Koichi Tanaka

Koichi Tanaka is a japanese Engineer and Chemist who jointly won the 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his part in developing a new a mass spectrometric method for analyses of biological macromodules, known as Soft Laser Desorption (SLD).  He is believed to be the only person to have won a Nobel Prize for science without a post-bachelor degree.

 

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1989  Encouragement Award from the Mass Spectrometry Society of Japan

2002  Order of Culture Award

2002  Nobel Prize in Chemistry

1.    Yoshida Y, Tanaka K, Ido Y, Akita S, Yoshida T (Central Research Lab, Shimadzu Corp). Development of Laser Ionization Time of Flight Mass Spectrometer I – Curved Electric Field Ion Reflector (in Japanese). 35-kai Shitsuryo Bunseki Rengo Toronkai, Yoshishu (Joint Symposium on Mass Spectrometry Abstract 1987) Page 12-13 1987
2.    Akita S, Tanaka K, Ido Y, Yoshida Y, Yoshida T (Central Research Lab, Shimadzu Corp). Development of Laser Ionization Time of Flight Mass Spectrometer II- High-speed, High-accuracy Measuring Circuit for TOF Spectrum (in Japanese). 35-kai Shitsuryo Bunseki Rengo Toronkai, Yoshishu (Joint Symposium on Mass Spectrometry Abstract 1987) Page 14-15 1987
3.    Y, Tanaka K, Akita S, Yoshida Y, Yoshida T (Central Research Lab, Shimadzu Corp). Development of Laser Ionization Time of Flight Mass Spectrometer lll – Sensitive Ion Detection in High Mass Range Ido. 35-kai Shitsuryo Bunseki Rengo Toronkai, Yoshishu (Joint Symposium on Mass Spectrometry Abstract 1987) Page 20-21 1987
4.    Tanaka K, Ido Y, Akita S, Yoshida Y, Yoshida T (Central Research Lab, Shimadzu Corp). Development of Laser Ionization Time of Flight Mass Spectrometer IV – Generation of Quasi-Molecular Ions from High Mass Organic Compound (in Japanese). 35-kai Shitsuryo Bunseki Rengo Toronkai, Yoshishu (Joint Symposium on Mass Spectrometry Abstract 1987) Page 22-23 1987
5.    Yoshida T, Tanaka K, Ido Y, Akita S, Yoshida Y (Central Research Lab, Shimadzu Corp). High Molecular Ion Detection using Laser Ionization TOF Mass Spectrometer (in Japanese). 35-kai Shitsuryo Bunseki Rengo Toronkai, Yoshishu (Joint Symposium on Mass Spectrometry Abstract 1987) Page 30-31 1987
6.    Tanaka K, Ido Y, Akita S, Yoshida Y, Yoshida T (Central Research Lab, Shimadzu Corp). About Laser Ionization Mass Spectrometry (in Japanese). 14-Kai BMS Danwakai Koen Yoshishu (Collected Lecture Cores for 14th BMS Talks) 1987
7.    Koichi Tanaka, Yutaka Ido, Satoshi Akita, Yoshikazu Yoshida and Tamio Yoshida (Central Research Lab., Shimadzu Corp). Detection of High Mass Molecules by Laser Desorption time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry Second Japan-China Joint Symposium on Mass Spectrometry Abstract Page 185-188 1987
8.    Tanaka K, Ido Y, Akita S, Yoshida Y, Yoshida T (Shimadzu Corp). Detection of High Mass Molecules by Laser Desorption Mass Spectrometry (in Japanese). 12-Kai Iyou Masu Kenkyukai Koenshu (Lecture Collection of 12th Biomedical Mass Spectrometry Research Meeting) Page 219-222 1987
9.    Tanaka K, Waki H, Ido Y, Akita S, Yoshida Y, Yoshida T.  Laser Ionization Mass Spectrometer and Its Applications (in Japanese). 23-Kai Ouyo Supekutorometori Tokyo Toronkai Yoshishu (Collection of Essentials of 23rd Applied Spectrometry Tokyo Symposium) 1988
10.    Koichi Tanaka, Hiroaki Waki, Yutaka Ido, Satoshi Akita, Yoshikazu Yoshida and Tamio Yoshida. Protein and Polymer Analyses up to m/z 100,000 by Laser Ionization Time-of-flight Mass Spectrometry (Shimadzu Corporation, Nishinokyo-Kuwabaracho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 604, Japan) Sponsor Referee: T. Matsuo, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, Vol.2 No.8, Page 151-153 1988
11.    Yoshida T, Tanaka K, Ido Y, Akita S, Yoshida K (Central Research Lab, Shimadzu Corp). Detection of High Mass Molecular Ions by Laser Desorption Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry (in Japanese) Shitsuryo-bunseki (Mass Spectrometry), Vol. 36 No.2, Page 59-69 1988
12.    Yoshida K, Tanaka K, Ido Y, Akita S, Yoshida T (Central Research Lab, Shimadzu Corp). An Improvement of Mass Spectral Resolution of a Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer by Means of Curved Electric Field Ion Reflector (in Japanese) Shitsuryo-bunseki (Mass Spectrometry), Vol. 36 No.2, Page 49-58 1988
13.    Hiroaki Sasai, Takeyuki Suzuki, Noriie Itoh, Masakatsu Shibasaki (Univ. of Tokyo), Koichi Tanaka (Shimadzu Corp.), Tadamasa Date, Kimio Okamura (Tanabe Seiyaku Co. Ltd.) Catalytic Asymmetric Nitroaldol Reaction Using Optically Active Rare Earth BINOL Complexes: Investigation of the Catalyst Structure Journal of American Chemical Society, Vol. 115 No. 22, 10372-10373 1993
14.    ABATE R, BALLISTRERI A, MONTAUDO G (Univ. Catania, Catania, ITA); GAROZZO D, IMPALLOMENI G (Inst. Chimica e la Tecnologia dei Materiali Polimerici, CNR, Catania, ITA); CRITCHLEY G (VG Analytical, Manchester, GBR); TANAKA K (Shimadzu Corp., Kyoto, JPN) Quantitative Applications of Matrix-assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization with Time-of-flight Mass Spectrometry: Determination of Copolymer Composition in Bacterial Copolyesters Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, Vol. 7 No.11, Page 1033-1036 1993
15.    Tanaka K (Shimadzu Corp.) Analysis of Low-to-High Mass Compounds by MALDI-TOFMS (in Japanese) Nihon Iyou Masu Supekutoru Gakkai Koenshu (Collection of Lectures from Japanese Society for Biomedical Mass Spectrometry), Vol. 18, Page 49-50 1993
16.    Nakanishi T, Shimizu A (Osaka Medical Coll., Osaka, JPN); Okamoto N (Osaka Medical Centre and Research Inst. Maternal and Child Health, Osaka, JPN); Tanaka K (Shimadzu Corp., Kyoto, JPN) Laser Desorption Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Transferrin Precipitated with Antiserum: A Unique Simple Method to Identify Molecular Weight Variants Biol. Mass Spectrom. Vol.23 No.4, Page 230-233 1994
17.    Tanaka K (Shimadzu Corp.) Nihon Iyou Masu Supekutoru Gakkai Koenshu. Analysis of Bioorganic Samples by Desktop Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption / Ionization Time of Flight Mass Spectrometer (in Japanese) (Collection of Lectures from Japanese Society for Biomedical Mass Spectrometry), Vol. 20, Page 61-62 1995
18.    Tanaka K, Kawabata S (Shimadzu Corp.) Shitsuryo Bunseki Rengo Toronkai, Yoshishu. MALDI Analysis using Inorganic Matrix (in Japanese) (Joint Symposium on Mass Spectrometry Abstract 1995) 1-P-32 1995
19.    Tanaka K (Shimadzu Corp.) Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption / Ionization Mass Spectrometry (in Japanese) Bunseki (Analysis), Vol.4, Page 253-261 1996
20.    Tanaka K (Shimadzu Corp.)  In Order to Obtain Fine Spectrum by MALDI – TOFMS (in Japanese) Shitsuryo-bunseki (Mass Spectrometry), Vol.45 No.1, Page 113-121 1997
21.    Tanaka K (Shimadzu Corp.) Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption / Ionization Time of Flight Mass Spectrometer (MALDI-TOFMS) for Structure Analysis (in Japanese) Shimadzu Hyoron (Shimadzu Review), Vol.54 No.1, Page 9-16 1997
22.    Tanaka K (Shimadzu Corp.) Gendai Kagaku Zokan. Biological Mass Spectrometry, Measuring Method and Analysis of Data, Measuring Method by MALDI – TOFMS (in Japanese) (Contemporary Chemistry-Additional Volume), Vol.31, Page 47-50 1997
23.    Nakamura Y, Fujimoto, Nakayama Y (Nihon Roche Research Lab) Tanaka K, Kawabata S, (Shimadzu Corp.) Shitsuryo Bunseki Rengo Toronkai, Yoshishu. Analysis of MALDI by Inorganic Matrix ?Ð The applications of various low molecule organic compounds (in Japanese) (Joint Symposium on Mass Spectrometry Abstract 1997) 1-P-20 1997
24.    Tanaka K, Kawabata S (Shimadzu Corp.)  Structure Analysis by Detecting Post Source Generated Neutral Species (in Japanese) Shitsuryo Bunseki Rengo Toronkai, Yoshishu (Joint Symposium on Mass Spectrometry Abstract 1997) 1-O-6 1997
25.    Nonami H, Fukuyama Y (Ehime Univ., Matsuyama, JPN); Tanaka K (Shimadzu Res. Lab. (Europe) Ltd., Manchester, GBR); ERRA-BALSELLS R (Univ. Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, ARG) Carboline Alkaloids as Matrices for UV-Matrix-assisted Laser Desorption / Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry in Positive and Negative Ion Modes. Analysis of Proteins of High Molecular Mass, and of Cyclic and Acyclic Oligosaccharides. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, Vol.12 No.6, Page 285-296 1998
26.    Li Ding, Eizoh Kawatoh, Koichi Tanaka, Alan J. Smith, Sumio Kumashiro. High efficiency MALDI-QIT-ToF Mass Spectrometer (Shimadzu Research Laboratory (Europe) Ltd, Manchester UK.) Proceedings of SPIE Vol.3777, Page 144-155 1999
27.    Tanaka K (Shimadzu Corp.) MALDI-MS From Its Inception to the Present (in Japanese) Shitsuryo Bunseki Rengo Toronkai, Yoshishu (Joint Symposium on Mass Spectrometry Abstract 2003) 1-S-03 2002
28.    Koichi Tanaka, Masahiro Nishida, Genichi Ueki 10 Feb 2009. Shock absorption of aluminum honeycombs for in-plane impacts (Conference Proceedings)
29.    Masahiro Nishida, Koichi Tanaka, Yusuke Ikeda 11 Jan 2007. Observations of impact phenomena of spherical projectile on aggregated particles in random packing (Conference Proceedings)
30.    Koichi Tanaka, Masahiro Nishida, Souhei Takamiya 17 Mar 2005. Impact-induced collapse of aluminum honeycombs with cell defects (Conference Proceedings)
31.    Masahiro Nishida, Koichi Tanaka, Yukinori Matsumoto 17 Mar 2005. Observations on the impact of a spherical projectile on particulate aggregations (Conference Proceedings)
32.    Koichi Tanaka, Masahiro Nishida, Yoshihiro Furukawa 01 Aug 2003. Dynamical collapse of aluminum honeycombs subjected to in-plane impact (Conference Proceedings)



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