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Hiroyuki Sasaki


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Hiroyuki Sasaki (佐々木 裕之, Sasaki Hiroyuki, born 1956) is a Japanese geneticist known for contributing to clarify epigenetic regulations during gametogenesis and embryogenesis through investigation of genomic imprinting as a model. He participates in the International Human Epigenome Consortium [IHEC].

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Biography

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Sasaki was born in Fukuoka, Japan in 1956, and received his MD and PhD in 1982 and 1987, respectively, from Kyushu University. He was appointed as a professor of the National Institute of Genetics in 1998. He has been a professor at the Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University since 2010, where he has been serving as a dean since 2012. He has been a vice president of Kyushu University since 2015.

Awards

  • 2009: The Japan Society of Human Genetics award
  • 2012: Kihara Award of the Genetics Society of Japan
  • 2015: Purple Ribbon Medal

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