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Koichi Tanaka

Japanese chemist · Japan · Scientists · Born 1959 · age 67

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Koichi Tanaka is a Japanese electrical engineer who shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2002 for developing a novel method for mass spectrometric analyses of biological macromolecules with John Bennett Fenn and Kurt Wüthrich.

A life in dates

2026Honorary Doctorate of the University of MontpellierAward2002Keio Medical Science PrizeAwardNobel Prize in ChemistryAwardOrder of CultureAwardPerson of Cultural MeritAward1959Born3 August 1959

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with Masatoshi Koshiba and Jun'ichirō Koizumi (at the Prime Minister's Official Residence on October 11, 2002)with Masatoshi Koshiba and Jun'ichirō Koizumi (at the Prime Minister's Official Residence on October 11, 2002)Shimadzu LCMS-IT-TOF liquid chromatography mass spectrometer, used in the development of next-generation diagnostic methods for detecting disease-related proteins from blood samples.Shimadzu LCMS-IT-TOF liquid chromatography mass spectrometer, used in the development of next-generation diagnostic methods for detecting disease-related proteins from blood samples.

Awards

Honorary Doctorate of the University of Montpellier2026
Order of Culture2002
Nobel Prize in Chemistry2002
Keio Medical Science Prize2002
Person of Cultural Merit2002

About this person

Country
Japan
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
living
Dates
Born 1959 · age 67

Scientists from Japan 6

Akio Morita61.0Satoshi Ōmura60.6Isamu Akasaki61.1Ryōji Noyori60.5Masatoshi Koshiba61.2Hiroshi Amano60.4

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