What would you ask Nobel Prize Laureate Shinya Yamanaka?
Posted by Caroline Hendry, on 14 March 2016
It’s been 10 years since induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) were first reported from the lab of Prof. Shinya Yamanaka. Since then, the field of direct reprogramming has grown immensely, and iPSCs have proved themselves to be an extremely useful and versatile tool, enabling research into basic developmental biology, the mechanism of reprogramming itself, as well as translational avenues of drug discovery and cell therapies.
Next week, I’ll be heading to Kyoto to interview Prof. Shinya Yamanka who, together with Sir John Gurdon, was jointly awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 2012 for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent.
As part of my interview, I’m going to ask Shinya the best, most interesting question put forward by the community – that’s YOU!
So: what would you ask Shinya? Now’s your chance. Submit your questions in the comments below, via our facebook page or on twitter using #askshinya.
The video forms part of Development’s interview series. Watch my interview with Prof. Austin Smith, where he chats about his role as an Editor at Development, and what it takes to be a good scientist. Plus, keep watching as Austin tries to identify stem cell scientists from photos taken before they were famous. Can you tell who they are? Watch the video and see for yourself.
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1. Reprogramming: whose idea was it, his or Takahashi’s?
2. Reprogramming: did he actually believe it will work? What was his response when he saw that it did?
3. How did he celebrate the Nobel Prize? Did he treat himself to something special?
please !!! we already know a lot about him , ask him questions that inspires young scientists !!! him and sir john Gurdon where a great inspiration for me !!!