Dr. Hiroki Kokubo, Mammalian Development Lab., received the Chairperson Award of the 3rd Congress of Asia-Pacific Pediatric Cardiac Society. The Awarding Ceremony was held in the evening of 7th July from 20p.m. at the Sheraton Grande Tokyo Bay hotel, as part of the 3rd Congress of Asia-Pacific Pediatric Cardiac Society on July 6-8th in Chiba, Japan. Dr. Kokubo gave a lecture titled “Hesr2 disrupted mice develop aortic valve disease with advancing age. Chairperson Award: ” Hesr2 disrupted mice develop aortic valve disease with advancing age.” Information: http://www.appcs.org/2010/ Mammalian Development Laboratory, Saga Laboratory