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Shizuo Akira
Japanese immunologist
Shizuo Akira (審良 静男, Akira Shizuo) (born January 27, , in Higashiōsaka)[1] is a professor at the Department of Host Defense, Osaka University, Japan.[2] He has made ground-breaking discoveries in the field of immunology, most significantly in the area of innate host defense mechanisms.
Education
Shizuo Akira gained a M.D. in School of Medicine from Osaka University in In he earned a PhD from Osaka University. Till , he did post-doctoral research at University of California, Berkeley.[3]
Research
Besides being one of the world's most-cited scientists,[4] he has also been recognised, in the years and , for having published the greatest number of ‘Hot Papers’ (11 papers) over the preceding two years.
He is the recipient of several international awards, including the Gairdner Foundation International Award (), Robert Koch Prize, the Milstein Award (), and the William B. Coley Award.[5]