Minoru Kanehisa | |
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| Born | January 23, 1948 |
| Alma mater | University of Tokyo |
| Known for | KEGG |
| Awards | ISCB Fellow (2013) |
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| Thesis | (1976) |
| Website | www |
Minoru Kanehisa (金久 實) (born January 23, 1948) is a Japanese bioinformatician. He is a project professor at Kyoto University, technical director of Pathway Solutions Inc and president of NPO Bioinformatics Japan.[1][2][3] He is one of Japan's most recognized and respected bioinformatics experts and is known for developing the KEGG bioinformatics database.[4]
In 2018 he was listed on a list of Clarivate Citation Laureates for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for "contributions to bioinformatics, specifically for his development of the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG)".[5]
- ^ "Kanehisa Laboratories - Minoru Kanehisa". www.kanehisa.jp. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
- ^ Minoru Kanehisa publications indexed by Google Scholar
- ^ Minoru Kanehisa at DBLP Bibliography Server
- ^ Fogg, Christiana N.; Kovats, Diane E. (22 August 2013). "International Society for Computational Biology Welcomes Its Newest Class of Fellows". PLOS Computational Biology. 9 (8): e1003199. Bibcode:2013PLSCB...9E3199F. doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003199. PMC 3749946. PMID 23990772.
- ^ "Citation Laureates 2018" (PDF). Clarivate Analytics.
