What is Satoshi Ōmura?
{{Infobox scientist |name = Satoshi Ōmura | native_name = 大村 智 | native_name_lang = ja |image = Satoshi_%C5%8Cmura_5040-2015.jpg |image_size = |caption = Satoshi Ōmura, Nobel Laureate in medicine in Stockholm December 2015 |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1935|07|12|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Nirasaki, Yamanashi]], Japan |death_date = |death_place = |nationality = Japanese |ethnicity = |fields = [[Biochemistry]] |workplaces = [[Kitasato University]]<br />[[Wesleyan University]] |alma_mater = [[University of Yamanashi]] ([[Bachelor of Science|B.S.]]<br />[[Tokyo University of Science]] ([[Master's degree|M.S.]], [[Doctor of Science|Sc. D.]])<br />[[University of Tokyo]] ([[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph. D.]]) |doctoral_advisor = |academic_advisors = [[Koji Nakanishi]]<br />[[Max Tishler]] |doctoral_students = |known_for = [[Avermectin]] and [[Ivermectin]]<br />Discoveries more than 480 new compounds |awards = [[Japan Academy Prize (academics)|Japan Academy Prize]] (1990)<br />[[Robert Koch Prize|Koch Gold Medal]] (1997)<br />[[Gairdner Foundation|Gairdner Global Health Award]] (2014)<br />[[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (2015) |religion = |signature = <!--(filename only)--> |footnotes = }} {{nobelprize|Physiology or Medicine}} {{Nihongo|'''Satoshi Ōmura''' [[Help:IPA for Japanese|[satoɕi oːmu͍ɽa]]]|大村 智|Ōmura Satoshi|extra=born 12 July 1935}} is a Japanese [[biochemist]]. He is known for the discovery and development of many [[pharmaceuticals]]. In 2015, he won the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] with [[William C. Campbell (scientist)|William C. Campbell]] and [[Tu Youyou]].<ref>[http://brh.co.jp/s_library/interview/84/ 新しい微生物創薬の世界を切り開く | サイエンティスト・ライブラリー | JT生命誌研究館]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Omura, Satoshi}} [[Category:1935 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Japanese biologists]] [[Category:Japanese chemists]] [[Cat