Gordon H. Sato

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Gordon Hisashi Sato (born December 17, 1927 in Los Angeles , California - † March 31, 2017 in Beverly , Massachusetts ) was an American cell and molecular biologist and development aid activist of Japanese descent.

Life

Sato's parents were first and second generation Japanese immigrants to the United States. As a teenager, Sato and his parents were interned in the Manzanar War Relocation Center after Japan entered the war against the USA , because the family, although they were American citizens, was classified as a security risk due to their Japanese ancestry.

In 1951 Sato earned a bachelor's degree in biochemistry from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and a Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena , California, from Max Delbrück , who also supported Sato, in 1955. in biophysics . As a postdoctoral fellow he worked with Gunther Stent at the University of California, Berkeley and with Theodore Puck at the University of Colorado .

In 1958 Sato was appointed professor of biochemistry at Brandeis University in Waltham , Massachusetts , first as an assistant professor , in 1963 as an associate professor and in 1968 as a full professor. In 1969 he moved to the University of California, San Diego as professor of biology . In 1983 he became director of the W. Alton Jones Cell Science Center in Lake Placid , New York , an independent research facility. When the W. Alton Jones Cell Science Center was closed in 1992, Sato retired.

He died at home on March 31, 2017.

Act

Sato was able to make important contributions to the effect of growth hormones and factors on cell cultures . For example, Sato's laboratory developed cetuximab , an antibody against the epidermal growth factor , which was later approved as a cancer drug ( cancer immunotherapy ).

Sato's later work dealt with the production of food in difficult environmental conditions, for example in deserts. Sato began - increasingly after his retirement in 1992 - to get involved in the reforestation of mangrove forests in Eritrea , which serve as a source of food for the cattle of the poor coastal population. In memory of his internment as a teenager, Sato named the project Manzanar Project .

Awards (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary (English) , accessed on April 9, 2017
  2. ^ Carlos L. Arteaga: The cell game: Sam Waksal's fast money and false promises - and the fate of ImClone's cancer drug. J Clin Invest. 2004; 114 (6): 743-743. doi : 10.1172 / JCI22931
  3. ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present (PDF, 443 kB) of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org); Retrieved May 26, 2012
  4. ^ Past Winners - Rosenstiel Award - Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center - Brandeis University. In: brandeis.edu. Retrieved January 23, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Lifetime Achievement Award Lecture: More Questions than Answers. (PDF, 222 kB) at Texas A&M University (tamu.edu); Retrieved May 28, 2012
  6. ↑ Gordon Sato at rolexawards.com; Retrieved May 27, 2012
  7. ↑ 2005 Blue Planet Prize 2005 (PDF, 9.2 MB) and 2005 Announcement of Prize Winners (PDF, 51.6 kB) at the Asahi Glass Foundation (af-info.or.jp); Retrieved May 27, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Sato, Gordon H.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sato, Gordon Hisashi (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American cell and molecular biologist and development worker
DATE OF BIRTH December 17, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Los Angeles , California
DATE OF DEATH March 31, 2017
Place of death Beverly , Massachusetts