Erina's RW Introduction

Erina Akita

Ken Enochs

Research Writing

30 January 2015

What can we learn from Shinya Yamamaka’s work and what are similarities between his and Shacklton’s ideas.

       “Today, I would like to talk about VW. I will not talk about German automobiles. I will talk about my own motto”. This is first introduction of Shinya Yamanaka’s speech at the 2013 U.S.-Japan Council Annual Conference on October 4, 2013. I think it could tell his unique personality well. In 2012, Dr. Yamanaka was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery that adult somatic cells called “iPS” can be reprogrammed into pluripotent cells. This great discovery amazed all over the world, and he became one of famous successful scientist now. As I showed at very beginning in his speech, we can see that he tried to make audience laugh. Also, another time during his talking in some address or interview, he often shows us his optimistic personality and sense of humor. Then, I started to be interested in his life and how his way of thinking cultivated.

As you know, historically, many scientists who were awarded the Nobel Prize in science have been given new hope for future to many people around the world by incredible discovery like Shinya Yamanaka. However, even if spending very long time and dedicating for the research, a way of achievement toward amazing successful discovery is rare. Therefore, for many scientists, it is important to know as one of great model, how Yamanaka could lead to successful discovery and what his way of thinking came up with his great idea. In this paper, I would like to analyze what can we learn from Shinya Yamamaka’s work and what are similarities between his and Shacklton’s ideas.

The purpose of this paper will give some tips about not only success future’s research for young scientists but also everyone who wants to succeed in any other fields. First, it will begin with an introduction and Yamanaka’s background. It will then focus on finding and analyzing similarities between Yamanaka and Shacklton’s tactics. Finally, it will relate to expectation for future’s research and successful work in other fields.