Name : Masayuki Saito (Hokkaido University, Japan) Educational background & professional experience 1970 Osaka University, Graduate School of Science PhD 1973-1989 Ehime University, School of Medicine Associate Professor 1989-2006 Hokkaido University, School of Veterinary Medicine Professor 2006-2013 Tenshi College, Department of Nutrition Professor 2006-present Hokkaido University Professor emeritus Research Interests Energy metabolism, with special references to brown adipose tissue and obesity Publications Nonpungent capsaicin analogs (capsinoids) increase energy expenditure through the activation of brown adipose tissue in humans. Yoneshiro T, Aita S, Kawai Y, Iwanaga T, Saito M. Am J Clin Nutr 95: 845-850, 2012. Production of functional classical brown adipocytes from human pluripotent stem cells using specific hemopoietin cocktail without gene transfer. Nishio M, Yoneshiro T, nakahara M, Suzuki S, Saeki K, Hasegawa M, Kawai Y, Akutsu H, Umezawa A, Yasuda K, Tobe K, You A, Kubota K, Saito M, Saeki K. Cell Metab 16: 394-406, 2012 Recruited brown adipose tissue as an anti-obesity agent in humans.　Yoneshiro T, Aita S, Matsushita M, Kayahara T, T, Kameya T, Kawai Y, Iwanaga T, Saito M. J Clin Invest 123: 3404-3408, 2013 Capsinoids and related food ingredients activating brown fat thermogenesis and reducing body fat in humans. Saito M, Yoneshiro T. Curr Opin Lipidol 24: 71-77, 2013. A new era in brown adipose tissue biology: molecular control of brown fat development and energy homeostasis. Kajimura S, Saito M. Annu Rev Physiol 76: 225-249, 2014.