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M.D. Ph.D. Shinya YAMANAKA Professor, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University

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1981-1987 Kobe University, School of Medicine (M.D. awarded in March, 1987), Kobe, Japan
1987-1989 Resident, National Osaka Hospital, Osaka, Japan
1989-1993 Osaka City University Graduate School, Division of Medicine (Ph.D. awarded in March, 1993), Osaka, Japan
1993-1995 Postdoctoral Fellow, Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, San Francisco, USA
1995-1996 Staff Research Investigator, Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease
1996-1999 Assistant Professor, Osaka City University, Medical School, Osaka, Japan
1999-2003 Associate Professor, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nara, Japan
2003-2005 Professor, Nara Institute of Science and Technology
since 2004 Professor, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
since 2007 Professor, Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS), Kyoto University Kyoto, Japan
since 2008 Professor and Director, Center for iPS cell Research and Application (CiRA), iCeMS, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Publikationen

Author of more than 65 scientific articles on Stem Cell Biology, these include:
Takahashi, K.; Tanabe, K.; Ohnuki, M.; Narita, M.; Ichisaka, T.; Tomoda, K.; Yamanaka, S.: Induction of pluripotent stem cells from adult human fibroblasts by defined factors. Cell 131: 861-872, 2007
Takahashi, K.; Okita, K.; Nakagawa, M.; Yamanaka, S.: Induction of pluripotent stem cells from fibroblast cultures. Nat Protoc 2: 3081-3089, 2007
Nakagawa, M.; Koyanagi, M.; Tanabe, K.; Takahashi, K.; Ichisaka, T.; Aoi, T.; Okita, K.; Mochiduki, Y.; Takizawa, N.; Yamanaka, S.: Generation of induced pluripotent stem cells without Myc from mouse and human fibroblasts. Nat Biotechnol 26: 101-106, 2008
Yamanaka S.: Symposium: Nuclear reprogramming and the control of differentiation in mammalian embryos. Introduction. Reprod Biomed Online 16: 11-12, 2008
Aoi, T.,; Yae, K.; Nakagawa, M.; Ichisaka, T.; Okita, K.; Takahashi, K.; Chiba, T.; Yamanaka, S.: Generation of pluripotent stem cells from adult mouse liver and stomach cells. Science, 2008 (in press)

Auszeichnungen

NAIST Award, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 2003
Gold Medal, Tokyo Techno Forum 21, 2004
JSPS Prize, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2007
Twenty-Fifth Osaka Science Prize, 2007
Meyenburg Cancer Research Award, 2007
Inoue Prize for Science, 2007
Golden Plate Award, Academy of Achievement, International Achievement Summit Guest of Honor, 2008
Robert-Koch Preis, 2008