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Order of Culture
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Setsuro Ebashi
1922-08-31 – 2006-07-17
Life & Legacy
Setsuro Ebashi MJA ForMemRS (江橋 節郎, Ebashi Setsurō; 31 August 1922 Tokyo – 17 July 2006 Okazaki) was a prominent Japanese physiologist who uncovered the regulatory role of calcium in cells. He is famous for the discovery of troponin in 1965, which is integral to muscle contraction, as well as for the contribution of diagnosis of muscular dystrophy.
Occupation & Career
biochemist, university teacher, physician, physiologist, biophysicist, pharmacologist
Education
University of Tokyo
Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications
Order of Culture; International Prize for Biology; Person of Cultural Merit; Asahi Prize; Croonian Medal and Lecture; Foreign Member of the Royal Society; Imperial Prize of Japan Academy
Legacy Highlights
Honors & Awards
Asahi Prize · Croonian Medal and Lecture · Foreign Member of the Royal Society · Imperial Prize of Japan Academy · International Prize for Biology · Order of Culture · Person of Cultural Merit
Employer
University of Tokyo
Organizations & Memberships
Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei · American Academy of Arts and Sciences · European Academy of Sciences · German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina · Japan Academy · National Academy of Sciences · Royal Academy of Medicine of Belgium · Royal Society of London
Education & Institutions
University of Tokyo
Verified Legacy Record
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International Prize for Biology
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Person of Cultural Merit
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Asahi Prize
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Croonian Medal and Lecture
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Foreign Member of the Royal Society
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Imperial Prize of Japan Academy
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Sources & Provenance
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