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Shinya Yamanaka

Japanese doctor and medical scientist · Japan · Doctors · Born 1962 · age 64

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Shinya Yamanaka is a Japanese stem cell researcher and a Nobel Prize laureate. He is a professor and the director emeritus of Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University; as well as a senior investigator at the UCSF-affiliated Gladstone Institutes in San Francisco, California and a professor of...

A life in dates

2013Breakthrough Prize in Life SciencesAward2012Millennium Technology PrizeAwardNobel Prize in Physiology or MedicineAward2011King Faisal International Prize in MedicineAward2010BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge AwardAwardImperial Prize of Japan AcademyAwardMarch of Dimes Prize in Developmental BiologyAwardPerson of Cultural MeritAward2009Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical ResearchAwardCanada Gairdner International AwardAward2008Massry PrizeAwardRobert Koch PrizeAwardShaw Prize in Life Science and MedicineAward2007Asahi PrizeAward1962Born4 September 1962

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Shinya Yamanaka speaking at a lecture on 2010 January 14Shinya Yamanaka speaking at a lecture on 2010 January 14Yamanaka and Ryōji Noyori participating in the ceremony of the 50th All Japan Rugby Football ChampionshipYamanaka and Ryōji Noyori participating in the ceremony of the 50th All Japan Rugby Football Championship

Awards

Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences2013
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine2012
Order of Culture2012
Millennium Technology Prize2012
Wolf Prize in Medicine2011
King Faisal International Prize in Medicine2011
Albany Medical Center Prize2011
Balzan Prize2010
March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology2010
Person of Cultural Merit2010
Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology2010
BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award2010
Imperial Prize of Japan Academy2010
Clarivate Citation Laureates2010
Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research2009
Canada Gairdner International Award2009
Massry Prize2008
Rosenstiel Award2008
Robert Koch Prize2008
Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine2008
Yamazaki-Teiichi Prize2008
Meyenburg Prize2007
Asahi Prize2007
Honorary Doctor of the University of Hong Kong

About this person

Shinya Yamanaka is a Japanese stem cell researcher and a Nobel Prize laureate. He is a professor and the director emeritus of Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University; as well as a senior investigator at the UCSF-affiliated Gladstone Institutes in San Francisco, California and a professor of anatomy at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Yamanaka is also a past president of the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR).

Country
Japan
Category
Doctors
Type
Doctor
Status
living
Dates
Born 1962 · age 64

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