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
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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
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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
2012/06/27
Tatsuya Nishino, Assistant Professor of Molecular Genetics, was awarded a Young Scientist Award from Protein Science Society of Japan.
Tatsuya Nishino, Assistant Professor of Molecular Genetics, was awarded a Young Scientist Award from Protein Science Society of Japan.
Tatsuya Nishino, Assistant Professor of Molecular Genetics Laboratory, received a Young Scientist Award at the 12th annual meeting of the Protein Science Society of Japan held in Nagoya, Japan on June 22nd. The prize is given to young scientist whose presentation is of high quality. The title of the presentation was ‘Structure and function of centromeric histone-fold complex, CENP-TWSX’
Division of Molecular Genetics, Fukagawa Laboratory
2012/06/04
Mr. Akira Tanave received an award for Excellent Young Scientist in the Annual Meeting of the Japanese Association for Laboratory Animal Science
Mr. Akira Tanave (Mouse Genomics Resource Laboratory), Ph.D. student in the Department of Genetics, SOKENDAI, received an award for Excellent Young Scientist in the Annual Meeting of the Japanese Association for Laboratory Animal Science, which was held in May 24-26, 2012 in Beppu, Oita. He also received a travel award and attended “14th Annual Meeting of the International Behavioural and Neural Genetics Society” which was held in May 15-19, 2012 in Boulder, Cololado. In the meeting, he did oral presentation as an awardee. The title of his presentation was “Genetic and molecular analysis of high anxiety-like behaviors in wild-derived mouse strains”.
Mouse Genomics Resource Laboratory, Koide Laboratory
2012/04/11
Hiromi Hirata, Associate Professor of Motor Neural Circuit Laboratory, was awarded a MEXT Prize for Young Investigators.
Hiromi Hirata, Associate Professor of Motor Neural Circuit Laboratory, received a Ministry of Education, Sports, Culture, Science and Technology (MEXT) Prize for Young Investigators at a ceremony held on April 17. This prestigious prize goes to young scientists in recognition of creative research and exceptional achievement in science. His prize was given for his outstanding research on the molecular basis of motor development in vertebrates.
Motor Neural Circuit Laboratory, Hirata Laboratory
2012/04/11
TakehikoKobayashi, Professor of Cytogenetics, was awarded the 2012Commendation for Science and Technology (Research Category) by MEXT, Japan.
Takehiko Kobayashi, Professor of Cytogenetics, was awarded the 2012 “Prize for Science and Technology”by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan. This prize is awarded to scientists who conducted pioneering and original scientific works. Takehiko Kobayashirevealed the molecular mechanism of “gene amplification”that contributed to evolution and adaptation using the ribosomal RNA gene cluster as a model system. Takehiko Kobayashi also found that the amplified genes affect cellular senescence by their instabilities, and he developed a new research field for aging study.
Division of Cytogenetics, Kobayashi Laboratory
2011/12/12
Professor Kurata was awarded as an AAAS Fellow 2011
~ A message from the AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Council ~
Dr. Nori Kurata has been nominated and voted as the 2011 AAAS Fellow by the AAAS Council for distinguished contributions in traditional and modern rice genetics and genomics, and for contributions in the field of rice breeding. The tradition of AAAS Fellows began in 1874. The 2011 AAAS Fellows will be announced in the AAAS News & Notes section of the 23 December 2011 issue of Science. New Fellows will be presented with an official certificate and a gold and blue (representing science and engineering, respectively) rosette pin on Saturday, 18 February, at the AAAS Fellows Forum during the 2012 AAAS Annual Meeting.
Plant Genetics Laboratory, Kurata Group
2011/10/25
Hiromi Hirata, Associate Professor received the 2011 Young Investigator Award from the Japanese Biochemical Society
Hiromi Hirata, Associate Professor of Motor Neural Circuit Laboratory, received the 2011 Young Investigator Award from the Japanese Biochemical Society. This prize is awarded to young scientists who conducted pioneering and original scientific works. Hiromi Hirata was awarded for his research on the formation of the nervous system and muscle during motor development.
2011/04/11
Jun Kitano, Associate Professor of Ecological Genetics Laboratory, received the 2011 Young Scientists’ Prize from the MEXT, Japan.
Scientists’ Prize from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan. The Ministry has announced the recipients on 2pm, April 11th (Japan time). This prize is awarded to young Japanese scientists who conducted pioneering and original scientific works. Jun Kitano is awarded for his research on the genetic mechanisms underlying the evolution of biodiversity in sticklebacks.
Ecological Genetics Laboratory , Kitano Laboratory
2011/02/18
Dr. Tatsuo Fukagawa was appointed Associate Editor on the Editorial Board of Chromosome Research.
Dr. Tatsuo Fukagawa (Division of Molecular Genetics) was appointed Associate Editor on the Editorial Board of Chromosome Research, an international publisher of academic and research journals. An article was published online on February 8th, 2011, announcing this appointment and also introducing Dr. Fukagawa and his career, and research achievements in his research field of “Structure and function of chromosomes in higher vertebrate cells”. The article also refers to activities of NIG and SOKENDAI.
Chromosome Research: DOI: 10.1007/s10577-011-9189-4
(Published Online: 8th February 2011)
