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Masao Itō

1928-01-01 – 2018-12-18

伊藤正男（いとうまさお）Credit: 日本学士院

Life & Legacy

Masao Ito (伊藤正男, Itō Masao; December 4, 1928 – December 18, 2018) was a Japanese neuroscientist, and director of the Riken Brain Science Institute.

Occupation & Career

neurobiologist, neurophysiologist, university teacher, physiologist, physician, neuroscientist

Education

University of Tokyo

Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications

Order of Culture; Gruber Prize in Neuroscience; Neuronal Plasticity Prize; Person of Cultural Merit; Japan Prize; Foreign Member of the Royal Society; honorary doctor of the University of Turin; Imperial Prize of Japan Academy; Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Legacy Highlights

Honors & Awards

Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science · Foreign Member of the Royal Society · Gruber Prize in Neuroscience · honorary doctor of the University of Turin · Imperial Prize of Japan Academy · Japan Prize · Neuronal Plasticity Prize · Order of Culture · Person of Cultural Merit

Employer

Australian National University · RIKEN Brain Science Institute · University of Tokyo

Organizations & Memberships

French Academy of Sciences · Japan Academy · National Academy of Sciences · National Academy of Sciences of Armenia · Royal Society of London · Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences · Russian Academy of Sciences