Speaker

Noboru Mizushima has been studying intracellular degradation systems, with a focus on autophagy, for 30 years since joining Dr. Yoshinori Ohsumi’s lab in 1997. His group has identified key molecules involved in autophagy, developed monitoring methods, and uncovered the pathophysiological roles of autophagy and other degradation pathways in vertebrates. He received the Medal with Purple Ribbon of Japan in 2021 and the inaugural Beth Levine Prize in Autophagy Research in 2023. He is a former President of the Japanese Biochemical Society and the Japan Society for Cell Biology.

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