Yasutomi Nishizuka

Awards

1. 1988

   Canada Gairdner International Award

   Biology

   For his work in establishing the roles of inositol trisphosphate, diacylglycerol, calcium and protein kinase C during signal transduction and in growth and differentiation.

2. 1989

   Lasker Award — Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

   Biology

   For research revealing how IP3 governs the intracellular level of calcium and orchestrates the major activities of the cell.

3. 1992

   Kyoto Prize — Basic Sciences

   Biology

   Elucidation of Intracellular Signal Transduction System through the Discovery and Functional Analysis of the Protein Kinase C

4. 1994/1995

   Wolf Prize — Medicine

   Biology

   for their discoveries concerning cellular transmembrane signalling involving phospholipids and calcium.