Hiroyuki Sasaki

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].

Biography

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

References

• Ferguson-Smith AC, Sasaki H; et al. (1993). "Parental-origin-specific epigenetic modification of the mouse H19 gene". Nature. 362: 751–755. PMID 8469285. doi:10.1038/362751a0. 
• Kaneda M, Okano M; et al. (2004). "Essential role for de novo DNA methyltransferase Dnmt3a in paternal and maternal imprinting". Nature. 429: 900–903. PMID 15215868. doi:10.1038/nature02633. 
• Watanabe T, Totoki Y; et al. (2008). "Endogenous siRNAs from naturally formed dsRNAs regulate transcripts in mouse oocytes". Nature. 453: 539–543. PMID 18404146. doi:10.1038/nature06908. 
• Sasaki H and Matsui Y. (2008). "Epigenetic events in mammalian germ-cell development: reprogramming and beyond". Nat. Rev. Genet. 9: 129–140. PMID 18197165. doi:10.1038/nrg2295. 
• Watanabe T, Tomizawa S; et al. (2011). "Role for piRNAs and non-coding RNA in de novo DNA methylation of the imprinted mouse Rasgrf1 locus". Science. 332: 848–852. PMC 3368507 . PMID 21566194. doi:10.1126/science.1203919. 

External links

• Videos of keynote speakers in Vienna - Hiroyuki Sasaki
• Hiroyuki Sasaki (Kyushu University)
• IHEC Japan