Shinya Yamanaka

Awards

1. 2008

   Shaw Prize — Life Science and Medicine

   Biology

   For their recent pivotal innovations in reversing the process of cell differentiation in mammals, a phenomenon which advances our knowledge of developmental biology and holds great promise for the treatment of human diseases and improvements in agriculture practices.

2. 2009

   Canada Gairdner International Award

   Biology

   For his demonstration that the key transcription factors which specify pluripotency may become reprogrammed somatic cells to pluripotent stem cells.

3. 2009

   Lasker Award — Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

   Biology

   For discoveries concerning nuclear reprogramming, the process that instructs specialized adult cells to form early stem cells — creating the potential to become any type of mature cell for experimental or therapeutic purposes.

4. 2010

   Kyoto Prize — Advanced Technology

   CS

   Development of Technology for Generating Induced Pluripotent Stem (iPS) Cells.

5. 2011

   Wolf Prize — Medicine

   Biology

   for the generation of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells) from skin cells.

6. 2012

   Millennium Technology Prize

   Biology

   In recognition of his discovery of a new method to develop induced pluripotent stem cells for medical research.

7. 2012

   Nobel Prize — Medicine

   Biology

   for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent

8. 2013

   Breakthrough Prize — Life Sciences

   Biology

   for induced pluripotent stem cells.