Masao Ito

Masao Ito
Born (1928-12-04) December 4, 1928[1]
Nagoya, Japan
Fields Neuroscience
Alma mater University of Tokyo
Notable awards Japan Prize
Gruber Prize in Neuroscience

Masao Ito (伊藤 正男 Itō Masao, born December 4, 1928) is a Japanese neuroscientist, and director of the Riken Brain Science Institute.[2] He won the 2006 Gruber Prize in Neuroscience[3] and the 1996 Japan Prize.[4] He was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society in 1992.[5]

Life

Dr. Ito graduated from the University of Tokyo with an M.D. in 1953 and a Ph.D. in 1959. He was a research fellow at Australian National University from 1959 to 1962. He taught at the University of Tokyo from 1963.[6]

References

  1. Dr. Masao Ito. japanprize.jp
  2. "RIKEN Brain Science Institute". RIKEN. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  3. "Author Information: Masao Ito". Pearson Education, FT Press. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
  4. "Laureates of the Japan Prize: The 1996 (12th) Japan Prize". The Japan Prize Foundation. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
  5. List of Fellows of the Royal Society, 1660 - 2007: A complete listing of all Fellows and Foreign Members since the foundation of the Society, A - J (PDF), The Royal Society, Library and Information Services, July 2007, retrieved 19 December 2012
  6. "MASAO ITO". Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Washington Office. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
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