Dr. Gordon Keller awarded 2019 Ogawa-Yamanaka Stem Cell Prize
MBP researcher Dr. Gordon Keller has been announced as the 2019 recipient of the Ogawa-Yakamanka Stem Cell Prize. The Ogawa-Yamanaka Stem Cell Prize was established in 2015 and recognizes scientists or doctors conducting ground-breaking work in translational regenerative medicine using reprogrammed cells.
Dr. Keller was selected for his contributions to 'efficient lineage-specific differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells into a myriad of cell types, enabling disease modeling and regenerative medicine approaches for many human diseases'.
Dr. Keller will be presented the award on November 6, 2019, at the Gladstone Institutes in San Francisco, California.
Please join the department in congratulating Dr. Keller for this remarkable achievement.