Yoshiki Sasai M.D., Ph.D.
Director of Nurogenesis & Organogenesis Group










[Academic History]
1986: Graduated from Kyoto University Medical School, gained MD
1986-88: Internship in general and emergency medicine
1988-1992: PhD course at Kyoto University School of Medicine (Professor Shigetada Nakanishi)
1993: gained PhD (on the neural specific transcriptional regulators HES family )
1993-1996: visiting research fellow at UCLA School of Medicine (Professor Eddy De Robertis)
1996-1998: Associate Professor, Kyoto University School of Medicine
1998- 2003: Professor, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University
2000- present: Group Director at RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe

[Editorial Board Member of International Journals]
Neuron, Development, Genesis, Developmental Dynamics

[Honors]
1999: 10th Anniversary Award of the Human Frontier Science Program Organization