Takao Kondo
Takao Kondo | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Alma mater | Nagoya University |
| Known for | Circadian clock Kai ABC |
| Awards | Japan Academy Prize (2014) Asahi Prize (2007) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biology |
| Institutions | Nagoya University National Institute for Basic Biology |
Takao Kondo (近藤 孝男, Kondō Takao, born 1948) is a Japanese biologist, and professor of biological science at Nagoya University in Nagoya, Japan. He is known for being the first to reconstitute the circadian clock in vitro.
Biography
Kondo was born in 1948 in Kariya, Aichi, Japan, and received his B.S. in 1970 and his Ph.D. in Biology in 1977 from Nagoya University.[1] He was appointed as an assistant professor at the National Institute for Basic Biology in Okazaki, Aichi, Japan in 1978, and returned to Nagoya University as a professor at the Graduate School of Science in 1995.[1]
Work
Kondo discovered a gene cluster Kai ABC as a circadian feedback process in cyanobacteria in 1998,[2] before he succeeded in reconstituting the circadian oscillation of cyanobacterial Kai C phosphorylation in vitro in 2005.[3]
Recognition
- 1999: Kihara Memorial Foundation Academic Award[1]
- 2007: Asahi Prize[1]
- 2014: Japan Academy Prize[4]
- 2015: Gilbert Morgan Smith Medal [5]
References
- ^ a b c d "生物時計のブラックボックスを開く" Biography of Dr. Takao Kondo Template:Ja icon
- ^ Ishiura M, Kutsuna S, Aoki S, Iwasaki H, Andersson CR, Tanabe A, Golden SS, Johnson CH, and Kondo T. (1998). "Expression of a gene cluster kaiABC as a circadian feedback process in cyanobacteria". Science. 281 (5382): 1519–1523. doi:10.1126/science.281.5382.1519. PMID 9727980.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Nakajima M, Imai K, Ito H, Nishiwaki T, Murayama Y, Iwasaki H, Oyama T, and Kondo T. (2005). "Reconstitution of circadian oscillation of cyanobacterial KaiC phosphorylation in vitro". Science. 308: 414–415. doi:10.1126/science.1108451. PMID 15831759.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "日本学士院賞に10人の研究者選ばれる" 10 recipients of the Japan Academy Prize Template:Ja icon
- ^ "Gilbert Morgan Smith Medal". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 14 August 2015.