Akira Yoshino vs Emmanuelle Charpentier
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Compare the life timelines of Akira Yoshino (1948–present) and Emmanuelle Charpentier (1968–present) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 58 years, from 1968 to 2026.
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Akira Yoshino (1948–present)
- — Born in Suita, Osaka Prefecture Verified
- — Graduated in engineering from Kyoto University Verified
- — Joined the Asahi Kasei Corporation Verified
- — Completed a master's degree at Kyoto University Verified
- — Built the first prototype of the modern lithium-ion battery Verified
- — Lithium-ion batteries entered commercial production Verified
- — Awarded a doctorate in engineering by Osaka University Verified
- — Received the Charles Stark Draper Prize Verified
- — Appointed professor at Meijo University in Nagoya Verified
- — Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Verified
Emmanuelle Charpentier (1968–present)
- — Born in Juvisy-sur-Orge, France Verified
- — Studied biochemistry and microbiology in Paris Verified
- — Completed doctoral research at the Institut Pasteur Verified
- — Moved to the United States for postdoctoral research Verified
- — Joined Umea University in Sweden Verified
- — Published the CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing paper with Jennifer Doudna Verified
- — Appointed director at the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology in Berlin Verified
- — Became founding director of the Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens Verified
- — Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Jennifer Doudna Verified