Yoshinori Ohsumi

Premios

1. 2012

   Premio Kioto — Ciencias Básicas

   Biología

   Outstanding Contribution to Elucidating the Molecular Mechanisms and Physiological Significance of Autophagy, a Cellular Adaptive System to Environment

2. 2015

   Premio Internacional Canadá Gairdner

   Biología

   For pioneering the molecular elucidation of autophagy, an essential intracellular, degradation system and when disordered, is linked to many diseases including neurodegeneration, cancer, and infection.

3. 2016

   Premio Nobel — Medicina

   Biología

   for his discoveries of mechanisms for autophagy

4. 2017

   Premio Breakthrough — Ciencias de la vida

   Biología

   for elucidating autophagy, the recycling system that cells use to generate nutrients from their own inessential or damaged components.