Tomizo Yoshida
Tomizo Yoshida | |
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Koch Medal (1963) | |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Pathology Cancer research |
Institutions | Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research Sasaki Institute University of Tokyo Tohoku University Nagasaki University |
Tomizo Yoshida (吉田 富三, Yoshida Tomizō, 1903–1973) was a prominent Japanese
Yoshida received the
Contribution
In the 1930s Yoshida and Sasaki showed the induction of
In 1943, Yoshida found a
Biography
Yoshida was born in
After returning to his homeland, Yoshida served as a professor of pathology at
Yoshida died in 1973 at the age of 70.
Recognition
- 1936 Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy[5]
- 1952 Asahi Prize[5]
- 1953 Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy[5]
- 1956 Scheele Medal
- 1959 Order of Culture[5]
- 1963 Robert Koch Gold Medal[6]
- 1965 Elected Member of the Japan Academy.
- 1965 Elected Honorary Citizen of Asakawa[5]
- 1968 Honorary Doctorate, University of Milan
Tomizo Yoshida Award
Since 1992 the Japanese Cancer Association, the town office of Asakawa, and Tomizo Yoshida Memorial Hall have annually awarded the Tomizo Yoshida Award to researchers who made outstanding achievement in the field of cancer research.[7] At the annual award presentation held in Asakawa, Fukushima, winners receive one million yen and a diploma.[7]
Past award winners include the following:
- 1992 Takashi Sugimura, National Cancer Center (Japan)
- 1999 Mitsuaki Yoshida, BANYU Pharmaceutical Co.
- 2002 Yusuke Nakamura, University of Tokyo
- 2008 Tadatsugu Taniguchi, University of Tokyo
- 2012 Shigekazu Nagata, Kyoto University
Yamagiwa-Yoshida Memorial international study grants
After his death, Japanese cancer researchers established the Yamagiwa-Yoshida Memorial international study grants in honor of
External links
- 吉田富三記念館 Tomizo Yoshida Memorial Hall(in Japanese)
References
- ^ Yoshida, T. (1933). Über die serienweise Verfolgung der Veränderungen der Leber der experimentellen Hepatomerzeugung durch o-aminoazotuol. Trans. Jpn. Pathol. Soc. 23, 636-638.
- PMID 21672546.
- PMID 7829394.
- ^ Tomizo Yoshida (1903–1973)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j 吉田富三博士 年譜 Chronological List of Dr. Tomizo Yoshida(in Japanese)
- ^ Robert Koch Gold Medal
- ^ a b 日本癌学会 吉田富三賞(吉田賞) Tomizo Yoshida Award (in Japanese)
- ^ 山際−吉田国際がん研究フェローシップ Yamagiwa-Yoshida Memorial international study grants(in Japanese)
- ^ YYFellowhip