Genshiro A. Sunagawa

Working as a clinician (pediatrician and anesthetist) since 2001. The discovery of hibernating tropical primates by Kathrin Dausmann in 2004 inspired me to take a step in the field of biomedical applications of natural phenomena like hibernation. Since 2015, I have worked at RIKEN, Kobe, Japan. My group focuses on active hypometabolism, such as hibernation and daily torpor. Our goal is to develop a safe method to make humans hibernate for clinical applications.