Shimon Sakaguchi

Shimon Sakaguchi (坂口 志文) is an immunologist and a Distinguished Professor of Osaka University. He is best known for the discovery of regulatory T cells and to describe their role in the immune system. This discovery is used in the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases.

Biography
Sakaguchi was born in Japan's Shiga Prefecture and educated at Kyoto University.

In 2015, the news agency Thomson Reuters signals Shimon Sakaguchi among potential recipients of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

Awards and recognition

 * 2004: William B. Coley Award
 * 2008: Keio Medical Science Prize
 * 2009: Medals of Honor (Japan), purple ribbon
 * 2011: Asahi Prize
 * 2012: Foreign associate of the National Academy of Sciences
 * 2015: Gairdner Foundation International Award.
 * 2017: Crafoord Prize
 * 2017: Person of Cultural Merit
 * 2017: Momofuku Ando Prize
 * 2019: Order of Culture
 * 2020: Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize
 * 2020: Robert Koch Prize