Katsuhiko Hayashi (林 克彥, Hayashi Katsuhiko, born 1972) is a Japanese reproductive geneticist and stem cell researcher.[1] He achieved same-sex reproduction of male mice and thus ranked Nature's 10.[2] He has been studying the mechanism by which germ cells that transmit genetic information to the next generation are produced. In particular, he has identified the molecules and environmental factors that control the differentiation process of the oocyte lineage leading to eggs by reconstructing this process using pluripotent stem cells. Recently, based on these studies, he has been conducting research into the quality control mechanism of genetic information in the oocyte lineage and the diseases caused by its breakdown.

Katsuhiko Hayashi
NationalityJapanese
Alma materMeiji University
Known forClinical application of Induced pluripotent stem cell research
Scientific career
FieldsStem cell research
Reproductive biology
InstitutionsOsaka University
Biography (excerpts of key points)
Year Qualitification
March 1994 Graduated from Meiji University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Agriculture
April 1996 Tokyo University of Science, Institute of Life Science (Molecular Biology Department), Research Assistant
August 2002 Full-time researcher at the Research Institute of Osaka Prefectural Medical Center for Maternal and Child Health (Division of Etiology and Pathogenesis)
March 2004 Doctor of Science(Tokyo University of Science)
April 2005 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge
April 2009 Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine (Functional Micromorphology) Lecturer
April 2012 Associate Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University (Functional Micromorphology)
April 2012 Associate Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University (Functional Micromorphology)
April 2014 Professor, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University (Human Genome Stem Cell Division)
September 2021 Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University


References

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  1. ^ "林 克彦 教授(生殖遺伝学)が着任しました | 大阪大学医学系研究科・医学部" (in Japanese).
  2. ^ Ledford, Heidi (2023). "Making mice with two dads: this biologist rewrote the rules on sexual reproduction". Nature. 624 (7992): 499. Bibcode:2023Natur.624..499L. doi:10.1038/d41586-023-03922-6. PMID 38093054.