Yoshinori Ohsumi

Nobel Prize lecture

Molecular Mechanisms of Autophagy in Yeast

Yoshinori Ohsumi delivered his Nobel Lecture on 7 December 2016 at Aula Medica, Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm. He was introduced by Professor Maria Masucci of the Nobel Assembly.

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Yoshinori Ohsumi delivered his Nobel Lecture on 7 December 2016 at Aula Medica, Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm. He was introduced by Professor Maria Masucci of the Nobel Assembly.

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