Yoshihiro Kawaoka
Yoshihiro Kawaoka | |
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| Born | November 14, 1955 Kobe, Japan |
| Alma mater | Robert Koch Prize (2006) (2022)Carlos J. Finlay Prize for Microbiology (2015) Japan Academy Prize (2016) Keio Medical Science Prize |
Yoshihiro Kawaoka (河岡 義裕, Kawaoka Yoshihiro, born November 14, 1955) is a
University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, and at the University of Tokyo
, Japan.
Following the
West African Ebola virus epidemic of 2014, Kawaoka began development of an Ebola vaccine working in close coordination with Alhaji N'jai a toxicologist at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and his non-profit organization Project 1808, Inc.[1]
Controversial experiment
Kawaoka reinvented a new virus based on
H5N1, which he revealed to the public in 2011.[2] For now, no known vaccine has been found. His research was halted by a moratorium issued from the US government in 2014. However, in 2019 he was allowed to resume the research.[3][4]
Dan Brown mentioned the experiment in his novel Inferno.[5]
Recognition
- 2006 – Robert Koch Prize (with Peter Palese)[6]
- 2011 – Medal with Purple Ribbon
- 2013 – Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences
- 2014 – Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Award
- 2015 – Carlos J. Finlay Prize for Microbiology
- 2016 – Japan Academy Prize
- 2018 – Sir Michael Stoker Prize[7]
- 2022 – Keio Medical Science Prize[8]
- 2023 – Person of Cultural Merit[9]
Selected publications
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- Jasenosky, Luke D; Neumann, Gabriele; Lukashevich, Igor; Kawaoka, Y (2001-06-01). "Ebola virus vp40-induced particle formation and association with the lipid bilayer". J Virol. 75 (11): 5205–5214. PMID 11333902.
- Watanabe, Tokiko; Watanabe, Shinji; Ito, Hiroshi; Kida, Hiroshi; Kawaoka, Y (2001-06-15). "Influenza A virus can undergo multiple cycles of replication without m2 ion channel activity". J Virol. 75 (12): 5656–5662. PMID 11356973. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
- Schultz-Cherry, S; Dybdahl-Sissoko, N; Neumann, G; Kawaoka, Y; Hinshaw VS (2001-09-01). "Influenza Virus NS1 Protein Induces Apoptosis in Cultured Cells". PMID 11483732.
- Hatta, M; Gao, P; Halfmann, P; Kawaoka, Y (2001-09-07). "Molecular basis for high virulence of Hong Kong H5N1 influenza A viruses". S2CID 37415902.
- Goto, Hideo; Wells, Krisna; Takada, Ayato; Kawaoka, Y. (2001-10-01). "Plasminogen-binding activity of neuraminidase determines the pathogenicity of influenza A virus". J Virol. 75 (19): 9297–9301. PMID 11533192.
- Kobasa, Darwyn; Wells, Krisna; Kawaoka, Yoshihiro (2001-12-01). "Amino Acids Responsible for the Absolute Sialidase Activity of the Influenza A Virus Neuraminidase: Relationship to Growth in Duck Intestine". J Virol. 75 (23): 11773–11780. PMID 11689658.
- Kawaoka, Y; Neumann, Gabriele (2012). Influenza Virus : Methods and Protocols. Methods in Molecular Biology, Methods and Protocols, 865. Vol. 865. Springer. S2CID 3687150.
- Watanabe, Tokiko; Kawaoka, Yoshihiro (June 2016). "Ebora shukketsu netsu no seiatsu ni mukete : Wakuchin kaihatsu to shierareone de no kenkyu" [Control of Ebola hemorrhagic fever : vaccine development and our Ebola project in Sierra Leone]. Virus (in Japanese). 66 (1): 53–62. PMID 28484179.
References
- ^ "Project 1808".
- ^ "Scientists Brace for Media Storm Around Controversial Flu Studies". 2011-11-24.
- ^ "UW-Madison scientist allowed to resume controversial flu research | Local News | madison.com". 6 March 2019.
- ^ "EXCLUSIVE: Controversial experiments that could make bird flu more risky poised to resume". 2019-02-09.
- ^ Dan Burstein, Secrets of Inferno: In the Footsteps of Dante and Dan Brown. Story Plant, 2013.
- ^ Robert-Koch-Stiftung: Robert Koch Award. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
- ^ "Sir Michael Stoker Prize & Lecture 2018".
- ^ "慶應医学賞受賞者一覧". 慶應義塾医学振興基金. Retrieved 2022-09-21.
- ^ "塩野七生さんら7人文化勲章＝功労者に北大路欣也さんら". Jiji Press. Retrieved October 21, 2023.
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