Yoshizumi Ishino

Yoshizumi Ishino
Native name	石野 良純
Born	1957 Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Alma mater	Osaka University
Known for	CRISPR discovery
Awards	Poster Award (2013)
Scientific career
Fields	Molecular Biology, Biotechnology, Genetics, Biochemistry, Bioengineering
Institutions	Kyushu University NASA Astrobiology Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign

Yoshizumi Ishino (石野 良純, Ishino Yoshizumi) is a Japanese molecular biologist, best known for discovering the CRISPR in 1987.

Ishino received his BS, MS and PhD degree in 1981, 1983 and 1986, respectively, from Osaka University. From 1987 to 1989, he gained a post-doctoral fellowship at Yale University (Dieter Söll's laboratory).

In 2002, he became a professor at Kyushu University. Since October 2013, he is also a member of the NASA Astrobiology Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.

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