# Yoshiki Sasai

> Yoshiki Sasai  was a Japanese stem cell biologist. He developed methods to guide human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) into forming brain cortex, eyes, and other organs in tissue culture. Sasai worked at the Riken Center for Developmental Biology (CDB) in Kobe, and was Director of the Laboratory for Organogenesis and Neurogenesis. Following his involvement in the 2014 STAP cell controversy, Sasai was found dead at Riken from an apparent suicide.

*Japanese physician, developmental biologist, stem-cell researcher and university teacher (1962–2014)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/yoshiki-sasai

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Doctor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Doctors
- **Country:** Japan
- **Born:** 1962-03-05
- **Died:** 2014-08-05
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 50.6 / 100
- **Momentum:** 1.6 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 8.1 / 100
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- **Source confidence:** 50.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [笹井芳樹](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AC%B9%E4%BA%95%E8%8A%B3%E6%A8%B9)
- [يوشيكى ساساى](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%89_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%89)
- [Yoshiki Sasai](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshiki_Sasai)
- [Yoshiki Sasai](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshiki_Sasai)
- [Yoshiki Sasai](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshiki_Sasai)
- [笹井芳樹](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AC%B9%E4%BA%95%E8%8A%B3%E6%A8%B9)
- [Сасаи, Ёсики](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B8%2C_%D0%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8)
- [Yoshiki Sasai](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshiki_Sasai)
- [โยชิกิ ซาซาอิ](https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B4_%E0%B8%8B%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%8B%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B4)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2272131)

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