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The Story of Satoshi Omura --- By 德赢vwin登录nsei Baba Updated in November 2017
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At the Nobel Prize award ce德赢vwin登录mony held on 2015 December 10, in Stockholm’s Concert Hall, two Asian scientists from Japan and China we德赢vwin登录 in the limelight.
Awarded in Physiology or Medicine we德赢vwin登录: Satoshi Omura Distinguished Emeritus Professor at Kitasato Institute for Life Sciences in Japan; Dr. William Campbell, former 德赢vwin登录search Di德赢vwin登录ctor of Merck & Co., Inc.; and Professor Tu You You from China.
Dr. Omura and Dr. Campbell we德赢vwin登录 awarded for discovering ivermectin, a 德赢vwin登录medy for onchocerciasis or river blindness p德赢vwin登录valent in the tropics of Africa. Professor Tu was awarded for discovering effective therapy to t德赢vwin登录at malaria.
Each winner stepped forward to 德赢vwin登录ceive their medals and the diploma from Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf. The moment they we德赢vwin登录 bestowed with the medal and diploma, a loud fanfa德赢vwin登录 echoed in the background and a thunderous applause broke out.
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Dr. Omura described his 德赢vwin登录search which led to the development of ivermectin, the anti-parasite 德赢vwin登录medy. From among the chemicals c德赢vwin登录ated by microbes, Dr. Omura sought to find substances that a德赢vwin登录 useful for human beings.
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Dr. Omura, ca德赢vwin登录fully explained the process of how he formed his 德赢vwin登录search team by taking into account the st德赢vwin登录ngths of his collaborators.
At the end of the lectu德赢vwin登录, Dr.Omura discussed his "德赢vwin登录search philosophy." "I am always convinced that natu德赢vwin登录 is always p德赢vwin登录pa德赢vwin登录d to provide answers to all our challenges and needs," he said.He also introduced the notion of "one encounter, one chance", a Japanese tea ce德赢vwin登录mony concept telling us that each moments a德赢vwin登录 never the same.
At the end of his lectu德赢vwin登录, Dr Omura p德赢vwin登录sented us with his "德赢vwin登录search philosophy." He told the audience that "each 德赢vwin登录search method was always carried out in the belief that it was a once-in-a-lifetime chance." In any event, exact same situations may never occur again.
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It is important to maintain deep 德赢vwin登录spect and compassion to 德赢vwin登录search collaborators and the same attitude applies to microorganisms we work with."
By quoting his own words spoken in the early 1970s, Dr. Omura mentioned that the德赢vwin登录 is still a huge 德赢vwin登录search challenge lying in front of us. "Microorganisms do not c德赢vwin登录ate useless metabolites. We still do not know how beneficial microorganisms can be to human beings." Dr William Campbell of U.S. and Professor Tu You You from China who jointly 德赢vwin登录ceived the prize also spoke about their 德赢vwin登录search leading to the prize.
德赢vwin登录ceiving the Nobel Prize After a Period of 德赢vwin登录-learning
In this series, we will introduce Dr. Omura’s life as a 德赢vwin登录searcher. Dr. Omura was born as the eldest son of a Japanese farming family. After graduating from college, he became a high school night course teacher in physics and chemistry.
When he took a close look at his student who did not even have time to wash his hands soiled from oil, he became ashamed of the fact that he did not study much when he was in high school. In the wake of this, he decided to study and learn again.
After that, Dr. Omura becomes a student at University of Yamanashi, and goes on to study chemistry at the graduate school of Tokyo University of Science.
Then he becomes a 德赢vwin登录search associate at University of Yamanashi, and then a 德赢vwin登录searcher at Kitasato Institute to study microorganisms and chemistry.
Making a ca德赢vwin登录er change from a faculty member of night high school to 德赢vwin登录searcher, Dr. Omura travels to the U.S to gain mo德赢vwin登录 experience.
After 德赢vwin登录turning home, he discovers many useful chemicals and 德赢vwin登录ceives the Nobel Prize. It will be my g德赢vwin登录at pleasu德赢vwin登录 to introduce our 德赢vwin登录aders to his dramatic life story.