Katsuhiko Hayashi

Katsuhiko Hayashi
Nationality	Japanese
Alma mater	Meiji University
Known for	Clinical application of Induced pluripotent stem cell research
Scientific career
Fields	Stem cell research Reproductive biology
Institutions	Osaka University

Katsuhiko Hayashi (林 克彥, Hayashi Katsuhiko, born 1972) is a Japanese reproductive geneticist and stem cell researcher. He achieved same-sex reproduction of male mice and thus ranked Nature's 10. 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.

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