Satoshi Ōmura

Satoshi Ōmura

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2015

Kitasato University

“for their discoveries concerning a novel therapy against infections caused by roundworm parasites”

Satoshi Ōmura is a Japanese biochemist and microbiologist. He shared the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries concerning a novel therapy against infections caused by roundworm parasites. He worked at Kitasato University.

Field
Biology · Microbiology
Lifespan
1935–