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Prof. Minoru Kanehisa
The 2018 Citation Laureate of Physiology or Medicine
Professor Minoru Kanehisa, Kyoto University, for contributions to bioinformatics, specifically for his development of the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG). This database of protein pathways involved in gene expression allows genomicists and other researchers to collect, compare, and interpret data on cellular processes.