Awards(2024)
Awardees' laboratory and position are of the awarded day.
| Date of award | Awardee | Outline | Link | 
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| Dec. 17, 2024 | Kenji Itao Computational Group Dynamics Collaboration Unit Special Postdoctoral Researcher  | 
Inoue Research Award for Young Scientists, Inoue Foundation "Principles of the Emergence of Diverse Human Social Structures: Constructing Universal Anthropology"  | 
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| Dec. 15, 2024 | Kanae Ogasawara Inter-Individual Brain Dynamics Collaboration Unit Postdoctoral Researcher Takahiko Koike Inter-Individual Brain Dynamics Collaboration Unit Unit Leader  | 
JCSS 2024 Presentation Award, Japanese Cognitive Science Society "The effects of psychological pressure on perceptual decision-making"  | 
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| Dec. 8, 2024 | Kenji Itao Computational Group Dynamics Collaboration Unit Special Postdoctoral Researcher  | 
Presentation Award for Young Scientists, The Human Behavior and Evolution Society of Japan "Two Universal Pathways in Demographic Transition"  | 
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| Nov. 22, 2024 | Hiroki Sasaguri Dementia Pathophysiology Collaboration Unit Unit Leader  | 
Encouragement Award (Basic Research), Japan Society for Dementia Research "Gene therapy with AD-protective genetic variant of the APP gene"  | 
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| Oct. 1, 2024 | Terufumi Fujiwara Adaptive Motor Control RIKEN Hakubi Research Team RIKEN Hakubi Team Leader  | 
Yoshida Prize for Young Researchers 2024, The Japanese Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry "Neural mechanisms of walking control in Drosophila"  | 
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| Sep. 23, 2024 | Amy Claire Thompson Cognitive Somnology RIKEN Hakubi Research Team Technical Staff  | 
University of Melbourne Faculty of Medicine Dentistry and Health Sciences Dean's Award for Excellence in Graduate Research 2024 "The Subjective Experience of Visual Snow Syndrome: Predictors and Implications"  | 
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| Jul. 27, 2024 | Shota Mizuno Laboratory for Molecular Pathology of Psychiatric Disorders Postdoctoral Researcher  | 
NEURO2024 Excellence Award for the Training Session for Early-Career Scientists "De novo promoter variants contribute to autism spectrum disorder risk through topologically associating domains"  | 
NEURO2024 Excellence Award for the Training Session for Early-Career Scientists | 
| Jul. 27, 2024 | Ukyo Towbish Tazawa Brain Intelligence Theory Unit Student Trainee  | 
NEURO2024 Excellence Award for the Training Session for Early-Career Scientists "Bayesian model selection method inspired by synaptic pruning"  | 
NEURO2024 Excellence Award for the Training Session for Early-Career Scientists | 
| Jul. 26, 2024 | Jun Nagai Laboratory for Glia-Neuron Circuit Dynamics Team Leader  | 
The Award for Distinguished Investigator of Japanese Society for Neurochemistry "Promotion of Astrocyte Pathophysiology Research"  | 
The Japanese Society for Neurochemistry | 
| Jul. 26, 2024 | Ken-ichi Dewa Laboratory for Glia-Neuron Circuit Dynamics Researcher  | 
The Award for Distinguished Investigator of Japanese Society for Neurochemistry "Uncovering the mechanism of synaptic localization of glial-derived glutamate transporters"  | 
The Japanese Society for Neurochemistry | 
| Jul. 25, 2024 | Kensuke Yoshida Laboratory for Neural Computation and Adaptation Postdoctoral Researcher  | 
Toshihiko Tokizane Memorial Award for Excellent Graduate Study in Neuroscience "Theoretical approaches to memory reorganization during sleep"  | 
The Japan Neuroscience Society | 
| May. 22, 2024 | Xiyang Sun Mathematical Informatics Collaboration Unit Postdoctoral Researcher  | 
The Japan Neuroscience Society JNS-CNS Travel Award "Inferring community architectures of multisensory pathways in Drosophila via unsupervised network embedding"  | 
JNS-CNS Travel Award | 
| Apr. 17, 2024 | Takuya Isomura Brain Intelligence Theory Unit Unit Leader  | 
The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology The Young Scientists’ Award ”神経回路が持つ生成モデルの推定とそのAI応用に関する研究”  | 
  Related links: (only available in Japanese) | 
| Apr. 1, 2024 | Thomas McHugh Laboratory for Circuit and Behavioral Physiology Team Leader  | 
Awarding Reason for the 32nd Kihara Memorial Foundation Academic Award "Elucidating the circuits and physiology of hippocampal memory"  | 
  Related links: (only available in Japanese) | 
| Feb. 20, 2024 | Cristina Risueno Segovia Laboratory for Brain Functional Dynamics Collaboration Special Postdoctoral Researcher  | 
FENS Forum 2024 Travel Award "Vocal-cardiorespiratory coordination during the learning process to volitionally vocalize in marmoset monkeys"  | 
The Japan Neuroscience Society | 



