Shinya Yamanaka Fan Blog

Hi, I am Richard and I am a huge fan of Shinya Yamanaka, the guy who first created induced pluripotent stem cells and won the nobel prize in 2012. This blog will be about him and his work. Some Useful Links What are induced pluripotent stem cells Shinya Yamana Wikipedia Page Daily Stem Cell News

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A photo of shinya yamanaka in 2013

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Very nice photo-collage of S. Yamana

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Cool picture of Shinya Yamanaka

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Shinya Yamana Lecture

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Interview with Shinya Yamanaka by the Asahi Simbun

Here you can read an interview of Shinya Yamanaka by the Asahi Sibun. Some interesting bits:

Yamanaka says how he has become a celeb People started recognizing me right away, so it became hard to go out for drinks or go to the gym.

Yamanaka saying that he is involved in other fields We are conducting research on Parkinson's disease and blood disease treatments at Kyoto University's Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA).

And Yamanaka talking about his future plans My goal is to help patients. That path is not like a sprint, but rather an extremely long marathon. I will put forth my best effort and maintain a steady pace to reach the goal.

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Professor Göran K. Hansson announcing the winners of the nobel prize for 2012. As expected Yamanaka was one of the two. The prize was awarded for the "discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent"

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Quick video of Shinya Yamanaka explaining in simple words what induced pluripotent stem cells are and how they are created!

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Great one hour video of Shinya Yamanaka talking about induced pluripotent stem cells and his work..I can't get enough

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Who is Shinya Yamanaka ?

Yamanaka is probably one of the greatest scientists of our era!

He was born in September 4, 1962 and is a Japanese physician and researcher of adult stem cells. At the moment he is director of Center for "iPS Cell Research and Application" and teaches at the Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences at Kyoto University. He is also president of the International Society for Stem Cell Research Yamanaka is best known for being a pionneer in the field of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS) as he was the first to create iPS from animal and human cells.  

In 2011, he was awarded the Wolf Prize of Medicine, along withRudolf Jaenisch and in 2012 he won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine  along with John Gurdon. Finally, in 2013 he was awarded the $3 million Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for his research in iPS.

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