Awards(2026)


Awardees' laboratory and position are of the awarded day.

Date of award Awardee Outline Link
Jul. 31, 2026 Yoshihiro Yoshihara
Laboratory for Systems Molecular Ethology
Team Director
28th Toshihiko Tokizane Memorial Award, Toshihiko Tokizane Memorial Fund for Brain Research
Neural Circuit Genetics of the Olfactory System and the Claustrum
Announcement of the 28th Recipient of the Tokizane Prize in 2026
Jul. 31, 2026 Eichi Toyoizumi
Laboratory for Circuit and Behavioral Physiology
Research Associate
Neuroscience Research Excellent Paper Award 2026, Japan Neuroscience Society
A novel probe for precise and symmetric bilateral in utero electroporation in the mouse

May. 31, 2026 Atsushi Miyawaki
Laboratory for Cell Function Dynamics
Team Director
3rd Kobe Prize Grand Prix, Nakatani Foundation
光と生命との相互作用の探究から革新するバイオイメージング
Kobe Prize, Nakatani Foundation
May. 31, 2026 Aya Takeoka
Laboratory for Motor Circuit Plasticity
Team Director
3rd Kobe Young Investigator Prize, Nakatani Foundation
Elucidating spinal circuit basis of sensorimotor transformation and motor memory formation
Kobe Prize, Nakatani Foundation
Apr. 15, 2026 Kenji Itao
Computational Group Dynamics Collaboration Unit
Visiting Researcher
Young Scientists' Prize, Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (FY2026)
Study on the Generative Principles of Human Social Structure through Mathematical Modeling
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)
Apr. 15, 2026 Ayako Ouchi
Laboratory for Systems Neurophysiology
Special Postdoctoral Researcher
Young Scientists' Prize, Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (FY2026)
Study on Predictive Grid Cells Representing the Spatial Coordinates of Future Locations
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)
Mar. 11, 2026 Ukyo Tazawa
Brain Intelligence Theory Unit
Junior Research Associate
Excellent Poster Award, Mechanism of Brain and Mind Workshop Mechanism of Brain and Mind Workshop
Mar. 5, 2026 Masanori Murayama
Laboratory for Haptic Perception and Cognitive Physiology
Team Director
Nakaaki Tsukahara Memorial Award, Brain Science Foundation
Research on the Mechanisms of Perceptual Information Processing in the Neocortex