Topics of Prize Winners

JUL. 2024: Naotaka Tsutsumi, a winner of the 17th (FY 2023) Kazato Research Encouragement Prize, was appointed as Specially Appointed Associate Professor, Cellular and Structural Physiology Laboratory (CeSPL), TMDU Advance Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University.
APR. 2024: Takahiro Shimojima, a winner of the 17th (FY 2023) Kazato Prize, was appointed as Professor, Grad uate School of Science, Nagoya University.
FEB. 2024: Hideaki Kato, a winner of the 15th (FY 2021) Kazato Research Encouragement Prize, was appointed as Professor at the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST), the University of Tokyo.
JAN. 2023: Naotaka Tomioka, a winner of the 2nd (FY 2008) Kazato Prize, was designated as a fellow at Mineralogical Society of America (MSA).
FEB. 2022: Koji Harano, a winner of the 9th (FY 2015) Kazato Research Encouragement Prize, was appointed as Principal Researcher at Microscopy Group, Advanced Materials Characterization Field, Center for Basic Research on Materials.
AUG. 2019: Koji Harano, a winner of the 9th (FY 2015) Kazato Research Encouragement Prize, a research was published in Nature Communications.
APR. 2019: Motomichi Koyama, a winner of the 11th (FY 2017) Kazato Research Encouragement Prize, was appointed as Associate Professor at Environmentally Robust Materials, Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University.
APR. 2019: Yoshitaka Hamanaka, a winner of the 3th (FY 2009) Kazato Research Encouragement Prize, was appointed as Assistant professor at Shiga laboratory, Laboratory of CNB (Comparative NeuroBiology), Osaka University.
SEP. 2018: Osamu Ichii, a winner of the 10th (FY 2016) Kazato Research Encouragement Prize, at Associate Professor, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, received Veterinary Science Awards (FY 2018-FY 2019), The Japanese Society of Veterinary Science.
AUG. 2018: Masaki Tanaka, a winner of the 6th (FY 2012) Kazato Research Encouragement Prize, was appointed as Professor at Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University.
APR. 2018: Yoshitaka Hamanaka, a winner of the 3th (FY 2009) Kazato Research Encouragement Prize, at Graduate School of Science / Faculty of Science, Osaka City University, received Yoshida Prize, The Japanese Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry.
DEC. 2017: Naoya Shibata, a winner of the 6rd (FY 2012) Kazato Prize, was appointed as Professor at Institute of Engineering Innovation, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo.
APR. 2017: Shigeki Watanabe, a winner of the 9nd (FY 2015) Kazato Prize (Department of Cell Biology, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University),received The Young Scientists' Prize of The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
JAN. 2017: Kentaro Terada, a winner of the 2nd (FY 2008) Kazato Prize (Graduate School of Science, Osaka University), a research was published online in the UK scientific journal "Nature Astronomy".
JUL. 2014: Naotaka Tomioka, a winner of the 2rd (FY 2008) Kazato Prize, was appointed as Senior Scientist at Geochemical Research Group, Kochi Institute for Core Sample Research.
MAR. 2014: Tomoko Kamasaki, a winner of the 6th (FY 2012) Kazato Research Encouragement Prize, was appointed as Postdoctoral fellow at Creative Research Institution Hokkaido University.
NOV. 2013: Naoya Shibata, a winner of the 6th (FY 2012) Kazato Prize, (Institute of Engineering Innovation, Associate Professor , The University of Tokyo), received the Sir Martin Wood Prize from the Millennium Science Forum.
JUN. 2013: Yoshitaka Hamanaka, a winner of the 3rd (FY 2009) Kazato Research Encouragement Prize, ( Graduate School of Life Science Hokkaido University), received the Narishige Zoological Science Award 2013 from the Zoological Society of Japan.
May 2013: Tomoko Kamasaki, a winner of the 6th (FY 2012) Kazato Research Encouragement Prize (Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University), received the Young Scientist Awardat The 65th Annual Meeting of the Japan Society for Cell Biology.
AUG. 2012: Terunaga Nakagawa, a winner of the 5th (FY 2011) Kazato Prize, was appointed as Associate Professor at Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University, School of Medicine.
May 2012: Eiji Abe, a winner of the 3rd (FY 2009) Kazato Prize (School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo), received the 57th Seto Award 2012 (Society Award) from the Japanese Society of Microscopy.
Apr. 2012: Jun Kikkawa, a winner of the 4th (FY 2010) Kazato Research Encouragement Prize, was appointed as Researcher at Electron Microscopy Group, Surface Physics and Structure Unit, Advanced Key Technologies Division, National Institute for Materials Science.
Apr. 2012: Kentaro Terada, a winner of the 2nd (FY 2008) Kazato Prize, was appointed as Professor at Department of Earth and Space Science, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University.
May 2011: Masashi Watanabe, a winner of the 1st (FY 2007) Kazato Prize (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Lehigh University), received the 56th Seto Award 2011 (Society Award) from the Japanese Society of Microscopy.
Apr. 2011: Kentaro Terada, a winner of the 2nd (FY 2008) Kazato Prize (Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University), received the Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan.
Jun. 2010: Teruyasu Mizoguchi, a winner of the 2nd (FY 2008) Kazato Research Encouragement Prize (Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo), received the 64th Advancement Award 2009 from the Ceramic Society of Japan.
May 2010: Teruyasu Mizoguchi, a winner of the 2nd (FY 2008) Kazato Research Encouragement Prize (Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo), received the 11th Encouragement Award 2010 from the Japanese Society of Microscopy.
Dec. 2009: Teruyasu Mizoguchi, a winner of the 2nd (FY 2008) Kazato Research Encouragement Prize was appointed as Associate Professor at Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo.
May 2009: Kaoru Mitsuoka, a winner of the 1st (FY 2007) Kazato Prize (Biomedicinal Information Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology), received the Seto Award 2009 (Society Award) from the Japanese Society of Microscopy.
May 2009: Masahide Kikkawa, a winner of the 2nd (FY 2008) Kazato Prize, was appointed as Professor at Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo.
May 2009: Kentaro Terada, a winner of the 2nd (FY 2008) Kazato Prize, was appointed as Professor at Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University.
Jan. 2009: Masashi Watanabe, a winner of the 1st (FY 2007) Kazato Prize, was appointed as Associate Professor at Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Lehigh University.

Last Update: July 12, 2024