Shimon Sakaguchi

Shimon Sakaguchi (坂口 志文, Sakaguchi Shimon, born January 19, 1951 in Shiga) is an immunologist and a Distinguished Professor of Osaka University. He is best known for the discovery of regulatory T cells and to describe their role in the immune system. This discovery is used in the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases.

Shimon Sakaguchi
坂口 志文
Shimon Sakaguchi
Born (1951-01-19) January 19, 1951
Shiga Prefecture, Japan
NationalityJapanese
EducationKyoto University
Known forRegulatory T cells
AwardsWilliam B. Coley Award (2004)
Gairdner Foundation International Award (2015)
Crafoord Prize (2017)
Scientific career
Fieldspathology, immunology
InstitutionsJohns Hopkins University
Stanford University
Scripps Research Institute
RIKEN
University of Tokyo
Osaka University

Biography
at the Royal Ontario Museum on October 29, 2015

In 2015, the news agency Thomson Reuters signals Shimon Sakaguchi among potential recipients of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.[1]

Awards and recognition

References
  1. Announcing the 2015 Citation Laureates by Thomson Reuters.
  2. William B. Coley Award-Award, Cancer Research Institute '(cancerresearch.org)
  3. The 2008 Keio Medical Science Prize Awardees, Keiō University
  4. "Distinguished Professor Shimon SAKAGUCHI of IFReC awarded Canada Gairdner International Award". Osaka University. March 26, 2015.
  5. The Asahi Prize Asahi Shimbun
  6. Shimon Sakaguchi National Academy of Sciences
  7. Shimon Sakaguchi MD, PhD, Gairdner Foundation
  8. "News & Topics | Osaka University Immunology Frontier Research Center".
  9. Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize 2020
  10. Robert Koch Prize 2020
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