Dear Members of the Zoological Society of Japan
At the meeting of the Zoological Society of Japan Board of Directors held from 9:30 AM on Saturday, June 12, 2021, the Selection Committee for Society Awards and Other Honors presented the Zoological Society of Japan Award, the Encouragement Award,Narimane Prize for Animal Science Promotion,Candidates for the Education Award have been nominated. As a result of deliberations, the Zoological Society of Japan Council has decided on the award recipients as follows.
The reason for the award is as follows:
Reasons for the 2021 Zoological Society of Japan Awards
Zoological Society of Japan Award
Toru Miura (Professor, Misaki Marine Biological Station, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo)
Research theme: Molecular and developmental basis of phenotypic plasticity in insects and its evolution
Zoological Society Award, Toru Miura, Abstract
Hiroshi Wada (Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Professor)
Research topic: Study on the evolution and development of marine invertebrates
Zoological Society of Japan Award: Hiroshi Wada - Abstract
Young Investigator Award of the Zoological Society of Japan
Toshiya Ando (Assistant Professor, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, National Institute for Basic Biology)
Research Topic: "Study on the formation mechanism of functional morphology in insects from macroscale to microscale"
Encouraging Prize: Toshiya Ando - Abstract
Ryutaro Goto (Assistant Professor, Field Science Education and Research Center, Kyoto University)
Research topic: Evolutionary biology and phylogenetic taxonomy of marine invertebrates (especially mollusks and annelids)
Encouragement Prize: Ryutaro Goto - Abstract
Shinya Sato (Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University)
Research topic: "Multifaceted research on photoreceptor cells in carp, zebrafish, salamanders, mice, and other species"
Encouragement Award: Shinya Sato - Abstract
Narimote Science Award for Animal Science
James Davis Reimer (Associate Professor, Faculty of Science, University of the Ryukyus)
Research topic: “Biodiversity and Ecology of Zoantharians: The Importance of ”Minor' Taxon Research"
Shigematsu Promotion Award Abstract
Zoological Society of Japan Education Award
Phylogenetic Tree Mandala Poster Production Team Leader, Yasuhusa Hatakeyama (Representative of Kiwi Lab Co., Ltd., Editor)
Team members (excluding the representative)
Masami Hasegawa (The Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Professor Emeritus), Takashi Oda (Kyoto Seika University, Professor), Yuji Kimura (Kimura Design Office, Representative), Toru Sakano (Kanazawa College of Art, Associate Professor)
Award theme: "Contribution to the popularization of zoology to the general public through the creation of phylogenetic tree mandala posters"
That's all.
Public Interest Incorporated Foundation, Zoological Society of Japan
