Prof Yoshiyuki Sakaki

President, Toyohashi Institute of Technology
Emeritus Professor, University of Tokyo
Special Consultant of RIKEN

Email: sakaki@tut.ac.jp

Dr. Yoshiyuki Sakaki is the President of Toyohashi Institute of Technology since April 2008. He is also Emeritus Professor of the University of Tokyo and Special Consultant of RIKEN. He has been the Director of RIKEN Genomic Sciences Center from 2004 to 2008(March) and also the President of HUGO (Human Genome Organization) from 2002 to 2005.  He has represented Japan in the international Human Genome Project, and the RIKEN team led by him made significant contributions to the completion of the human genome sequence, particularly playing a major role in completing the sequence of chromosome 21 and 11.  Currently he is the chief coordinator of Genome Network Project, a Japanese nation-wide project towards the comprehensive study on the transcriptional regulatory networks of the human genome. 

He was awarded to "Chevalier" from France Government 2001, in recognition of his contribution to the scientific cooperation between France and Japan, the Award of Japanese Society of Human Genetics (2001),and Medal of Purple Ribbon from Japanese Government (2003).