Seiji Ogawa
Seiji Ogawa ( Japanese 小川 誠 二 , Ogawa Seiji ; born January 19, 1934 ) is a Japanese biophysicist . He is one of the pioneers of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).
Life
Ogawa graduated from Tokyo University in Tokyo , Japan with a bachelor's degree in applied physics in 1957 . From 1962 to 1964 he worked as a research assistant in the Radiation Research Laboratory at the Mellon Institute in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania . In 1967 Ogawa earned a Ph.D. from Stanford University in Stanford , California . in chemistry and stayed there as a postdoctoral fellow . In 1968 Ogawa moved to Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill , New Jersey , where he did his most important research. In 2001 he joined the Hamano Life Science Research Foundation in Tokyo as director of the Laboratory for Brain Function Research .
Act
Ogawa laid the foundations for a non-invasive, radiation-free visual representation of physiological and functional processes, especially of the brain, when, while searching for physiological signal changes in magnetic resonance imaging, he discovered the BOLD contrast , in which deoxygenated hemoglobin can be used as a contrast medium. The resulting methods of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and susceptibility-weighted imaging are the basis of numerous researches and clinical applications in biology , neurobiology , psychology and neurology .
Other merits of Ogawa lie in the in vivo nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopic investigations of the relationship between the structure and function of proteins, cell metabolism and enzyme kinetics .
Awards (selection)
- 1996 Biological Physics Prize from the American Physical Society
- 1999 Asahi Prize
- 2003 Japan Prize
- 2003 Gairdner Foundation International Award
- 2008 Olli V. Lounasmaa Memorial Prize from Aalto University Helsinki
- 2017 Keio Medical Science Prize
Web links
- CV at bell-labs.com ( Memento from February 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ^ Seiji Ogawa, 1996 Biological Physics Prize Recipient at aps.org; Retrieved February 19, 2011
- ↑ 2003 (19th) Japan Prize Laureates at japanprize.jp; Retrieved February 19, 2011
- ↑ Seiji Ogawa, PhD at the Gairdner Foundation (gairdner.org); Retrieved December 15, 2012
- ↑ Olli V. Lounasmaa Memorial Prize 2008 (PDF, 47 kB) at tkk.fi; Retrieved February 19, 2011
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| SURNAME | Ogawa, Seiji |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese biophysicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 19, 1934 |