud.org/vision-award/members-of-the-jury/su...