Kazato Research Foundation
11th (FY 2017) Award Ceremony for
Kazato Prize and Kazato Research Encouragement Prize
The Kazato Research Foundation (Chairman: Nobutaka Hirokawa) held the 11th (fiscal year 2017) award
ceremony for the Kazato Prize and the Kazato Research Encouragement Prize on March 3, 2018 at theKeidanren Kaikan Hall. Prizes were presented to the following four prize winners.
Kazato Prize
Yoshihiko Togawa

Kenjiro Ono

Associate Professor
Department of Physics and Electronics
Osaka Prefecture University[Demonstration and Exploring Functionality of Macroscopic Spin Phase Order
Using Transmission Electron Microscopy]
Professor・Department of NeurologyShowa University School of Medicine[Elucidation of the Alzheimer’s disease pathogenesis by using electron andatomic force microscopies]

Kazato Research Encouragement Prize
Motomichi Koyama
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering
Kyushu University[In situ characterization of dislocation motion using electron channeling
contrast imaging]
Takanori Onouchi

Senior Assistant Professor
Center for Research Promotion and Support
Fujita Health University[Correlative Light and electron microscopic studies on novel functions of APC
protein in the intestinal epithelium cells]

The award ceremony was well attended, including a representative from President of the JapaneseSociety of Microscopy (JSM), President of JEOL Ltd., members of JSM and related research institutions, aswell as industrial researchers and past recipients of the Kazato Prize and the Kazato Research
Encouragement Prize. An award party was held after the award ceremony, providing a valuable opportunity
for lively discussion and interaction among participants. The Foundation would like to express its sincere
appreciation to all the participants.

Award Ceremony
Chairman’s Address
Nobutaka Hirokawa
Professor, University of Tokyo
Congratulatory Address
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Presentation of Prizes, Speech from Prize Winners
Kazato Prize

Yoshihiko Togawa

Study theme:[Demonstration and Exploring Functionality of Macroscopic Spin Phase
Order Using Transmission Electron Microscopy]
Associate Professor
Department of Physics and Electronics
Osaka Prefecture University

Kazato Prize

Kenjiro Ono

Study theme:[Elucidation of the Alzheimer’s disease pathogenesis by using electron
and atomic force microscopies]
Professor・Department of Neurology
Showa University School of Medicine

Kazato Research Encouragement Prize
Motomichi Koyama
Study theme:[In situ characterization of dislocation motion using electron channeling
contrast imaging]
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering
Kyushu University

Kazato Research Encouragement Prize
Takanori Onouchi
Study theme:[Correlative Light and electron microscopic studies on novel functionsof APC protein in the intestinal epithelium cells]
Senior Assistant Professor
Center for Research Promotion and Support
Fujita Health University2

Commemorative PhotographAward Party

Greeting from the Foundation

Hiroshi Shimoyama
Trustees of Kazato Research Foundation

Congratulatory Address

Tatsuo Ushiki
President of the Japanese Society of Microscopy

Toast

Gon-emon Kurihara
President of JEOL Ltd.

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Social Time
Attendees enjoyed discussion and talking.

Closing Remarks

Kuniaki Takata
Councillors of Kazato Research Foundation

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