Mitsuhiro Yanagida
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AlmamaterUniversity of Tokyo
KnownforCell Cycle
Chromosome segregation
Chromosome segregation
AwardsOrder of Culture (2011)
Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy (2003)
Asahi Prize (2000)
Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy (2003)
Asahi Prize (2000)
Mitsuhiro Yanagida | |
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柳田 充弘 | |
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| Alma mater | University of Tokyo |
| Known for | Cell Cycle Chromosome segregation |
| Awards | Order of Culture (2011) Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy (2003) Asahi Prize (2000) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Molecular biology Cell biology |
| Institutions | Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Kyoto University |
Mitsuhiro Yanagida ForMemRS (柳田充弘, Yanagida Mitsuhiro; born April 4, 1941, in Tokyo) is a Japanese molecular biologist known for research on cell cycle and chromosome structure using the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe.[1][2][3] He was elected as a foreign member of the Royal Society on 11 May 2000.
Yanagida was born in Tokyo, and received his doctorate in science from the University of Tokyo in 1970.
