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Yoshiki Sasai
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Sasai, c. 2012
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| Born | 5 March 1962 Hyogo, Japan
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| Died | 5 August 2014 (aged 52) Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
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| Nationality | Japanese |
| Alma mater | Kyoto University |
| Awards | Osaka Science Prize Inoue Prize for Science |
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| Fields | Biology |
| Institutions | RIKEN |
| Doctoral advisor | Shigetada Nakanishi |
Yoshiki Sasai (笹井 芳樹, Sasai Yoshiki, 5 March 1962 – 5 August 2014) was a Japanese stem cell biologist. He developed methods to guide human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) into forming brain cortex, eyes (optic cups), 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 ....
Early life and education
Yoshiki Sasai was born in 1962 in Hyogo, Japan. He received his medical degree from Kyoto University's School of Medicine in 1986. In 1993 Sasai was awarded a PhD from the Kyoto University School of Medicine, and served a residency at Kobe Municipal General Hospital.
Career
Sasai worked as a research fellow at Edward M. De Robertis's laboratory at UCLA School of Medicine until 1996. Sasai became an associate professor at Kyoto University in 1996, and a full professor in 1998. In 2003 he moved to the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology as Director of the organogenesis and neurogenesis group.
Sasai was known for developing methods to grow stem cells into organ-like structures. In 2012, Sasai became the first stem cell researcher to grow an optic cup from human cells.
Awards and honours
2010 Osaka Science Prize for his work on in vitro recapitulation of brain development
2012 Inoue Prize for Science.
2013 Hans Sigrist Prize
See also
- List of scientific misconduct incidents
