Shinya Yamanaka

Shinya Yamanaka

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fields = stem cell research
workplaces = Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease
alma_mater = Kobe University, Osaka City University Graduate School
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known_for = Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
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nihongo|Shinya Yamanaka|山中 伸弥|Yamanaka Shin'ya is a Japanese physician and stem cell researcher. He serves as a professor at the Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences at Kyoto University and at the J. David Gladstone Institutes in San Francisco, California.

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 Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, San Francisco. 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.

Professional History

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. From 1995-1996, he was a staff research investigator at the 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-present, Shinya Yamanaka has been a professor at the Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences. [cite web |url=http://www.frontier.kyoto-u.ac.jp/rc02/kyojuE.html |title=Shinya Yamanaka MD., Ph.D.]

Recognitions

In 2007, Shinya Yamanaka was recognized as a "Person Who Mattered" in the Time Person of the Year edition of Time Magazine. [cite web |url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1690753_1690758_1693587,00.html|title=Junying Yu, James Thomson and Shinya Yamanaka] Shinya Yamanaka was also nominated as a 2008 Time 100 Finalist. [cite web |url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1725112_1723512_1723571,00.html|title=Shinya Yamanaka - The 2008 Time 100 Finalists]

Awards

*2007 Meyenburg Cancer Research Award [cite web |url=http://www.dkfz.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/2007/dkfz_pm_07_72_e.php|title=Meyenburg Cancer Research Award 2007 given to Dr. Shinya Yamanaka for the artificial generation of stem cells] [cite web |url=http://www.bio-pro.de/en/region/rhein/magazin/04249/index.html|title=Meyenburg Cancer Research Award 2007 for artificial stem cell production ]
*2008 Robert Koch Prize
*2008 Shaw Prize [cite web |url=http://pub.ucsf.edu/today/cache/feature/200806103.html|title=Gladstone's Shinya Yamanaka Wins Prestigious Shaw Prize for Stem Cell Discoveries] [cite web |url=http://www.bio-medicine.org/biology-news-1/Gladstones-Shinya-Yamanaka-wins-prestigious-Shaw-Prize-3608-1/|title=Gladstone's Shinya Yamanaka wins prestigious Shaw Prize] [cite web |url=http://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/news_data/h/h1/2008/news7/080617_2.htm|title=Professor Shinya Yamanaka Awarded the Shaw Prize]
*2008 Sankyo Takamine Memorial Award [cite web |url=http://www.icems.kyoto-u.ac.jp/cira/doc/080715_takamine_e.pdf|title=Professor Shinya Granted Sixth Sankyo Takamine Memorial Award]

References

External Links

* [http://www.frontier.kyoto-u.ac.jp/rc02/kyojuE.html Shinya Yamanaka MD., Ph.D.]
*cite news |first=Martin |last=Fackler |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Risk Taking Is in His Genes |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/11/science/11prof.html?pagewanted=all |work=The New York Times |publisher= |date=2007-12-11 |accessdate=2007-12-11
* [http://www.tv.janjan.jp/movie/edit/fccj/080109fccj_shinya_yamanakai_v_01.php The Discovery and Future of Induced Pluripotent Stem (iPS)


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