BIOLOGIST

Yasutomi Nishizuka

1932 - 2004

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Yasutomi Nishizuka, MJA, ForMemRS (西塚 泰美, Nishizuka Yasutomi; July 12, 1932 – November 4, 2004) was a prominent Japanese biochemist and made important contributions to the understanding of molecular mechanism of signal transduction across the cell membrane. In 1977, he discovered protein kinase C, which plays significant roles in a variety of intracellular signal transduction processes. He was elected as a foreign member of the Royal Society (ForMemRS) in 1990 and as a member of the Japan Academy (MJA) in 1991. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yasutomi Nishizuka is the 972nd most popular biologist (down from 896th in 2019), the 1,580th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,451st in 2019) and the 14th most popular Japanese Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Yasutomi Nishizuka ranks 972 out of 1,097. Before him are John Torrey, Nikolay Timofeev-Ressovsky, Richard Evans Schultes, Irene Manton, Nicole Marthe Le Douarin, and Tilly Edinger. After him are James Chapin, Alice Eastwood, Sydney Parkinson, Miriam Rothschild, Johann Gottfried Zinn, and Zinaida Yermolyeva.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Yasutomi Nishizuka ranks 449. Before him are Rokurō Naya, Alberto Winkler, Ernst Hinterseer, Dobrosav Krstić, Richard Herd, and R. B. Kitaj. After him are Amleto Frignani, Eeva Ruoppa, Nikolay Anikin, Bruno Visintin, Aladár Kovácsi, and Vasily Belov. Among people deceased in 2004, Yasutomi Nishizuka ranks 273. Before him are Jiří Weiss, David Reimer, Zurab Sakandelidze, Isabel Sanford, Sylvi Saimo, and Victor Argo. After him are Alexey Korneyev, Robert Pastorelli, Custódio Pinto, Robert Bacher, Tesfaye Gebre Kidan, and Ol' Dirty Bastard.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yasutomi Nishizuka ranks 1,580 out of 6,245. Before him are Marie Kondo (1984), Takashi Ishimoto (1935), Sola Aoi (1983), Yuki Tazawa (1979), Toshio Hosokawa (1955), and Yasumasa Kanada (1948). After him are Kei Okami (1859), Masanao Sasaki (1962), Michio Mado (1909), Ryoichi Kawakatsu (1958), Yuriko Mizuma (1970), and Ted Fujita (1920).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Japan

Among biologists born in Japan, Yasutomi Nishizuka ranks 14. Before him are Tsuneko Okazaki (1933), Bunzō Hayata (1874), Tomitaro Makino (1862), Akira Miyawaki (1928), Tokiharu Abe (1911), and Jinzō Matsumura (1856). After him are Ryuta Kawashima (1959).

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