Shinya Yamanaka Biography and Photos

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.

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