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	Koichi Tanaka Winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
		Koichi Tanaka Winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
		Koichi Tanaka - Nobel Lecture (submitted by Davis)
		Koichi Tanaka - Autobiography in English (submitted by roman)
	almaz.com /nobel/chemistry/2002b.html (99 words)

	Koichi Tanaka - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Koichi Tanaka (田中耕一, born August 3, 1959) is a Japanese scientist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2002 for developing a novel method for mass spectrometric analyses of biological macromolecules.
		His work was reported for the first time at the Annual Conference of the Mass Spectrometry Society of Japan held in Kyoto, Japan, in May 1987 and became known as soft laser desorption (SLD).
		Just after Tanaka's report, two German scientists, Franz Hillenkamp and Michael Karas, reported an improved SLD method with higher sensitivity using a small organic compound as a matrix.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Koichi_Tanaka (258 words)

	[KOICHI TANAKA]a noble soul (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Koichi Tanaka is the twelfth Japanese individual to receive the Nobel Prize and the first post-war- born Laureate.
		Tanaka's research has provided the opportunity for astounding developments in proteomics, which in turn have afforded significant progress in the development of new drugs, to the extent that the world can look forward to applications in the field of medical care such as early diagnosis of cancer.
		Nevertheless, as Koichi Tanaka repeatedly stressed at the initial press conference upon notification of the award, this major feat was not his work alone but the effort of many people.
	www1.shimadzu.com /about/nobel/noble (444 words)

	Koichi Tanaka -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Tanaka was born and raised in (additional info and facts about Toyama, Japan) Toyama, Japan.
		In February 1985, Tanaka found that by using a mixture of ultra fine metal powder and (A sweet syrupy trihydroxy alcohol obtained by saponification of fats and oils) glycerol as a matrix, an analyte can be ionized without losing its structure.
		MALDI-TOF/MS is indispensable for (Any of the branches of natural science dealing with the structure and behavior of living organisms) life sciences today, especially in the field of (The branch of genetics that studies the full set of proteins encoded by a genome) proteomics.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/k/ko/koichi_tanaka.htm (298 words)

	asia-inc (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Koichi Tanaka has sent shockwaves throughout Japan, emerging from the obscurity of an engineering firm to win the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 2002.
		Not surprisingly, Tanaka immediately became an iconoclastic hero and a source of inspiration to millions of Japanese disillusioned by the rigidity of their society.
		Tanaka is a modest man — which is another reason for his popularity in Japan.
	www.asia-inc.com /May04/Hjapan_koichi_may.htm (575 words)

	Celebrity File Japan by Lint (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Tanaka was an unknown person even in the field of chemistry but he quickly became a household name on October 9 of 2002 when he won the Nobel Prize.
		Tanaka "for their development of soft desorption ionization methods for mass spectrometric analyses of biological macromolecules." The other half of the award went to Kurt Wuthrich for similar research.
		Koichi Tanaka is set to formally accept the Nobel Prize on December 10 in Stockholm.
	www.lint.co.jp /htm2/CLB/CLB01-Tanaka_Koichi.htm (404 words)

	Tanaka, Koichi - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Tanaka, Koichi
		Japanese engineer who was awarded the 2002 Nobel Prize for Chemistry (with US analytical chemist John B Fenn and Swiss structural biologist Kurt Wüthrich) for his role in the development of soft desorption methods for mass spectrometric analysis of biological macromolecules.
		Tanaka developed Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionisation (MALDI), which enables biological macromolecules, especially proteins, to be analysed using mass spectroscopy, one of the most widespread of analytical techniques.
		From 1992, Tanaka spent several years on secondment to various corporation subsidiaries developing analytical techniques before returning to Kyoto, Japan, working at the Analytical and Measuring Division of the Shimadzu Corporation.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Tanaka,+Koichi (176 words)

	Disinfotainment: October 16, 2002 Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Tanaka won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his groundbreaking work in protein analysis.
		Tanaka proudly brings out an elementary school essay little Koichi-kun wrote, describing his interest in exploring the ocean depths in a submarine.
		Tanaka's niece appears and says he's nice and he always brought her lots of presents when he returned from abroad.
	ceicher.homeunix.com /archives/2002_10_16.html (1535 words)

	Spotlight: Shedding spectral light on giant molecules
		John Fenn of Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, USA, and Koichi Tanaka of the Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto, Japan, share half the 10m Swedish Krona prize for their work on methods of suspending proteins and other macromolecules, such as polymers and nucleic acids, for analysis by mass spectrometry.
		Tanaka, meanwhile, had discovered that a pulse of laser light could blast a viscous sample of protein into separate charged molecules.
		While Fenn and Tanaka provided scientists with a way to find out what protein they had in a sample and how much, their work said nothing of what that protein looks like - its three-dimensional molecular structure, in other words.
	www.psigate.ac.uk /spotlight/issue7/light.html (488 words)

	Scientific Computing
		Tanaka was charged with optimizing Yoshida's soft-ionization cobalt matrix sample preparation method while the other members set to the tasks of optimizing the components of the TOF instrument for the analysis of a target mass of 10,000 Daltons.
		During the preparation of one of the many trials, Tanaka mistakenly dissolved the cobalt into an aliquot of glycerin rather than the acetone that was normally used for its rapid evaporation from the sample under vacuum.
		Tanaka and team-leader Tamio Yoshida jointly filed for a patent for the glycerin-cobalt laser ionization method in August of 1985 and the team quietly worked on the development of a commercial instrument.
	www.scimag.com /ShowPR.aspx?PUBCODE=030&ACCT=3000000100&ISSUE=0308&RELTYPE=PR&PRODCODE=00000000&PRODLETT=C (740 words)

	Tanaka - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tanaka (田中 "in the ricefield") is the 4th most common Japanese surname.
		It may also refer to Tanaka Memorial an alleged Japanese war planning document.
		Yasuo Tanaka (astronomer) (asteroid 4387 Tanaka is named for him)
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tanaka (126 words)

	Miraikan Press Releases
		Koichi Tanaka, who won the Nobel Prize in 2002, to explain the contents of his research at the introductory exhibition section for "Mr.
		Tanaka will be explaining the structure of the Mass Spectrometer which he developed that analyzes protein etc. on the interview image.
		Tanaka is a famous researcher, his contents of research are not generally understood.
	www.miraikan.jst.go.jp /e/press/040319_2.html (388 words)

	Japan's newest star: a chemist \| csmonitor.com
		The previously unknown Koichi Tanaka became the country's second-youngest Nobel winner, and the only recipient of the chemistry prize to have no more than a bachelor's degree.
		Tanaka's shy smile graces the covers of magazines, his endearingly awkward speaking style fills the airwaves, and his polite and open character is held up as a model of a lost Japan: humble, but technologically brilliant.
		But in Tanaka's case, the Nobel success has come despite the lack of official support – and perhaps this is why the country has reveled all the more in his achievement.
	www.csmonitor.com /2002/1104/p06s01-woap.htm (759 words)

	Nobel Prize Announcement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Koichi Tanaka, fellow of Shimadzu Corporation, received his Nobel medal and diploma in Chemistry from his Majesty the King of Sweden, King Carl XVI Gustaf.
		Tanaka received the prize for the development of soft desorption ionization methods for mass spectrometric analyses of biological macromolecules to identify and reveal the structures of such molecules.
		Tanaka is the 12th Japanese citizen who has received a Nobel Prize.
	www1.shimadzu.com /about/nobel (157 words)

	Patentee Index
		Aoyagi, Seiichi; Asano, Yasuharu; Tanaka, Miyuki; Yokono, Jun; and Oe, Toshio 06961705 Cl. 704-275.
		Takamori, Nobuyuki; Tanaka, Toshiyuki; Yoshida, Mitsunobu; Usui, Nobuyuki; Miyake, Tomoyuki; Inui, Toshiharu; Tajima, Hideharu; Takahashi, Akira; and Tamura, Toshihiro 06961952 Cl. 720-729.
		Nagano, Shuji; Oka, Toshihiko; and Yoshimoto, Koichi 06959675 Cl. 123-90.16.
	www.uspto.gov /web/patents/patog/week44/OG/patentee/alphaY_Utility.htm (3079 words)

	genann.html (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Professors Fenn and Tanaka were specifically recognized for their contributions to the development of soft ionization techniques (electrospray and laser desorption, respectively) for mass spectrometric analysis of biomolecules.
		Koichi Tanaka was recognized for his role in the development of soft laser ionization.
		Dr. Tanaka is a senior engineer with the Shimadzu Corporation in Kyoto, and has recently been responsible for the development of a combined ion trap/time-of-flight (QitTOF) tandem instrument at the Shimadzu Research Laboratories in Manchester, UK.
	members.cox.net /wbmsdg/genann.html (419 words)

	CBC News:Protein researchers win chemistry Nobel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		In the 1980s, Fenn and Tanaka showed how an analytical technique called mass spectrometry, which had previously been able to recognize only small molecules, could be applied to identify proteins.
		Tanaka is the youngest chemistry laureate since 1968 and the second Japanese Nobel laureate this year, following Masatoshi Koshiba, one of the physics laureates.
		For the second year in a row, the academy decided to award the chemistry and physics honours separately instead of on the same day, to prevent one award from being overlooked.
	www.cbc.ca /stories/2002/10/09/nobel_chem021009 (370 words)

	Boston.com / Latest News / World
		Previously only fairly small molecules could be identified, but John B. Fenn and Koichi Tanaka have developed methods that make it possible to analyze biological macromolecules as well.
		Fenn and Tanaka produced their breakthroughs in the latter half of the 1980s, transforming an analysis technique called mass spectrometry, which lets scientists rapidly identify a substance.
		Tanaka, at a news conference in Kyoto, Japan, said the news came as a "total surprise.
	www.boston.com /news/daily/09/nobel_chemistry.htm (1628 words)

	Encyclopedia: Koichi Tanaka (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
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		A macromolecule is a molecule composed of a very large number of atoms.
		In February 1985, Tanaka found that by using a mixture of ultra fine metal powder as a matrix, an analyte can be ionized without losing its structure.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Koichi-Tanaka (577 words)

	Nobel Prize for Chemistry 2002 - a Shimadzu Laureate
		Tanaka’s approach has become fundamental in the standard methods (MALDI, SELDI and DIOS) for structural analyses of proteins, DNA and carbohydrates which make it possible to characterise the components of biological systems.
		Mr Tanaka is the architect of a soft ionisation technique that the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences describes as ‘hovering through blasting’.
		In addition, Mr Tanaka had a pivotal role in the creation of a novel version of the MALDI mass spectrometer which uses a hybrid design, employing a quadrupole ion trap (QIT) before time-of-flight (TOF) separation of the ions.
	www.kratos.com /Corp/prize.html (521 words)

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		On October 9th, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences decided that half of the 2002 Nobel Prize for Chemistry will be shared by John Fenn and Koichi Tanaka for their work in developing methods to enable the identification and structural analysis of biological macromolecules.
		Fenn and Tanaka were among the first to extend the powerful technique of mass spectrometry to biological macromolecules.
		In 1987, Tanaka demonstrated that laser pulses from a low-energy nitrogen laser could be used to ionize proteins from a surface.
	www.exygen.com /News/nobel_prize.htm (227 words)

	JCE Online: Biographical Snapshots: Snapshot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Born on August 3, 1959 in Toyama, Japan, Koichi Tanaka was raised by an aunt and uncle following the death of his mother shortly after his birth and the illness of his father.
		Despite an average first and second year, Koichi Tanaka reapplied himself and graduated from Tohoko University with a B.S. in electrical engineering.
		In an autobiographical account of his life, Koichi Tanaka commented that a “monumental blunder” was the start of his research breakthrough.
	jchemed.chem.wisc.edu /JCEWWW/Features/eChemists/Bios/tanaka.html (360 words)

	AM - Nobel laureate a celebrity in Japan
		In a reflection of some of the nation's insecurities, Tanaka san arrived home last night after receiving his prize to the sort of welcome usually reserved for rock stars.
		Masatoshi Koshiba was a co-winner in physics, Koichi Tanaka grabbed a gong in chemistry.
		Tanaka san, in particular, has become a huge national celebrity.
	www.abc.net.au /am/stories/s747882.htm (489 words)

	iWon - News
		STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - John Fenn of the United States, Japan's Koichi Tanaka and Kurt Wuethrich of Switzerland won the 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday for advances in the understanding the process of life.
		Fenn and Tanaka created a process to ascertain the size and quality of proteins, one of the building blocks of life contained in cells, by developing the widely used technique of mass spectrometry to analyze large molecules.
		Tanaka, 43, is the youngest chemistry laureate since 1967 and the second Japanese Nobel winner this year following physics laureate Masatoshi Koshiba.
	news1.iwon.com /top/article/id/64128\|top\|10-09-2002::09:03\|reuters.html (541 words)

	The Japan Times Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		KYOTO (Kyodo) Koichi Tanaka, winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in chemistry, has accepted an invitation to become a visiting professor at Kyoto University's International Innovation Center.
		Tanaka's first term will be from December to March and is to be renewed annually, according to university officials.
		Tanaka, who graduated from Tohoku University in 1983 with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, does not hold a doctorate but has been an engineer at Shimadzu since graduation, including assignments at affiliated companies and laboratories in Britain.
	www.japantimes.co.jp /cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20021030b5.htm (318 words)

	Tanaka Koichi -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Fenn, John B. American scientist who, with Tanaka Koichi and Kurt Wüthrich, won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2002 for developing techniques to identify and analyze proteins and other large biological molecules.
		Swiss scientist who, with John B. Fenn and Tanaka Koichi, won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2002 for developing techniques to identify and analyze proteins and other large biological molecules.
		John B. Fenn of Virginia Commonwealth University and Koichi Tanaka of Shimadzu Corp., Kyoto, shared half of the $1 million prize.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9395921?tocId=9395921 (518 words)

	Protein research gives life to next generation of super drugs. 10/10/2002. ABC News Online
		John Fenn, of the United States, Koichi Tanaka, of Japan, and Kurt Wuthrich, of Switzerland, helped create the new science of proteomics - the study of how proteins, the stuff of life, interact with other substances in the cell.
		Mr Fenn and Mr Tanaka were lauded for making advances in the late 1980s in mass spectrometry, the means of identifying a molecule based on its mass because even the largest proteins are too small to be studied with a microscope.
		Mr Wuthrich, 64, is currently a professor of molecular biophysics at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, and a visiting professor of structural biology at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California.
	www.abc.net.au /news/indepth/featureitems/chemistry.htm (783 words)

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