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Yasuji Oshima (born 1932) is a Japanese geneticist.


Academics

Oshima graduated from
Osaka University , abbreviated as , is a public research university located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It is one of Japan's former Imperial Universities and a Designated National University listed as a "Top Type" university in the Top Global University Project. ...
's Department of Fermentation Technology in 1955, and later received his doctorate in 1960 from the same program. For postdoctoral research, Oshima traveled to Carbondale, Il to work with Dr. Carl Lindegren in the emerging field of yeast genetics between 1963-1965. After the research concluded, Oshima returned to Japan and worked for
Suntory (commonly referred to as simply Suntory) is a Japanese multinational brewing and distilling company group. Established in 1899, it is one of the oldest companies in the distribution of alcoholic beverages in Japan, and makes Japanese whisky. Its ...
ltd. as a researcher from 1965-1970. In 1970, Oshima returned to Osaka University as a faculty member in the Department of Fermentation Technology. Later in 1990, he became the director of the International Center of Cooperative Research and Development in Biotechnology at Osaka University, later becoming a professor at
Kansai University , abbreviated as or , is a private non-sectarian and coeducational university with its main campus in Suita, Osaka, Japan and two sub-campuses in Sakai and Takatsuki, Osaka. Founded as Kansai Law School in 1886, It has been recognized as one of t ...
in 1996, where he has stayed through to the present day. Starting in 1973, he has also served as director and active member of the Society of Fermentation and Bio-engineering.


Awards

Yasuji Oshima was awarded the GSA
Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal The Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal is awarded by the Genetics Society of America (GSA) for lifetime contributions to the field of genetics. The medal is named after Thomas Hunt Morgan, the 1933 Nobel Prize winner, who received this award for his work wi ...
in 2001, which recognizes a lifetime contribution to the field of
genetics Genetics is the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in organisms.Hartl D, Jones E (2005) It is an important branch in biology because heredity is vital to organisms' evolution. Gregor Mendel, a Moravian Augustinian friar wor ...
.


References

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