Masayuki Yamato Explained

is a professor at Tokyo Women's Medical University. He instructed Haruko Obokata there and wrote a paper on STAP cell with her, Charles Vacanti and Yoshiki Sasai.^[1]

He was interested in tacit knowing, a concept which Michael Polanyi and Shinichiro Kurimoto also developed.^[2]

Career

Yamato was born in Tokyo in 1964^[3] and he graduated from Tokyo University.

Works

'Gossipy Cells'(Oshaberina Saibou tachi　おしゃべりな細胞たち) published by Kodansha^[4]

References

1. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v511/n7507/full/nature13598.html Nature.com
2. an essay titled 'SMALLTALK between AI and TK(tacit knowing)' from 'Contemporary Thought' (Gendai Shisō 現代思想April 1987 published by Seidosha)
3. https://www.terumozaidan.or.jp/labo/interview/01/index.html　life science's DOKIDOKI laboratory
4. http://bookclub.kodansha.co.jp/product?isbn=9784062174800 Kodansha's HP