Reason for the award

Winner: Kentaro Arikawa (Graduate School of Integrated Sciences, Yokohama City University)
Research Theme: Study on photoreception in butterflies
Abstract

Winner: Toshitaka Fujisawa (Department of Developmental Genetics, National Institute of Genetics / Department of Genetics, SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies))
Research Theme: Histological analysis of peptide signaling molecules in Hydra