At the meeting of the Zoological Society of Japan Board of Directors held on Friday, June 5, at 2:00 PM, three candidates for the 2020 grants were recommended by the Mariko Miebara Research Encouragement Grant Selection Committee. As a result of deliberation, the Board of Directors of the Zoological Society of Japan decided to award the grants to the following three individuals.

Chieko Kobayashi, Lecturer, Department of Biology, Nara Medical University School of Medicine
Unraveling the Mysteries of Sex Determination and Biological Dispersal of the Freshwater Jellyfish Limnocrucia sowerbii

Chieko Kobayashi Abstract

Mayumi Sugiura, Associate Professor, Division of Biological Science, Department of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Research, Nara Women's University
Exploring the diversity of sexual reproduction in protist ciliates

Mayumi Sugiura Abstract

Ryusuke Tadokoro, Associate Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University of Science
Creation of fundamental technology aimed at elucidating the complete picture of regeneration in Enchytraeus japonensis

Ryusuke Tadokoro Abstract

Public Interest Incorporated Foundation, Zoological Society of Japan