Sasaki Takaoki

Sasaki Takaoki ( Japanese 佐 々 木 隆興 ; born May 5, 1878 in Tōkyō ; died October 31, 1966 there ) was a Japanese doctor and cancer researcher . He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in 1935, 1936, 1939 and 1941 .

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Sasaki Takaoki, who came from a medical family, attended the "School of the Association for Germany Studies" (獨 逸 学 協会 学校, Doitsu-gaku kyōkai gakkō), the forerunner of the Dokkyō University and then studied at the University of Tōkyō under Kumagawa Muneo (隈 川 宗 雄; 1858-1918). He went to Germany at his own expense and studied with Franz Hofmeister ( University of Strasbourg ), then with Emil Fischer , Julius Morgenroth , Wilhelm His , Ernst Joseph Friedmann a . a. at the Friedrich Wilhelm University in Berlin .

In 1926 Sasaki became a professor at the University of Kyoto . He retired after 5 years from the university and took up his post as director of the Kyōunkodō (杏 杏 病院) hospital, which had been founded by his grandfather Sasaki Tōyō (佐 々 木 東洋; 1839-1918). He founded the “Sasaki Research Institute” and, as its director, did research on proteins and amino acids. In 1924 he was awarded the "Onshi-shō" (恩賜 ​​賞) of the Japanese Academy of Sciences . In 1936 he received, together with Yoshida Tomizō , this award for the second time, namely for "Experimental joint research into the formation of liver cancer through oral administration of orthoamidoazotoluene". In 1936 Sasaki was accepted into the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina .

In 1940 Sasaki was awarded the Order of Culture and subsequently honored in 1951 as a person with special cultural merits .

Remarks

1. ↑ Since the imperial cultural order may not be linked to a payment, the distinction "person with special cultural merits" was introduced in 1951, which is linked to an honorary salary from budget funds. Only some of those who have been honored receive the cultural medal at the same time or later.

Web links

• Member entry of Takaoki Sasaki at the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
• CV in the Kotobank (Japanese)
• For Sasaki Institute today (English)

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . So Sasaki is the family name, Takaoki the first name.