

{"id":2780,"date":"2020-09-30T18:01:29","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T09:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zoology.or.jp\/?page_id=2780"},"modified":"2026-08-08T14:14:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:14:42","slug":"myohara","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.zoology.or.jp\/english\/about\/myoharafund\/myohara","title":{"rendered":"Mariko Mihara Research Encouragement Grant Recipients List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Shinji Mihara Research Encouragement Grant Grantee<\/h4>\n<hr>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><th>AD<\/th><th>Winner<\/th><th>Affiliation<\/th><th>Award details<\/th><th>Abstract<\/th><th>Report<\/th><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\" rowspan=\"3\">\n<p>2020<\/p>\n<p>(2020)<\/p>\n<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Chyoyo Kobayashi<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Department of Biology, Nara Medical University School of Medicine<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Unlocking the mysteries of sex determination and biological dispersal of the freshwater peach blossom jellyfish<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zoology.or.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2020Myohara_abs_Kobayashi.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">Abstract<\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zoology.or.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2020Myohara_report_Kobayashi.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">Report<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Mayumi Sugiura<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Division of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Nara Women's University<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Exploring the diversity of sexual reproduction in protistan ciliates<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zoology.or.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2020Myohara_abs_Sugiura.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">Abstract<\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zoology.or.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2020Myohara_report_Sugiura.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">Report<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Ryusuke Tadokoro<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Okayama University of Science, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Applied Chemistry in Bioscience<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Creation of foundational technology aimed at elucidating the entire regeneration process of Enchytraeus japonensis<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zoology.or.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2020Myohara_abs_Tadokoro.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">Abstract<\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zoology.or.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2020Myohara_report_Tadokoro.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">Report<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\" rowspan=\"3\">\n<p>2021<\/p>\n<p>(2021)<\/p>\n<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Takeshi Inoue<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Department of Adaptive Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Analysis of the control mechanisms of memory and learning in planarians<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zoology.or.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021Myohara_abs_Inoue.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">Abstract<\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zoology.or.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/15cccd81bcaf96e32e9a50ec2f56946b.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">Report<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Chisato Kitazawa<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Science Education Department, Faculty of Education, Yamaguchi University<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Analysis of adult primordium formation mechanisms in direct-developing starfish<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zoology.or.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021Myohara_abs_Kitazawa.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">Abstract<\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zoology.or.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/d08dcdca506ab15913a1234dd6ecc6fe.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">Report<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Shinichi Yoda<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Division of Evolutionary Genomics, National Institute for Basic Biology, National Institutes of Natural Sciences<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Development of live imaging technology to visualize intracellular symbiosis in aphids<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zoology.or.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021Myohara_abs_Yorida.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">Abstract<\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zoology.or.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/771f2a3b10458e92d5bd4bf54bd033be.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">Report<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\" rowspan=\"3\">\n<p>2022<\/p>\n<p>(2022)<\/p>\n<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Haruna Fujioka<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Graduate School of Environmental and Life Science, Okayama University<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">How Do Ants Transport Water? Unraveling Efficient Liquid Transport and Its Evolution<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zoology.or.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/d1a7233452daca32bd1628f886c3a25c.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">Abstract<\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zoology.or.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/7d05c8d348434efa366aebe899925b61.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">Report<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Keisuke Shimizu<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Molecular mechanism of chitin-mediated shell formation in brachiopods<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zoology.or.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/88083a58f1c8d9696f0faeff176360e7.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">Abstract<\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zoology.or.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/93d17a3f7c3a34cd6950214b3c244b87.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">Report<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Ai Takeshita<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Department of Anatomy, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Elucidating the impact of placenta-specific circadian rhythm disruption on placental function<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zoology.or.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/72f26fd30ec9a93494072d3f5fdc2a0f.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">Abstract<\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zoology.or.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/9bafb4750bc6a6290d66bc9a119a0a9a.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">Report<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\" rowspan=\"3\">\n<p>2023<\/p>\n<p>(2023)<\/p>\n<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Naoki Matsuda<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Kyoto University Graduate School of Agriculture<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Elucidation of male-host-specific functions of aphid endosymbionts<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zoology.or.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/3d873a49fe1384b7f2b11f663798f555.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">Abstract<\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zoology.or.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/a8ac244939b5f70b5827517ef6b5beb9.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">Report<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Asuka Sakazume<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Ochanomizu University, Faculty of Core Research<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Elucidation of the vertical swimming mechanism of Acropora coral larvae<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zoology.or.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ef0fd9e88953ee34b6711170f7a0e3a0.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">Abstract<\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zoology.or.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/6eca69e10051070ebc5527737ed4ea2c.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">Report<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Reiko Okada<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Department of Biological Science, Faculty of Science, Shizuoka University<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Endocrinological regulatory mechanisms involved in the freeze tolerance of the Japanese tree frog<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zoology.or.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/021f7274042e5e8e6b5b23b1312956d9.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">Abstract<\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zoology.or.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/346c52a189ede609bcd1f5e4363f4d03.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">Report<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\" rowspan=\"3\">\n<p>2024<\/p>\n<p>(2024)<\/p>\n<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Azusa Kage<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Muroran Institute of Technology, Graduate School of Engineering<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Gravitaxis behavioral basis of swimming ciliates that generate three-dimensional niches<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zoology.or.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/f01f660b50b568cce19f6565a2d53e64.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">Abstract<\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zoology.or.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/9a38b152efcb8ff7e998efa4813393de.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">Report<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Natsumi Mizuno<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">University of Fukui Hospital Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Elucidation of the function of post-translational protein modifications in sperm<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zoology.or.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/25ed4d33e2fc3a62323b4f6977c21b02.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">Abstract<\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zoology.or.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/e2990c7bfc01f4d21769a6e915024e7c.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">Report<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Yuki Yoshida<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Search for the master control factor involved in sex determination of the sleeping chironomid<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zoology.or.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/673468bb6e24f4bc195f7c6e8d19079c.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">Abstract<\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zoology.or.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0971047adcdf676a392921d305472df6.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">Report<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\" rowspan=\"3\"><p>2025<\/p> <p>(2025)<\/p><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Kosuke Tateishi<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Department of Biological Sciences, School of Life Sciences and Environment, Kwansei Gakuin University<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Elucidation of the pheromone reception mechanism in ants supported by redundant and diverse sensory inputs<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zoology.or.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/615100dd0e83dba570f11f42c32eb014.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">Abstract<\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Karin Tsuchida<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Why do lookalikes happen? The paradox faced by parasitic nematodes<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zoology.or.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fc0c05dd46c4b8e3c9af8a3eca0ed528.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">Abstract<\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zoology.or.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/bf2fa6ddafe70d9ed7bd3ebd004dd023.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">Report<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Sayaka Hori<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Division of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Nara Women's University<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Analysis of behavioral sex differences in risk-avoidance strategies of animals with hermaphroditic and male sexual dimorphism<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zoology.or.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/a6e0fc15ef90511282b0c617b99fbdab.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">Abstract<\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\" rowspan=\"3\"><p>2026<\/p> <p>(2026)<\/p><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Hiroyuki Kanaya<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Institute of Science Tokyo, GENTEN Research Center, Institute of Integrated Research, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Elucidation of molecular signals encoding \"sleepiness\" in epithelial cells of the cnidarian Hydra<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zoology.or.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/24f0ff3dc85324a9ce04222ecbb25346.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">Abstract<\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Asako Terasaki<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Lecturer, Graduate School of Science, Chiba University<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">The role of the nebulin superfamily, which diverged uniquely in teleost fish<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zoology.or.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/7f1bd228738256332067bfb07caef52e.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">Abstract<\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Yasuo Higurashi<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Yamaguchi University, Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Assistant Professor<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Does the flexibility of a cat's spine enhance its jumping ability?<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zoology.or.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1b0ae30725d449f7c05e177fb16b316e.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">Abstract<\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&nbsp; 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