2023/03/27Award
Ms. Piu Banerjee (Laboratory of Mammalian Neural Circuits) received the Dean’s Award
Right: Prof. Iwasato (Dean/Supervisor)
The Dean’s Award is given to students who complete the PhD program with research activities worthy of special recognition at each school of the Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI.
Ms. Piu Banerjee (Laboratory of Mammalian Neural Circuits, Iwasato Laboratory) received the School of Life Science Dean’s Award for the second semester of the 2022 academic year.
Piu Banerjee (Laboratory of Mammalian Neural Circuits, Iwasato Laboratory)
Thesis Title: Study of Spontaneous Activity in the Peripheral Structure of Developing Mouse Somatosensory System
Ms. Piu Banerjee also received the Morishima Award from the Department of Genetics.
2023/03/15Award
Ms. Piu Banerjee (Laboratory of Mammalian Neural Circuits) received the Morishima Award
総合研究大学院大学 遺伝学専攻が独自に行っている「森島奨励賞」の選考が、2022年度後期の学位出願者に対して行われ、神経回路構築研究室 岩里研究室に所属する Piu Banerjeeさんが受賞しました。
・Piu Banerjee（神経回路構築研究室 岩里研究室）
「Study of Spontaneous Activity in the Peripheral Structure of Developing Mouse Somatosensory System」
授与式が2023年3月14日に行われ、花岡専攻長から賞状と研究奨励金が贈られました。
▶ 森島奨励賞とは
総研大遺伝学専攻で優秀な研究成果を発表して学位を取得した学生に、その研究内容を称えるとともに今後のさらなる発展を促す目的で贈られます。
▶ 遺伝学の先達
2022/12/06Award
Katsuhiko Minami in Genome Dynamics Laboratory won the “MBSJ2022 Science Pitch Award” at the 45th Annual Meeting of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan
Katsuhiko Minami, D5 student and SOKENDAI Special Researcher in Genome Dynamics Laboratory, received the “MBSJ2022 Science Pitch Award” at the 45th Annual Meeting of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan held in Makuhari, Chiba, Japan, on November 30 – December 2.
▶ Awarded presentation title:
Replication dependent histone labeling enables euchromatin/heterochromatin specific single nucleosome imaging.
▶ The 45th Annual Meeting of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan
2022/11/02Award
Shiori Iida in Genome Dynamics Laboratory won the Student Presentation Award at the 60th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society of Japan
Shiori Iida , D3 student and SOKENDAI Special Researcher in Genome Dynamics Laboratory, received the Student Presentation Award at the 60th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society of Japan held in Hakodate, Japan, on September 28 – 30.
▶ Awarded poster title:
Single-nucleosome imaging reveals steady-state motion of interphase chromatin in living human cells
▶ The 60th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society of Japan
2022/02/10Award
Mr. Harsha Somashekar received the Best Papers Award 2021 in the 93rd Annual Meeting of the Genetics Society of Japan.
Mr. Harsha Somashekar (Plant Cytogenetics/Nonomura Lab), a PhD student (D4) in the graduate university SOKENDAI, received the Best Papers Award 2021 in the 93rd Annual Meeting of the Genetics Society of Japan.
Dr. Tsuda, Harsha, Dr. Nonomura
Title:
Hyper accumulation of callose at extracellular spaces of anther locules is required for normal progression of male meiosis in rice.
2021/09/17
Ms. Mehwish Noureen and Ms. Maria Altaf Satti (Biological Networks Laboratory) received Morishima Award
Ms. Mehwish Noureen(left), Ms. Maria Altaf Satti(right)
On September 14, 2021, Ms. Mehwish Noureen and Ms. Maria Altaf Satti
(Biological Networks Laboratory) received Morishima Award from the Department
of Genetics, SOKENDAI. The Morishima Award is given to students in the
Department of Genetics to honor their outstanding performances during PhD
studies and to encourage further achievements.
・Mehwish Noureen (Biological Networks Laboratory)
thesis title : An Algorithmic Approach for Identifying Rearrangements in Multiple Bacterial Genomes
・Maria Altaf Satti (Biological Networks Laboratory)
thesis title : Comparative Analysis of Genus Bifidobacterium: Insight into its Host Adaptation
2018/01/16Award
Assistant Professor Kazuhide Asakawa, Division of Molecular and Developmental Biology won the 1st “SERIKA FUND” award
right:Asakawa
Assistant Professor Kazuhide Asakawa, Division of Molecular and Developmental Biology won the 1st “SERIKA FUND” award established for ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) research.
This award is given to scientists who are expected for their innovative and developing research.
▶ Serika Fund (only in japanese)
▶ Division of Molecular and Developmental Biology
The fund is named after heroin of Japanese comic “Space Brothers” who lost her father suffering from ALS. In the story, the heroin Serika becomes an astronaut and succeeds gravity- free-space experiments to develop medicines for ALS treatments. It is hoped to make her wish come true in real life.
▶ Division of Molecular and Developmental Biology
2017/09/08Award
Mr. Harsh Nagpal (Division of Microbial Genetics) received Morishima Award
On September 8, 2017 Mr. Harsh Nagpal (Division of Microbial Genetics) received Morishima Award from the Department of Genetics, SOKENDAI. The Morishima Award is given to students in the Department of Genetics to honor their outstanding performances during PhD studies and to encourage further achievements.
Harsh Nagpal(left) and KATSURA Director-General(right)
* Pioneers in Genetics MORISHIMA, Hiroko
2017/03/21
Yuki TUCHIYA (KITAGAWA lab) and Kazunori YAMAMOTO (KIMURA lab) received Morishima Awards
On March １４, 2017 two students who graduated in March 2016 received Morishima Awards from the Department of Genetics, SOKENDAI. The Morishima Award was established using a donation from the Morishima family honoring the late professor emeritus of NIG, Dr. Hiroko MORISHIMA. It awards students who receive a doctoral degree from the Department of Genetics to acknowledge their outstanding performances during PhD studies.
・Yuki TSUCHIYA (Division of Centrosome Biology, thesis advisor Daiju KITAGAWA)
thesis title : The role of Cep295 in centrosome biogenesis of human cells
・Kazunori YAMAMTO (Cell Architecture Laboratory, thesis advisor: Akatsuki KIMURA)
thesis title : A study on inter-cellular forces for blastomere configurations in developing embryos
YAMAMTO(left), TSUCHIYA(right) and Director-General
2016/03/10Award
Mr. Isaac Adeyemi Babarinde (Division of Population Genetics) received FY2015 Morishima Award
On March 8, 2016 Mr. Isaac Adeyemi Babarinde (Division of Population Genetics) received FY2015 Morishima Award from the Department of Genetics, SOKENDAI. The Morishima Award is given to students in the Department of Genetics to honor their outstanding performances during PhD studies and to encourage further achievements.
Pioneers in Genetics
2015/01/21
Professor emeritus Tomoko Ohta awarded the Crafoord Prize in Biosciences
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the 2015 Crafoord Prize in Biosciences to Professor emeritus Tomoko Ohta and Professor emeritus Richard Lewontin for their pioneering work in understanding genetic variation and evolution. The award ceremony will take place on May 5-7 in Stockholm, Sweden. The Crafoord Prize in astronomy and mathematics, biosciences, geosciences or polyarthritis research is awarded annually according to a rotating scheme. These disciplines are chosen to complement those for which the Nobel Prizes are awarded.
This year’s prize recognizes Professor Ohta’s fundamental contributions to the understanding of genetic polymorphism conducted at NIG. Her work, including “Slightly Deleterious Mutant Substitutions in Evolution” published by Nature in 1973 proposed “near neutrality” as a important factor for understanding both variation within a population and differences among species. Weak selection is now considered central to understanding genome evolution and her ideas have permeated thinking in biomedical research and systems biology as well as in comparative genomics.
2014/10/17
Naruya SAITOU, Professor of Division of Population Genetics, was awarded an honorary doctorate from Université Toulouse III
Naruya SAITOU, Professor of Division of Population Genetics, was awarded “Docteur Honoris Causa (an honorary doctorate)” from Université Toulouse III. The award presentation ceremony was held on October 8th in Toulouse, France.
Established in 1220, Université Toulouse III is one of the oldest and prestigious Universities. The university is also known as Paul Sabatier University after Paul Sabatier who received a Nobel Prize in Chemistry with François Auguste Victor Grignard in 1912.
Three other recipients are from Belgium, the United States, and Spain.
Established in 1220, Université Toulouse III is one of the oldest and prestigious Universities. The university is also known as Paul Sabatier University after Paul Sabatier who received a Nobel Prize in Chemistry with François Auguste Victor Grignard in 1912.
Three other recipients are from Belgium, the United States, and Spain.
Division of Population Genetics • Saitou Group
Professor SAITOU, Naruya
Docteur Honoris Causa
2014/10/15
Pradeep Lal (Postdoctoral Researcher at Division of Molecular and Developmental Biology Laboratory) received Poster Award
right:Pradeep Lal
BestPosetrAward
Division of Molecular and Developmental Biology • Kawakami Group
2014/07/02
Mr. Akihiro Uzuka (D2 Student SOKENDAI at Symbiosis and Cell Evolution Laboratory) received Poster Award.
Mr. Akihiro Uzuka (D2 Student SOKENDAI at Symbiosis and Cell Evolution Laboratory) made a poster presentation at “Biology of plastids – towards a blueprint for synthethic organelles” which was held at Pultusk in Poland, 21-26 June 2014. And he received Poster Award for his poster presentation.
PosterAnalyses of photosynthetic oxidative stress responses in herbivorous unicellular organisms
HPBiology of plastids -towards a blueprint for synthethic organelles
2014/04/23
Ms. Neha Mishra （D3 Student SOKENDAI at Division of Evolutionary Genetics）received SOKENDAI President’s Award.
Professor Hiroshi Akashi (Left)
Ms. Neha Mishra (Right)
2014/03/14
Hideaki Kanzawa receives “Morishima Award”
Hideaki Kanzawa, Ph.D. candidate at the Division of Population Genetics, received “Morishima Award for outstanding doctoral research in the Department of Genetics, SOKENDAI”. The awarding ceremony was held on 11th March, 2014.Morishima Award
About Dr. Hiroko Morishima (“Pioneers in Genetics” vol.3)
2013/06/27
Gen Shiratsuchi and Tadasu Nozaki were awarded poster prize at the 65th Annual Meeting of the Japan Society for Cell Biology.
Gen Shiratsuchi, JSPS Fellow at Kitagawa Lab, and Tadasu Nozaki, graduate student (Keio University) at Maeshima Lab, won the program committee chair award (poster prize) at the 65th Annual Meeting of the Japan Society for Cell Biology in Nagoya (June 19-12).
The 65th Annual Meeting of the Japan Society for Cell Biology
Kitagawa Laboratory (Center for Frontier Research)
Maeshima Laboratory (Structure Biology Center)
The 65th Annual Meeting of the Japan Society for Cell Biology
Kitagawa Laboratory (Center for Frontier Research)
Maeshima Laboratory (Structure Biology Center)
2013/01/09
Takehiko Kobayashi, Professor of Cytogenetics, was awarded “the 29th Inoue prize” by Inoue Foundation for Science.
Title
Study on gene amplification and its relationship to cancer and aging
Takehiko Kobayashi, Professor of Cytogenetics, was awarded “the 29th Inoue prize” by Inoue Foundation for Science. This prize is awarded to scientists who conducted basic and original scientific works. Takehiko Kobayashi revealed the molecular mechanism of “gene amplification” that contributed to cancer and aging.
Inoue Foundation for Science
※This site is presented only in Japanese.
2012/08/21
Mitsuru Morimoto, Assistant Professor of Division of Mammalian Development, was awarded the Jo Rae Wright Award, (Best Presentation Award) at FASEB Science Research Conferences
Mitsuru Morimoto, Assistant Professor of Division of Mammalian Development, was awarded the Jo Rae Wright Award, (Best Presentation Award) at FASEB Science Research Conferences: The Lung Epithelium in Health & Disease which was held in July 22-27, 2012 in Saxtons River, VT, USA. The prize is given to a scientist who gave the best presentation in the conference. The title of the presentation was “Notch signaling regulates the spatial balance of lung epithelial cells”.
[Summary of Dr. Morimoto’s research] Each organ has a unique function coordinated by distinct morphology and specialized cell types. Therefore, altered cell differentiation that leads to abnormal organogenesis can cause severe human diseases. Dr. Morimoto is investigating the tempo-spatial regulation of the epithelial cell types during mouse lung organogenesis. It is known that many pulmonary diseases worsened abnormal cell differentiation and proliferation; Mucous cell metaplasia in common inflammatory diseases, smooth muscle cells hyperplasia in pulmonary hypertension, Asthma, COPD and abnormal proliferation and differentiation of epithelial cell types in lung cancer as well. He is investigating molecular mechanisms underlying organogenesis and cell differentiation in the lung using mouse genetics and molecular biology. His recent study discovered that two types of Notch signaling are used reiteratively to organize three epithelial major cell types; Clara (secretary), ciliated cells and neuroendocrine (NE) cells. Further significant differences emerged between the selection of Clara/ciliated cells and size regulation of NE cell clusters. Notch signals coordinate the number and distribution of the major epithelial cell types of the conducting airway in lung organogenesis.
Mammalian Development Laboratory • Saga Group
Mammalian Development Laboratory • Saga Group
