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Osamu Hayaishi was born on 8 January, 1920 in Stockton, California, USA, is a Japanese biochemist. Discover Osamu Hayaishi's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 95 years old?

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Age 95 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 8 January 1920
Birthday 8 January
Birthplace Stockton, California, USA
Date of death 17 December, 2015
Died Place Kyoto, Japan
Nationality United States

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Osamu Hayaishi MJA (早石 修), was a Japanese biochemist, physiologist, and military physician.

1920

Hayaishi was born in Stockton, California, United States, in 1920.

1942

He completed his medical degree in 1942 from Osaka University.

1949

After serving as a medical officer in the Japanese Navy for 3 years, he joined the Institute of Microbial Diseases, Osaka University and was awarded his Ph.D. in 1949.

1955

He discovered Oxygenases at the National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases, National Institutes of Health in 1955.

1964

Hayaishi was awarded several honors including, the Asahi Prize (1964), the Japan Academy Prize (1967), the Order of Culture (1972), the Louis and Bert Freedman Foundation Award from the New York Academy of Sciences (1976), the Wolf Prize in Medicine (1986), and the Distinguished Scientist Award of the World Federation of Sleep Research Societies (1999).

1973

Hayaishi was President of International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from 1973 to 1976.

1974

Hayaishi was also elected as a foreign member of several academies, as well as a member of the Japan Academy (MJA) in 1974.

1984

In 1984, the honorary citizenship of Kyoto was awarded to Hayaishi.

1986

Citing his "outstanding and pioneering contributions to biomedical sciences and enzymology," the Wolf Foundation awarded Hayaishi the 1986 Wolf Prize in Medicine "for his discovery of the oxygenase enzymes and elucidation of their structure and biological importance".

2018

After working with Arthur Kornberg at the National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases, National Institutes of Health and Washington University in St. Louis, Hayaishi served as a research group leader or a professor at various research institutions in the US and Japan including Kyoto University, and led approximately 600 graduate students in his life including Yasutomi Nishizuka, Tasuku Honjo- 2018 Nobel laureate in medicine or physiology, and Shigetada Nakanishi.

More than 100 his pupils became professors at various universities in Japan.

Hayaishi, along with group members, is recognized for his great contributions to biomedical sciences and enzymology, especially the discovery of Oxygenases group of enzymes.

These enzymes are widely distributed in nature and represent a unique group of respiratory enzymes that catalyze the direct incorporation of molecular oxygen into various substrates.

Hayaishi is also known for his discovery of the sleep-inducing action of Prostaglandin D2.