Kitasato Shibasaburo
Kitasato may refer to * Kitasato Shibasaburō (1853–1931), Japanese physician * Kitasato University in Tokyo, Japan named after Kitasato *Kitasato-Daigaku-mae Station was a railway station on the Towada Kankō Electric Railway Line located in the city of Towada, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. It was 12.7 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Towada Kankō Electric Railway Line at Misawa Station. History Kita ...

Kitasato Shibasaburō
Baron was a Japanese physician and bacteriologist. He is remembered as the co-discoverer of the infectious agent of bubonic plague in Hong Kong during an outbreak in 1894, almost simultaneously with Alexandre Yersin. Kitasato was nominated for the first annual Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1901. Kitasato and Emil von Behring, working together in Berlin in 1890, announced the discovery of diphtheria antitoxin serum. Von Behring was awarded the 1901 Nobel Prize because of this work, but Kitasato was not. Biography Kitasato was born in Okuni village, Higo Province, (present-day Oguni Town, Kumamoto Prefecture, Kyūshū), the son of Kitasato Korenobu, a village head, and Tei, the daughter of a samurai. His parents were strict about his education and sent him to a relative's home and requested rigid discipline. He is said to have inherited his leadership qualities from his mother. He was educated at Kumamoto Medical School and Tokyo Imperial University. He studied ...
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Kitasato University
is a private medical university headquartered in Shirokane, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. The head of the university is on the Shirokane campus, neighboring the original Kitasato Institute, the first private medical research facility in Japan which was the starting point for the university in its present form. Kitasato University is ranked by Times Higher Education among the 350 best universities in Asia. History The school was named after Kitasato Shibasaburō. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1901. The 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Satoshi Ōmura, a professor at Kitasato University. Organization Undergraduate schools * School of Pharmacy * School of Veterinary Medicine * School of Medicine * School of Marine Biosciences * School of Nursing * School of Science ** Department of Physics ** Department of Chemistry ** Department of Biological Sciences * School of Allied Health Sciences ** Department of Health Science ** Dep ...
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