Dr. Hiroo Imura, Chairperson of the WPI Program Committee released the congratulating comment for Dr. Shinya Yamanaka, Principal Investigator at the Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (WPI-iCeMS) to have been announced as a recipient of this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

 Dr. Shinya Yamanaka, Principal Investigator at the Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (WPI-iCeMS) has received this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.  WPI-iCeMS is one of the research centers selected in 2007 by World Premier International Research Center Initiative (WPI).

 Dr. Hiroo Imura, Chairperson of the WPI Program Committee that is responsible for selection, assessment and management of the WPI program, has released the congratulating comment on this.

【About Dr. Shinya Yamanaka and WPI-iCeMS】

• Dr. Shinya Yamanaka has been working at WPI-iCeMS as Principal Investigator since its foundation in 2007.
• The Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS) at Kyoto University was established in October 2007 as one of the World Premier International Research Center Initiative (WPI) centers, which together aim to forge a new model for scientific institutions to advance leading edge research, create new interdisciplinary domains, establish truly international research environments, and reform existing research organizations.