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-lsb- http://www.pharm.kyoto-u.ac.jp/system-biology/e/history.html okamura lab -rsb- japanese chronobiology , physiology 02 december 1952 japan hitoshi okamura
 hitoshi okamura
hitoshi okamura

hitoshi okamura -lrb- born december 2 , 1952 -rrb- , md/phd , is a japanese scientist who specializes in chronobiology .
he is currently a professor of systems biology at kyoto university graduate school of pharmaceutical sciences and the research director of the japan science technology institute , crest .
okamura 's research group cloned mammalian period genes , visualized clock oscillation at the single cell level in the central clock of the scn , and proposed a time-signal neuronal pathway to the adrenal gland .
he received a medal of honor with purple ribbon in 2007 for his research and was awarded aschoff 's ruler for his work on circadian rhythms in rodents .
his lab recently revealed the effects of m6a mrna methylation on the circadian clock , neuronal communications in jet lag , and the role of dysregulated clocks in salt-induced hypertension .
