Prize-winning: Ms. M. Hiratani, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

CHEMINAS Young Researcher Poster Award, The 20th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences
9-13 October 2016
“RECOGNITION OF MICRORNA EXPRESSION PATTERN IN SERUM USING PROGRAMMABLE DROPLET SYSTEM FOR CANCER DIAGNOSIS”
M. Hiratani, M. Ohara, and R. Kawano
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, JAPAN

Prize-winning: Yukiko Yamauchi, Assistant professor, Kyushu University

Yukiko Yamauchi, Assistant professor, Kyushu University received the EATCS/LA presentation award  at the 14th EATCS Japan Chapter Workshop on Theoretical Computer Science on Jan. 26,02016.
“Pattern Formation by Oblivious Synchronous Mobile Robots in the Three Dimensional Space”
Yukiko Yamauchi, Taichi Uehara, Masafumi Yamashita (Kyushu University)

Prize-winning: Akinori Kuzuya, Associate Professor, Kansai University

Akinori Kuzuya, Associate Professor, Kansai University received the “Shitagau Noguchi Award” from The Noguchi Institute on March 11, 2016.
Title: “Development of Intelligent Molecular Devices Utilizing DNA”

Prize-winning: Dr. Kenji Usui

Dr. Kenji Usui received the Award for Young Investigator from The Japanese Peptide Society, Japan on Nov. 17, 2015.
Title: Development of designed peptides with a secondary structure for use in nanobiotechnology.

http://www.peptide-soc.jp/award/award-for-young-investigator.html

Prize-winning: Prof. Kazunori Matsuura

Prof. Kazunori Matsuura (Graduate School of Engineering, Tottori Univ.) received “The Chemical Society of Japan Award for Creative Work for 2015” for his achievements about “Creation of Functional Biomaterials based on Biomolecular Recognition” from the The Chemical Society of Japan. The awards ceremony will be held at Doshisya University on March 26th, 2016.
http://www.chemistry.or.jp/news/information/27-11.html

Best Author Prize of JSIAM

Dr. Yasunori Aoki (Uppsala University), Prof. Ken Hayami (National Institute of Informatics), Prof. Akihiko Konagaya (Tokyo Institute of Technology) receiver this year’s Best Author Prize of the Japan Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (JSIAM).

The prize winning paper “Cluster Newton Method for Underdetermined Inverse Problems and its Application to Pharmacokinetics Model” was published in the Bulletin of the Japan Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, in 2014, Vol.24, No.4, pp.7-15 . The prize was awarded on September 9th at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Japan Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics  held at Kanazawa University.

Prize-winning (Apr 2015)

Professor Kenzo Fujimoto (JAIST) was awarded “ 2015 The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Science and Technology Promotion Category)”, on his work for the “Promotion of Photochemical Ultrafast DNA and RNA Manipulation”.

Prize-winning (Apr 2015)

Masato Ikeda (Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Science, Faculty of Engineering, Gifu University) recieved
The Young Scientists’ Prize from The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan on April 7, 2015.
Title: Research on stimuli-responsive supramolecular materials