Okano, Hideyuki

HIDEYUKI OKANO IS a Japanese scientist and currently one of the leaders in neural stem cell research. At present, he has an appointment as a professor in the Department of Physiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Japan. He graduated from the Keio University School of Medicine in 1983. He worked for Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (1989–92), the Institute of Basic Medical Sciences in Tsukuba University, Japan (professor, 1994–97), and the Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan (professor, 1997–2001). Then he moved to Keio University in 2001.

Okano has published more than 180 scientific papers and given many lectures to audiences around the world. His writings can be found in publications such as Cell, Science, Nature, Nature Medicine, Nature Neuroscience, Proceedings of the National ...