Kazutoshi Mori

Kazutoshi Mori ( Japanese 森和俊 , Mori Kazutoshi ; born July 7, 1958 in Kurashiki , Okayama Prefecture ) is a Japanese biologist and professor of biophysics at the University of Kyoto .

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Mori studied at the Department of Pharmaceutical Studies at Kyoto University (graduated in 1981) and subsequently earned a Ph.D. before becoming an assistant professor at Gifu Pharmaceutical University in 1985 . From 1989 to 1993 he worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Texas . He then worked as a research director at the Heat Shock Protein Research Institute in Kyoto. In 1999 he received a professorship (助教授, English Associate Professor ) at the University of Kyoto , and in 2003 a full professorship (教授) in the Department of Biophysics.

Mori made important contributions to the research of a metabolic pathway ( Unfolded Protein Response , UPR) through which cells in their cell compartments - especially the endoplasmic reticulum - regulate the production of correctly folded proteins for export.

Thomson Reuters has been one of the favorites for a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine since 2015 .

Awards (selection)

2005 Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences (together with Peter Walter )
2009 Canada Gairdner International Award (together with Peter Walter).
2010 Medal of Honor on the Violet Ribbon
2014 Shaw Prize for Life Sciences and Medicine (together with Peter Walter)
2014 Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (together with Peter Walter)
2018 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences

Web links

Kazutoshi Mori ( Japanese ) and Mori Lab ( Japanese , English ) at Kyōto University (kyoto-u.ac.jp); Retrieved February 19, 2011
Kazutoshi Mori ( English ) in the Activity Database on Education and Research, Kyoto University

Individual evidence

↑ Mori Kazutoshi in the digital edition of Nihon jinmei daijiten, Kōdansha 2009.
↑ Announcing the 2015 Citation Laureates , at Thomson Reuters.
^ Past winners of the Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences at wiley.com; Retrieved February 19, 2011.
↑ Kazutoshi Mori, PhD., 2009 Gairdner International Awardee at gairdner.org; Retrieved December 4, 2012.
↑ Kazutoshi Mori at the Shaw Prize Foundation (shawprize.org); accessed on May 27, 2014.

personal data
SURNAME	Mori, Kazutoshi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	森和俊 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Japanese biologist
DATE OF BIRTH	July 7, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH	Kurashiki , Okayama Prefecture

[1] Mori Kazutoshi in the digital edition of Nihon jinmei daijiten, Kōdansha 2009.

[2] Announcing the 2015 Citation Laureates , at Thomson Reuters.

[3] Past winners of the Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences at wiley.com; Retrieved February 19, 2011.

[4] Kazutoshi Mori, PhD., 2009 Gairdner International Awardee at gairdner.org; Retrieved December 4, 2012.

[5] Kazutoshi Mori at the Shaw Prize Foundation (shawprize.org); accessed on May 27, 2014.