Shosaku Numa
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Shosaku Numa | |
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沼 正作 | |
| Born | February 7, 1929 |
| Died | February 15, 1992 (aged 63) |
| Alma mater | Kyoto University |
| Known for | Ion channels |
| Awards | Heinrich Wieland Prize (1973) Asahi Prize (1982) Japan Academy Prize (1985) Otto Warburg Medal (1987) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Neuroscience |
| Institutions | Kyoto University Max Planck Society Harvard Medical School |
Shosaku Numa, ForMemRS (沼 正作, Numa Shousaku; February 7, 1929 – February 15, 1992)[1] was a Japanese neuroscientist known for his pioneering research on neurotransmitters and ion channels, and for his contributions to the understanding of molecular mechanisms of neural signalling.
Numa was born in Wakayama, Japan and completed his M.D. in 1952 at Kyoto University. He studied at Harvard Medical School with John Lawrence Oncley and worked at the Max Planck Society with Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen, before he became Professor of Medical Chemistry at the Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University in 1968. He died of colon cancer on February 15, 1992, at the age of 63.[1]
