Setsuro Ebashi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Setsuro Ebashi

biophysicist

Date of Birth: 31-Aug-1922

Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan

Date of Death: 17-Jul-2006

Profession: physician, biologist, university teacher, physiologist, biochemist, biophysicist

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Setsuro Ebashi MJA ForMemRS (?? ??, Ebashi Setsuro, 31 August 1922 Tokyo – 17 July 2006 Okazaki) was a prominent Japanese physiologist who uncovered the regulatory role of calcium in cells.
He is famous for the discovery of Troponin in 1965, which is integral to muscle contraction, as well as for the contribution of diagnosis of muscular dystrophy.