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Shinya Yamanaka | |
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 Shinya Yamanaka in 2013 | |
| Born | 4 September 1962 |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Alma mater | Kobe University Osaka City University |
| Known for | Induced pluripotent stem cell |
| Awards | Robert Koch Prize (2008) Shaw Prize (2008) Albert Lasker Award (2009) Wolf Prize (2011) Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences [1] (2012) Millennium Technology Prize (2012) Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2012) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | stem cell research [2][3][4] |
| Institutions | Kyoto University, Gladstone Institute, University of California (UCSF) |
Shinya Yamanaka [5] (born 4 September 1962 in Osaka) is a Japanese physician. He received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 2012 with John Gurdon.[6] He won the Wolf Prize in Medicine in 2011 with Rudolf Jaenisch;[7] and the Millennium Technology Prize in 2012 together with Linus Torvalds.
He researches into adult stem cells.[2][3][4] He is director of Center for iPS Cell Research and Application and a professor at the Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences at Kyoto University. He is also a senior investigator at the UCSF-affiliated J. David Gladstone Institutes in San Francisco, California; and a professor of anatomy at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Yamanaka is also the current president of the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR).
Awards: He won a Nobel Prize. He won the Balzan Prize (2010).
- ↑ Nair P. 2012. Profile of Shinya Yamanaka. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109 (24): 9223–5. [1]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Takahashi K. & Yamanaka S. 2006. Induction of pluripotent stem cells from mouse embryonic and adult fibroblast cultures by defined factors. Cell 126 (4): 663. [2]
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Takahashi K.; Yamanaka S. et al 2007. Induction of pluripotent stem cells from adult human fibroblasts by defined factors. Cell 131 (5): 861–872. [3]
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Okita K; Ichisaka T. & Yamanaka S. 2007. Generation of germline-competent induced pluripotent stem cells. Nature 448 (7151): 313–317. [4]
- ↑ Shinya Yamanaka (山中 伸弥, Yamanaka Shin'ya)
- ↑ The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine – 2012
- ↑ Shinya Yamanaka: winner of Wolf Prize in Medicine – 2011. Wolf Foundation. [5] Archived 2015-09-19 at the Wayback Machine