Dr. Hideaki Sugawara, a Professor in the Laboratory for the Research and Development of Biological Databases in DDBJ at National Institute of Genetics, won the Award of Honorary Membership of the World Federation for Culture Collections and the WFCC Medal for outstanding contribution to the WFCC. Laboratory for the Research and Development of Biological Databases Sugawara Laboratory WFCC Medal Letter Hideaki medal 2008 （PDF,28.7KB）