Lasker Lecture: Dr. Shinya Yamanaka, 2 of 3http://www.einsteni.yu.edu - Shinya Yamanaka, M.D., Ph.D., delivers the 2011 Lasker Lecture at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Yamanaka, the director of the Center for iPS Cell Research and Application at Kyoto University who was given the 2009 Lasker Award for generating the first induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells), discusses his scientific career to date and the opportunities and challenges presented by iPS cells. (October 24, 2011)