title: The Second Tomoh Masaki Award (2013).
abstract: Professor Katsutoshi Goto, phD, a Japanese physio-pharmacologist born in 1943, is the recipient of the The Second Tomoh Masaki Award, a bi-annual prize presented on the occasion of the International Conferences on Endothelin to scientists for outstanding contributions and achievements in the field of endothelin research. The Second Tomoh Masaki Award was presented to Professor Goto at the Thirteenth International Conference on Endothelin held at Tokyo Campus of the University of Tsukuba, Tokyo, Japan, in September 2013 in recognition of his scientific contributions in the 1980s that ultimately allowed to identify and characterize the endothelin peptides. Goto's innovative work was quintessential in the discovery of endothelin which has led to the development of new therapies and new clinical applications in medicine and particularly pulmonary arterial hypertension. This article summarizes the career and the scientific achievements of Katsutoshi Goto, it includes statements of former students on his role as a mentor as well as the awardee's personal quotes, including a message to young endothelin researchers.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan; Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, Kobe, Japan. Electronic address: emoto@med.kobe-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Noriaki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Emoto
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshitoshi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kasuya
authors.affiliation: International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine (WPI-IIIS), University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan.
authors.forename: Masashi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yanagisawa
mesh_terms: D001363:Awards and Prizes; D016232:Endothelins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000266:history* / Q000378:metabolism; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan
chemical_list: D016232:Endothelins