Dear Members of the Zoological Society of Japan

At the Zoological Society of Japan Board of Directors meeting held on Saturday, June 4 at 1:00 PM, two OM Prize candidates were recommended by the OM Prize Selection Committee.
As a result of deliberation, the Zoological Society of Japan Board of Directors has decided to award the 2022 Zoological Society of Japan OM Award for Encouragement of Female Researchers to the following two individuals.

Sayaka Hori
Tokyo Women's Medical University, Center for Integrated Education and Learning, Basic Sciences, Fixed-term Lecturer
Construction of a prototype synaptic circuit model generating sex differences in escape behavior optimization

OM Award - Sayaka Hori - Abstract

Kana Ikegami
Research Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (PD), Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
Elucidation of the neural mechanisms in fish that sense somatic growth and promote sexual maturation

OM Award Kana Ikegami Abstract

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