is a Japanese molecular biologist. He was the sixth president of Toyohashi University of Technology and an emeritus professor of the University of Tokyo. Sakaki was born in Nagoya. He received a bachelor's degree in biochemistry from the University of Tokyo, and received a Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of Tokyo in 1971. Awards 1999: Platinum Technology 21st Century Pioneer Partnership Award, Smithsonian Institution 2001: Chevalier dans l'ordre des Palmes Academiques, France 2001: Moosa Award, Biochemical Society of the Republic of Korea 2001: Award of Japanese Society of Human Genetics 2003: The Chunichi Cultural Prize, Chu-nichi Culture Foundation 2003: Medal with Purple Ribbon, Japanese Government References Japanese molecular biologists University of Tokyo alumni Academic staff of the University of Tokyo 1942 births Living people Chevaliers of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques Toyohashi University of Technology people Riken personnel