The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science has decided on 9 winners of the 2018th (18) Japan Society for the Promotion of Science "Ikushi Award".
The "Ikushi Award" commends excellent graduate school doctoral students who are expected to contribute to the development of academic research in Japan in the future, motivates them to study and research, and trains young researchers. Established in 2010 for the purpose. In the 2009th anniversary of His Majesty's coronation in 20, His Majesty gave a gift from His Majesty as a resource for supporting and encouraging young researchers who are studying and researching in a socially difficult economic environment. An initiative that began with the gift.
At the 9th "Ikushi Award", we asked 2,460 Japanese universities and academic societies to recommend candidates, and selected the winners from the 155 candidates recommended there.The award winners were Yusuke Kizen (25 years old) from Nagoya University, whose research theme is "elucidation of the mechanism of vertical axis formation of plants by asymmetric division of fertilized eggs". 27 people including Tomomi Nakagawa (29 years old) from Okayama University who studies "Background" and Yukari Nakajima (18 years old) from Kanazawa University "Basic research on observation of lymphatic vessels and elucidation of inflammation and fibrosis process in chronic lymphedema". Was chosen.The award ceremony will be held on March 2019, 3, and the winners will be awarded a certificate of merit, a prize, and an academic incentive of 8 million yen as a supplementary prize.
