Kazato Research Foundation
12th (FY 2018) Award Ceremony for
Kazato Prize and Kazato Research Encouragement Prize

The Kazato Research Foundation (Chairman: Nobutaka Hirokawa) held the 12th (fiscal year 2018) award ceremony
for the Kazato Prize and the Kazato Research Encouragement Prize on March 2, 2019 at the Keidanren Kaikan Hall.
Prizes were presented to the following four prize winners.

Kazato Prize
Satoko Arakawa

Junior Associate Professor
Department of Physics and Electronics
Medical Research InstituteTokyo Medical and Dental University[Discovery of alternative autophagy using ultramorphology]

Yoshiaki Sugimoto

Associate Professor
Graduate School of Frontier Sciences
The University of Tokyo[Characterrization and manipulation of single atoms and moleculesby scanning probe microscopy]

Kazato Research Encouragement Prize
Daisuke Inoue

Postdoctoral Fellow
the Biodesign InstituteArizona State University[Design of microtubule structure by DNA origami]

Takao Oi

Assistant Professor
Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences
Nagoya University[Clarification of the functional morphology of salt glands in Grasses by
three-dimensional electron microscopy]
1Lin Yung-Chang

Researcher
Nanomaterials Research Institute,
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology[Imvestigation of the magnetic moment of single transition metal atom by using
scanning electron vortex beam]

Eita Tochigi

Associate Professor
School of Engineering
The University of Tokyo[Investigation of local deformation and fracture phenomena byatomic-resolution in situ TEM mechanical test]

The award ceremony was well attended, including a representative from Vice-President of the Japanese Societyof Microscopy (JSM), President of JEOL Ltd., members of JSM and related research institutions, as well 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 andinteraction 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

Presentation of Prizes, Speech from Prize Winners
Kazato Prize

Satoko Arakawa

Study theme:[Discovery of alternative autophagy using ultramorphology]
Junior Associate Professor
Department of Physics and Electronics
Medical Research InstituteTokyo Medical and Dental University2

Kazato Prize

Yoshiaki Sugimoto

Study theme:[Characterrization and manipulation of single atoms and moleculesby scanning probe microscopy]
Associate Professor
Graduate School of Frontier Sciences
The University of Tokyo

Kazato Research Encouragement Prize
Daisuke Inoue
Study theme:[Design of microtubule structure by DNA origami]
Postdoctoral Fellow
the Biodesign InstituteArizona State University

Kazato Research Encouragement Prize
Takao Oi
Study theme:[Clarification of the functional morphology of salt glands in Grasses by
three-dimensional electron microscopy]
Assistant Professor
Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences
Nagoya University3

Kazato Research Encouragement Prize
Lin Yung-Chang
Study theme:[Imvestigation of the magnetic moment of single transition metal atomby using scanning electron vortex beam]
Researcher
Nanomaterials Research Institute,
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

Kazato Research Encouragement Prize
Eita Tochigi
Study theme:[Investigation of local deformation and fracture phenomena
by atomic-resolution in situ TEM mechanical test]
Associate Professor
School of Engineering
The University of Tokyo

Commemorative Photograph

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Award Party
Greeting from the Foundation

Yosaburo Shibata
Trustees of Kazato Research Foundation

Congratulatory Address

Syo Matsumura
Vice-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

Masami Terauchi
Selection Members of Kazato Research Foundation

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