At the Board of Directors meeting of the Zoological Society of Japan held on Friday, June 5, at 2:00 PM, two candidates for the OM Award were recommended by the OM Award Selection Committee. As a result of deliberation, the Board of Directors of the Zoological Society of Japan decided to confer the 2020 Zoological Society of Japan OM Award for Encouragement of Female Researchers upon the following two individuals.
The reason for the award is as follows:
Reasons for the 2020 Zoological Society of Japan OM Award for Encouragement of Female Researchers
Yuki Uchida
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Human Life and Environment, Nara Women's University
Investigation of the mechanism of estradiol action on brown adipose tissue activation by menthol
Noriyo Takeda
Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Research Fellow, RPD
Identification of jellyfish egg maturation-inducing hormone via light stimulation and its gamete release mechanism
OM Award Noriyo Takeda Abstract
Public Interest Incorporated Foundation, Zoological Society of Japan
