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UCSD: ‘A Journey of a Lifetime’ (2010)
The eighth student to have received a doctorate in Biology from UC San Diego, in 1968, Tonegawa gave the following Nobel Laureate Lecture—titled “From Molecular Biology to Immunology and [...]
A Nobel laureate’s stealthy biotech, its Japanese pharma backer, and the Englishman in charge
Outside of certain circles at MIT, you’d be hard pressed to find someone who is familiar with the biotech startup Galenea. The Cambridge, MA-based firm has been researching drugs for [...]
Nobelprize.org: ‘Interview with Susumu Tonegawa’ (2009)
Interviewed by Adam Smith, the editor-in-chief of Nobelprize.org, Susumu Tonegawa describes the Picower Institute, the work of the 1965 Nobel laureates in Physiology or Medicine which first [...]
Tonegawa rethinks Japan’s premier brain research center
WAKO, JAPAN—Susumu Tonegawa, 70, has never shied away from challenges. He left Japan to earn a Ph.D. in molecular biology from the University of California, San Diego. After a postdoc at the Salk [...]
Faculty profile: Susumu Tonegawa
Susumu Tonegawa’s father and uncle were engineers and scientists, which was probably the initial influence in his deciding to pursue a career in science. By his senior year in college, fueled by [...]
MIT Museum: ‘Lunchtime Talk: Genetics and Antibody Diversity’ (2008)
As part of the MIT Museum’s Second Annual Cambridge Science Festival, Susumu Tonegawa discusses his life and work, and answers questions from the general public, during the “Lunch with a [...]
Advice from a Nobel Laureate (2007)
An interview with Susumu Tonegawa, onsite at his laboratory at the Picower Institute. Produced by Sandy Chase...
Inaugural Symposium: ‘The Future of the Brain’ (2005)
Parts 1 and 2 of the Picower Institute’s Inaugural Symposium, titled “Vision of the Future,” features Nobel laureates Susumu Tonegawa, Sydney Brenner, Richard Axel, Eric Kandel and James Watson. [...]
Neurobiology of Memory (2003)
In labs around the world, mice learn to navigate complex mazes, locate chocolaty rewards, and after an interval, run the mazes again with maximum efficiency, swiftly collecting all the sweets. [...]