Osamu Hayaishi
Osamu Hayaishi | |
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早石 修 | |
| Born | January 8, 1920 |
| Died | December 17, 2015 (aged 95) |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Alma mater | Osaka University |
| Known for | Oxygenases Prostaglandin |
| Awards | Japan Academy Prize (1967) Order of Culture (1972) Wolf Prize (1986) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biochemistry Physiology |
| Institutions | Osaka Bioscience Institute Osaka Medical College Kyoto University Vanderbilt University University of Tokyo Osaka University Washington University in St. Louis National Institutes of Health |
| Doctoral students | Yasutomi Nishizuka Tasuku Honjo Shigetada Nakanishi |
Osamu Hayaishi MJA (早石 修, Hayaishi Osamu; January 8, 1920 – December 17, 2015), was a Japanese biochemist, physiologist, and military physician. He discovered Oxygenases at the National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases, National Institutes of Health in 1955.
Citing his "outstanding and pioneering contributions to biomedical sciences and enzymology," the Wolf Foundation awarded Hayaishi the 1986 Wolf Prize in Medicine "for his discovery of the oxygenase enzymes and elucidation of their structure and biological importance".
Hayaishi was President of International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from 1973 to 1976.