The great Japanese biologist studies the intracellular mechanisms of utilization of chemical compounds and cell elements in living organisms. For his discovery and detailed description of the autophagy process, the scientist was awarded the Nobel Prize. Osumi Yoshinori writes interesting scientific articles, making scientific information available for understanding even for schoolchildren.
Biography of the famous biologist
Yoshinori Osumi (in Russian transcription Yoshinori) was born on February 9, 1945, on the outskirts of the large Japanese city of Fukuoka on the southwestern coast of the Land of the Rising Sun. The Yoshinori family was of a poor class. To earn even a little money, the husband and wife worked from morning till night in the fishing industry. Most of the time, the boy was on his own, but this did not upset him in the least. Yoshinori grew up an independent child, studied well, read a lot and was fond of natural sciences.
Naturalist career
After graduating with honors from secondary school, the young man enters to study biology at one of the branches of the most prestigious university in Japan - the University of Tokyo in Nakano. At 22, Yoshinori becomes a bachelor's degree, and in 1974 a doctor of biological sciences. In the same year, the young scientist went to the United States of America, where he continued his studies at a private research institute in New York. For the next three years, raising the level of his education, Yoshinori actively participates in scientific research in the field of biomedicine. In 1977, the young man returned to Tokyo, where he became an assistant professor at the Institute of Medicine and Biology. After ten years of continuous research work, Osumi opens his own scientific laboratory and becomes its head.
Scientific creativity and awards
Since 1996, Yoshinori Osumi has been appointed to the position of Senior Lecturer at the University of Microbiology, where he begins to publish his scientific articles, monographs and manuals. For his publications in 2006, in a solemn atmosphere and the presence of the Japanese Emperor, the professor was awarded the National Prize of the Academy of Sciences. Two years later, Osumi was again awarded the prize "For activities for the benefit of humanity and contribution to world civilization." Studying various living organisms at the cellular level, Yoshinori Osumi in 2011 comes to an unexpected discovery, later calling it "autophagy", which meant the destruction of unnecessary cells in the body through other, useful cells due to food starvation. In 2015, the Japanese scientist is awarded the prize for outstanding results in basic medical research at the famous American University of Brendays. For his discovery and research into the mechanisms of autophagy, Yoshinori Osumi was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2016. Currently, the outstanding scientist is engaged in teaching activities and continues to write fascinating scientific articles.
