Awards(2024)


Awardees' laboratory and position are of the awarded day.

Date of award Awardee Outline Link
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"
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