Kihara Memorial Foundation Academic Award
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Kihara Memorial Foundation Academic Award | |
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Awarded for | outstanding original research in life sciences |
Country | Japan |
Presented by | Kihara Memorial Yokohama Foundation for the Advancement of Life Sciences |
First awarded | 1993 |
Website | kihara |
The Kihara Memorial Foundation Academic Award (木原記念財団学術賞, Kihara Kinen Zaidan Gakujutsushō) is an award for biological sciences in Japan. It is awarded annually by the Kihara Memorial Yokohama Foundation for the Achievement of Life Sciences, to commemorate Hitoshi Kihara, Japan's pioneer geneticist.
Award information
The Kihara Memorial Foundation Award is presented to young researchers who have conducted outstanding original research in life sciences.[1] At the annual award presentation held at the Kihara Institute for Biological Research, winners receive 2 million yen, a diploma, and a silver statuette of Benthamidia japonica (Japanese flowering dogwood).[2]
Award winners
Notable award winners are:
- 1993: Taisei Nomura, Osaka University
- 1994: Makoto Asashima, University of Tokyo
- 1995: Takashi Gojobori, National Institute of Genetics
- 1999: Takao Kondo, Nagoya University
- 2001: Kunihiro Matsumoto, Nagoya University
- 2002: Shigeo Ohno, Yokohama City University
- 2006: Nobuki Matsuoka, Nagoya University[3]
- 2009: Takashi Araki, Kyoto University[4]
- 2011: Ken Shirasu, RIKEN
- 2014: Yukiko Goto, University of Tokyo
See also
References
- ^ Kihara Memorial Foundation Academic Award
- ^ 木原記念財団学術賞について [About the Kihara Memorial Foundation Academic Award]. 木原財団 (in Japanese). Archived from the original on February 4, 2014. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
- ^ Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences Professor Nobuki Matsuoka Wins Kihara Memorial Foundation Science Award
- ^ Professor Takashi Araki of the Graduate School of Biostudies receives the Kihara Memorial Foundation Academic Award
External links
- Official website(in Japanese)
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