Speakers

Mitinori Saitou received his M.D. and Ph.D. (under Shoichiro Tsukita) in the Kyoto University, performed his postdoctoral work in the Gurdon Institute (with Azim Surani), and was team leader at the RIKEN CDB. Mitinori Saitou is now Professor at the Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine and Director of the JST ERATO program. His work focuses on the mechanism and reconstitution in vitro of germ cell development in mammals including humans.