Professor Dr. Kotaro Sasaki

Biography

Dr. Kotaro Sasaki is an Assistant Professor at the University of Pennsylvania in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. He obtained his MD from Hokkaido University School of Medicine in 2005 and his PhD from Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine in 2017. Dr. Sasaki's clinical expertise encompasses renal and genitourinary pathology. His research primarily focuses on the development of human germline urogenital organs. Significant accomplishments of his team include the discovery of the nascent amnion origin in primate germline, reconstitution of human primordial germ cells from pluripotent stem cells, and identification of the origin of human gonadal adrenal lineage. Furthermore, they have reconstituted human adrenal specification using pluripotent stem cells. These discoveries lay the foundation for understanding the molecular basis of human infertility and reproduction endocrinology.

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