Shinya Yamanaka
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| Born | September 4, 1962 Higashiōsaka, Osaka, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Fields | stem cell research |
| Institutions | Kyoto University, Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease |
| Alma mater | Kobe University Osaka City University Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease |
| Known for | Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell |
| Notable awards | Robert Koch Prize (2008) Shaw Prize (2008) Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award (2009) BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2010) Wolf Prize (2011) |
Shinya Yamanaka (山中 伸弥 Yamanaka Shin'ya, born September 4, 1962 in Higashiōsaka) is a Japanese physician and adult stem cell researcher. He serves as the director of Center for iPS Cell Research and Application and a professor at the Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences at Kyoto University, as a senior investigator at the UCSF-affiliated J. David Gladstone Institutes in San Francisco, California, and as a professor of anatomy at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). He was recently awarded the Wolf Prize in Medicine. Yamanaka has been listed as one of the 15 Asian Scientists To Watch by Asian Scientist Magazine on 15 May 2011.[1]
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[edit] Biography
He received his M.D. at Kobe University in 1987 and his Ph.D. at Osaka City University Graduate School in 1993. After this he went through a residency in orthopedic surgery at National Osaka Hospital and a postdoctoral fellowship at the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, San Francisco.
[edit] Professional career
From 1987-1989, Yamanaka was a Resident in orthopedic surgery at the National Osaka Hospital. From 1993-1995, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, which is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco. From 1995-1996, he was a staff research investigator at the UCSF-affililated Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease. From 1996-1999, he was an assistant professor at Osaka City University Medical School. From 1999-2003, he was an associate professor at the Nara Institute of Science and Technology. From 2003-2005, he was a professor at the Nara Institute of Science and Technology. From 2004–2010, Shinya Yamanaka was a professor at the Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences.[2] Currently Yamanaka is the director and a professor at the Center for iPS Cell Research and Application in Kyoto university, Japan.
In 2006, he and his team generated Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells - pluripotent stem cells from adult mouse fibroblasts. In 2007, he and his team were able to generate Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells from human adult fibroblasts. However, several studies indicate that the so-called pluripotent stem cells might be cancer-like cells.
[edit] Recognitions
In 2007, Shinya Yamanaka was recognized as a "Person Who Mattered" in the Time Person of the Year edition of Time Magazine.[3] Shinya Yamanaka was also nominated as a 2008 Time 100 Finalist.[4] In June 2010, Yamanaka was awarded the Kyoto Prize for reprogramming adult skin cells to pluripotential precursors. Yamanaka developed the method as an alternative to embryonic stem cells, thus circumventing an approach in which embryos would be destroyed.[5] In September 2010 he was awarded the Balzan Prize for his work on biology and stem cells.[6]
[edit] Awards
- 2007 Osaka Science Prize
- 2007 Inoue Prize for Science
- 2007 Asahi Prize
- 2007 Meyenburg Cancer Research Award [7][8]
- 2008 Yamazaki-Teiichi Prize in Biological Science & Technology
- 2008 Robert Koch Prize
- 2008 Medals of Honor (Japan) (Medal with Purple Ribbon)
- 2008 Shaw Prize in Life Science & Medicine[9][10][11]
- 2008 Sankyo Takamine Memorial Award[12]
- 2009 Lewis S. Rosenstiel Award for Distinguished Work in Basic Medical Research[13]
- 2009 Gairdner Foundation International Award[14]
- 2009 Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
- 2010 March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology
- 2010 Kyoto Prize in Biotechnology and medical technology
- 2010 Balzan Prize in biology
- 2010 Person of Cultural Merit
- 2010 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Biomedicine Category[15]
- 2011 Albany Medical Center Prize in biomedicine
- 2011 Wolf Prize in medicine
- 2011 King Faisal International Prize
[edit] References
- ^ "The Ultimate List Of 15 Asian Scientists To Watch – Shinya Yamanaka". AsianScientist.com. May 15, 2011. http://www.asianscientist.com/list/shinya-yamanaka//. Retrieved June 6, 2011.
- ^ "Shinya Yamanaka MD., Ph.D.". http://www.frontier.kyoto-u.ac.jp/rc02/kyojuE.html.
- ^ "Junying Yu, James Thomson and Shinya Yamanaka". Time. December 19, 2007. http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1690753_1690758_1693587,00.html. Retrieved May 23, 2010.
- ^ "Shinya Yamanaka - The 2008 Time 100 Finalists". April 1, 2008. http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1725112_1723512_1723571,00.html. Retrieved May 23, 2010.
- ^ http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jkbxRhyDrpFC_JPI1USg0ngYs3CQD9GDOE8G0
- ^ Balzan Prize winners in 2010, from the website of the Fondazione internazionale Premio Balzan
- ^ "Meyenburg Cancer Research Award 2007 given to Dr. Shinya Yamanaka for the artificial generation of stem cells". http://www.dkfz.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/2007/dkfz_pm_07_72_e.php.
- ^ "Meyenburg Cancer Research Award 2007 for artificial stem cell production". http://www.bio-pro.de/en/region/rhein/magazin/04249/index.html.
- ^ "Gladstone's Shinya Yamanaka Wins Prestigious Shaw Prize for Stem Cell Discoveries". http://pub.ucsf.edu/today/cache/feature/200806103.html.
- ^ "Gladstone's Shinya Yamanaka wins prestigious Shaw Prize". http://www.bio-medicine.org/biology-news-1/Gladstones-Shinya-Yamanaka-wins-prestigious-Shaw-Prize-3608-1/.
- ^ "Professor Shinya Yamanaka Awarded the Shaw Prize". http://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/news_data/h/h1/2008/news7/080617_2.htm.
- ^ "Professor Shinya Granted Sixth Sankyo Takamine Memorial Award". http://www.icems.kyoto-u.ac.jp/cira/doc/080715_takamine_e.pdf.
- ^ "Lewis S. Rosenstiel Award for Distinguished Work in Basic Medical Science". http://www.rose.brandeis.edu/Center/rose_past.html.
- ^ The 2009 Canada Gairdner Award... › Shinya Yamanaka
- ^ BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award
[edit] External links
- The Shinya Yamanaka Lab, CiRA, Kyoto University
- Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University
- Shinya Yamanaka on Charlie Rose
- Fackler, Martin (2007-12-11). "Risk Taking Is in His Genes". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/11/science/11prof.html?pagewanted=all. Retrieved 2007-12-11.
- The Discovery and Future of Induced Pluripotent Stem (iPS)
- Nature Reports Stem Cells Q&A with Shinya Yamanaka
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