Shinya Yamanaka(1962)
Life SciencesShinya Yamanaka is a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2012) from Japan. They have received 12 major awards in total. Their primary field is Life Sciences. They were educated at University of California, San Francisco and Osaka City University. They have been affiliated with University of California, San Francisco.
JapanGladstone Institutes
Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences (2013)Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2012)King Faisal Prize (2012)Millennium Technology Prize (2012)Wolf Prize in Medicine (2011)Balzan Prize (2010)Lasker Basic Medical Research (2009)Gairdner International Award (2009)Horwitz Prize (2009)Shaw Prize in Life Science (2008)Heineken Prize (2008)BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge (Biomedicine) (2008)
12
Major Awards
417
Publications
111,163
Citations
119
h-index
259
i10-index
266.6
Avg Citations/Paper
Awards & Recognition
External Profiles
Career Path
Award progression over time
Apex Elite Prestigious
Co-winners
Shared the same award in the same year
EL
Eric Lander
Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences (2013)
BV
Bert Vogelstein
Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences (2013)
RW
Robert Weinberg
Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences (2013)
LC
Lewis Cantley
Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences (2013)
Titia de Lange
Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences (2013)
NF
Napoleone Ferrara
Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences (2013)
Cornelia Bargmann
Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences (2013)
David Botstein
Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences (2013)
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Hans Clevers
Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences (2013)
Charles Sawyers
Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences (2013)
John B. Gurdon
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2012)
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Linus Torvalds
Millennium Technology Prize (2012)
Education
University of California, San Francisco
Osaka City University
Kobe University
Doctoral Advisors
Kazutoshi TakahashiKatsuyuki Miura
Career Timeline
University of California, San Francisco?–present
Kyoto University?–present
Nara Institute of Science and Technology?–present
Positions & Roles
professor
Academy Memberships
National Academy of Sciences (US)
Top Publications
Successful thoracoscopic operative approach for refractory pneumothorax in interstitial lung disease under local anaesthesia
Respirology Case Reports20240 citations
Scrub typhus associated with reactive arthritis: A case report and literature review
IDCases20250 citations
Books
Related Laureates
Other winners of the same award(s)
Katalin Karikó
Gruber Prize in Neuroscience (2024)
Drew Weissman
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2023)
Jennifer A. Doudna
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2020)
Emmanuelle Charpentier
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2020)
FZ
Feng Zhang
Gruber Prize in Genetics (2022)
Huda Zoghbi
Horwitz Prize (2022)
David Julius
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2021)
FH
Franz-Ulrich Hartl
Wolf Prize in Medicine (2020)
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