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Kihara Memorial Foundation Academic Award

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Japan

First awarded
  
1993

Kihara Memorial Foundation Academic Award

Awarded for
  
outstanding original research in life sciences

Presented by
  
Kihara Memorial Yokohama Foundation for the Advancement of Life Sciences

Official website
  
kihara.or.jp/award/academic_award.html


The Kihara Memorial Foundation Academic Award (木原記念財団学術賞, Kihara Kinen Zaidan Gakujutsushō) is a biological award 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.

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Award information

The Kihara Memorial Foundation Award is presented to young researchers who have conducted outstanding original research in life sciences. 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).

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
  • 2009: Takashi Araki, Kyoto University
  • 2014: Yukiko Goto, University of Tokyo

    • References

    Kihara Memorial Foundation Academic Award Wikipedia
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