Award winners' voices

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• The 3rd Kobe Prize Young Investigator (Y.I.) Award

  "Elucidation of the Neural Basis of Sensorimotor Transformation and Motor Memory Formation through Spinal Cord Circuits"

  Aya Takeoka
  Team Director, Lab for Motor Circuit Plasticity

  “Stay open to the many opportunities around you, and don’t be afraid of taking bold steps. Taking a leap can lead to opportunities you never expected.”

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• FY2025 Recipient of the 40th Tsukahara Nakaakira Memorial Award

  "Research on the Mechanisms of Perceptual Information Processing in the Neocortex"

  Masanori Murayama
  Team Director, Lab for Haptic Perception and Cognitive Physiology

  “Moving forward without any guarantee of success was never easy, but pressing ahead while imagining the new landscape that might lie beyond was, for me, both the essence of research and one of its greatest challenges.”