Yoshinori Ohsumi Age, Biography & More

Bio
Real Name	大隅良典 Ōsumi Yoshinori
Nickname	Not Known
Profession	Japanese cell biologist
Fields	Autophagy
Awards/Achievements	• In 2006, won Japan Academy Prize. • In 2009, won Asahi Prize (Asahi Shimbun). • In 2012, won Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences. • In 2015, won Gairdner Foundation International Award. • In 2015, won International Prize for Biology. • In 2016, won Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences. • On 3 October 2016, won Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Physical Stats & More
Height	in centimeters- 168 cm in meters- 1.68 m in Feet Inches- 5’ 6”
Weight	in Kilograms- 62 kg in Pounds- 137 lbs
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	White
Personal Life
Date of Birth	February 9, 1945
Age (as in 2016)	71 Years
Birth Place	Fukuoka, Japan
Zodiac sign/Sun sign	Aquarius
Nationality	Japanese
Hometown	Fukuoka, Japan
School	Not Known
College	University of Tokyo
Educational Qualifications	Postdoctoral researcher
Family	Father- Not Known Mother- Not Known Brothers- 4 (all elder) Sister- Not Known
Religion	Not Known
Ethnicity	Japanese
Hobbies	Reading Science Journals
Girls, Affairs and More
Marital Status	Married
Wife	Mariko
Children	Son- Not Known Daughter- Not Known

Some Lesser Known Facts About Yoshinori Ohsumi

He was born at the end of World War II in Fukuoka on the island of Kyushu in Japan.

Initially he was interested in Chemistry and later he switched his focus to Molecular Biology.

Before coming back to Japan in the late 1980s, he spent several years at the Rockefeller University in New York.

On October 3, 2016, he became the 25th Japanese to receive a Nobel Prize and the 4th in the Medicine category.

The main focus of his work is on how cells break down and recycle their content termed as- autophagy (self-eating).

His research could help explain a number of diseases/disorders like- Cancer, Parkinson’s (neurological disorder), Alzheimer’s (neurological disorder).