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

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yasutomi Nishizuka has received more than 45,100 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Yasutomi Nishizuka is the 896th most popular biologist, the 1,450th most popular biography from Japan and the 13th most popular Japanese Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Yasutomi Nishizuka ranks 896 out of 1,097. Before him are David Goodall, Charles Frédéric Girard, Nikolay Timofeev-Ressovsky, Carl Fredrik Fallén, Peter Ascanius, and Clinton Hart Merriam. After him are Otto Bütschli, Wilhem de Haan, Francis Willughby, Thomas Say, Robert Morison, and Thomas Hardwicke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Yasutomi Nishizuka ranks 430. Before him are Noël Milarew Odingar, Jiří Havlis, Robert H. Dennard, Therese Zenz, Abby Dalton, and S. M. Krishna. After him are Kiril Rakarov, Roger Dumas, Neil Bartlett, Steve Franken, Milunka Lazarević, and Amleto Frignani. Among people deceased in 2004, Yasutomi Nishizuka ranks 260. Before him are Michael Grant, David Raksin, Veerappan, Victor Argo, Yordan Radichkov, and Fernando Campos. After him are Lennox Miller, Bill Nicholson, Sylvi Saimo, Guinn Smith, Carl Anderson, and Raja Ramanna.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yasutomi Nishizuka ranks 1,450 out of 6,245. Before him are Shinichi Morishita (1960), Yuichi Nakamura (1980), Daisuke Ono (1978), Midori Ito (1969), Masaji Kiyokawa (1913), and Nanako Matsushima (1973). After him are Yukito Kishiro (1967), Toshio Hosokawa (1955), Kunio Hatoyama (1948), Isamu Sonoda (1946), Mitsuru Komaeda (1950), and Ryusuke Hamaguchi (1978).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Japan

Among biologists born in Japan, Yasutomi Nishizuka ranks 13. Before him are Takenoshin Nakai (1882), Akira Miyawaki (1928), Tsuneko Okazaki (1933), Jinzō Matsumura (1856), Akira Endo (1933), and Bunzō Hayata (1874). After him are Tokiharu Abe (1911), and Ryuta Kawashima (1959).

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