Dear Members of the Zoological Society of Japan

At the Board of Directors meeting of the Zoological Society of Japan held on Saturday, June 4 at 1:00 PM, three candidates for the 2022 grants were recommended by the Mariko Miebara Research Grant Selection Committee.
As a result of deliberation, the Council of the Zoological Society of Japan has decided to award grants to the following three individuals.

Haruna Fujioka, Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Environmental and Life Science, Okayama University
How Do Ants Transport Water? Unravelling Efficient Liquid Transport and Its Evolution

Myohara Maruko Research Encouragement Grant Haruna Fujioka Abstract

Keisuke Shimizu, Project Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Molecular mechanism of chitin-mediated shell formation in brachiopods

Michiko Myohara Research Encouragement Grant Keisuke Shimizu Abstract

Ai Takeshita, Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine
Elucidating the effects of placenta-specific circadian rhythm deficiency on placental function

Mahoragi Mariko Research Grant, Ai Takeshita, Abstract

Public Interest Incorporated Foundation, Zoological Society of Japan