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is a former stem-cell biologist and research unit leader at Japan's Laboratory for Cellular Reprogramming, Riken Center for Developmental Biology.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=RIKEN )〕 She claimed to have developed a radical and remarkably easy way to make stimulus-triggered acquisition of pluripotency (STAP) cells that could be grown into tissue for use anywhere in the body.〔(【引用サイトリンク】date=January 29, 2014 )〕 Riken, however, eventually launched an investigation in response to allegations of irregularities in images appearing in several articles she authored, including the paper announcing the discovery of STAP cells.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.peeep.us/324fb866 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】date=Feb 13, 2014 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】date=Feb 13, 2014 )〕 The ensuing scandal over STAP cells has since become one of the world's most well-known scientific frauds alongside the Schön scandal and Hwang Woo-suk's cloning experiments. ==Early life and education== Obokata was born in Matsudo, Chiba, Japan, in 1983. She attended Toho Senior High School, which is attached to Toho University, and graduated from Waseda University. At Waseda University, Obokata undertook undergraduate studies in the Department of Applied Chemistry, within the School of Science and Engineering, earning a Bachelor of Science in 2006, and graduate studies in the Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, earning a Master of Science in Applied Chemistry in 2008. After completing her master's, Obokata went on to study stem cells and regenerative medicine at the Institute of Advanced Biomedical Engineering and Science, a cooperative research and education facility operated with Tokyo Women's Medical University. She then undertook research at Harvard Medical School in Boston under Charles Vacanti for two years before returning to Waseda University to complete her Ph.D. in Engineering, again, from the Graduate School of Advanced Engineering and Science in 2011.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Waseda University )〕 According to a recent ''Asahi Shimbun'' news report, Obokata had offered to retract her doctoral dissertation following allegations that she may have copied and pasted some segments of her dissertation from publicly available documents posted in the U.S. National Institute of Health website.〔("STAP cell scientist seeks to withdraw Ph.D. thesis" ). ''The Asahi Shimbun''. March 16, 2014.〕 In October 2014, an investigative panel appointed by Waseda University gave Obokata one year to revise her Ph.D dissertation or lose her degree. 〔Momoko, Suda, "()", "Mainichi Shimbun", 30 October 2015〕 In November 2015, Waseda University announced that it was revoking Obokata's Ph.D.〔Murai, Shusuke, "(Waseda University strips Obokata of Ph.D. )", ''Japan Times'', 3 November 2015, p. 2〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Haruko Obokata」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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