Dr. Yasuharu Suematsu has contributed to establishing optical fiber communication technology indispensable for today’s information society and
Dr. C. David Allis has deciphered the roles of epigenetic changes in gene expression
Achievement:
Pioneering research on semiconductor lasers for high-capacity long-distance optical fiber communication
Honorary Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Achievement:
Discovery of histone modifications as fundamental regulators of gene expression
Joy and Jack Fishman Professor, The Rockefeller University
