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Past winners of the Nagakura Research Incentive Award

The 17th award ceremony

Date: March 23, 2012
Place: Lecture Room, Hayama Campus 2F, Sokendai
Number of winners: 1 (3 winners of the Sokendai Research Award) selected from among 17 nominees from 11 departments: Regional Studies, Comparative Studies, Japanese Studies, Japanese History, Astronomical Science, Space and Astronautical Science, Materials Structure Science, Particle and Nuclear Physics, Informatics, Genetics, and Evolutionary Studies of Biosystems).

Name Affiliation (as of application)
Chikage Oba-Smidt Department of Regional Studies
(3rd year of the doctoral program)

The 16th award ceremony

Date: March 24, 2011
Place: Conference room, Hayama campus 3F, Sokendai
Number of winners: 1 (4 winners of the Sokendai Research Award) selected from among 12 nominees from 9 departments: Comparative Studies, Japanese Studies, Japanese History, Fusion Science, Accelerator Science, Particle and Nuclear Physics, Genetics, Basic Biology and Physiological Sciences).

Name Affiliation (as of application)
Sen Zhang Department of Particle and Nuclear Physics
(5th year of the doctoral program)

The 15th award ceremony

Date: March 24, 2010
Place: Lecture room, Hayama campus 2F, Sokendai
Number of winners: 2 (3 winners of the Sokendai Research Award) selected from among 16 nominees from 13 departments: Comparative Studies, Japanese Studies, Japanese History, Japanese Literature, Structural Molecular Science, Astronomical Science, Fusion Science, Accelerator Science, Materials Structure Science, Polar Science, Informatics, Genetics and Physiological Sciences).

Name Affiliation (as of application)
CHEN Long Department of Structural Molecular Science
(5th year of the doctoral program)
SIMIN Rahighi Department of Materials Structure Science
(5th year of the doctoral program)

The 14th award ceremony

Date: March 24, 2009
Place: Lecture room, Hayama campus 2F, Sokendai
Number of winners: 2 (4 winners of the Sokendai Research Award) selected from among 7 nominees from 7 departments: Functional Molecular Science, Fusion Science, Accelerator Science, Particle and Nuclear Physics, Polar Science, Genetics and Physiological Sciences).

Name Affiliation (as of application)
SUMITOMO
Yosuke
Department of Particle and Nuclear Physics
(3rd year of the doctoral program)
WATANABE
Toshiaki
Department of Genetics
(5th year of the doctoral program)

The 13th award ceremony

Date: March 23, 2008
Place: Lecture room, Hayama campus 2F, Sokendai
Number of winners: 2 (plus 4 winners of the Sokendai Research Award) selected among 15 nominates from 11 departments: Regional Studies, Fusion Science, Astronomical Science, Accelerator Science, Materials Structure Science, Particle and Nuclear Physics, Statistical Science, Polar Science, Informatics, Basic Biology and Photoscience.

Name Affiliation (as of application)
MAYAMA
Satoshi
Department of Astronomical Sciencey
(5th year of the doctoral program)
SHIMIZU
Hidetada
Department of Basic Biolog
(a graduate in September, 2007)

The 12th award ceremony

Date: March 24, 2007
Place: Lecture room, Hayama campus 2F, Sokendai
Number of winners: 2 (plus 3 winners of the Sokendai Research Award) selected among 14 nominates from 11 departments: Regional Studies, Comparative Studies, Japanese History, Structural Molecular Science, Functional Molecular Science, Fusion Science, Materials Structure Science, Informatics, Basic Biology, Physiological Sciences and Photoscience.

Name Affiliation (as of application) Research Theme
MINAMIDE
Kazuyo
Department of Comparative Studies
(5th year of the doctoral program)
"Circumcision in Transition"
KAKIUCHI
Tohru
Department of Structural Molecular Science
(5th year of the doctoral program)
No English Title

The 11th award ceremony

Date: March 24, 2006
Place: Lecture Room, Hayama Campus 2F, Sokendai
Number of winners: 1 (plus 3 winners of the Sokendai Research Award) (selected from among 12 nominees from 9 departments: Regional Studies, Astronomical Science, Fusion Science, Accelerator Science, Materials Structure Science, Particle and Nuclear Physics, Statistical Science, Informatics, and Physiological Sciences)

NameAffiliation (as of application)Research theme
SUGASE AkikoDepartment of Regional Studies(5th year of the doctoral program)A Composite Identity of Israeli Arab Christians: A Case Study of the Melkite Catholic Christians in Galilee

The 10th award ceremony

Date: March 24, 2005
Place: Lecture Room, Hayama Campus 2F, Sokendai
Number of winners: 1 (plus 6 winners of the Sokendai Research Award) (selected from among 6 nominees from 6 departments: Regional Studies, Functional Molecular Science, Accelerator Science, Particle and Nuclear Physics, Polar Science, and Molecular Biomechanics)

NameAffiliation (as of application)Research theme
MIYAGAWA ShinichiDepartment of Molecular Biomechanics(5th year of the doctoral program)Estrogen-independent cell proliferation in the female mouse reproductive tract (Tentative translation from the Japanese title)

The 9th award ceremony

Date: March 24, 2004
Place: Lecture Room, Hayama Campus 2F, Sokendai
Number of winners: 2 (plus 4 winners of the Sokendai Research Award) (selected from among 5 nominees from 5 departments: Japanese History, Molecular Biomechanics, Astronomical Science, Genetics, and Photoscience)

NameAffiliation (as of application)Research theme
KOBAYASHI KenichiDepartment of Japanese History(3rd year of the doctoral program)A Study of the Kanto Region in the Middle Jomon Period Based on the Carbon-14 Dating Technique
TAMAKI KiyoshiDepartment of Photoscience(3rd year of the doctoral program)Security analysis of the Bennett 1992 quantum key-distribution protocol over a realistic channel

The 8th award ceremony

Date: March 24, 2003
Place: Lecture Room, Hayama Campus 2F, Sokendai
Number of winners: 2 (plus 4 winners of the Sokendai Research Award*) (selected from among 10 nominees from 9 departments: Regional Studies, Cyber Society and Culture, Particle and Nuclear Physics, Structural Molecular Science, Physiological Sciences, Astronomical Science, Fusion Science, Biosystems Science, and Photoscience)
*The Sokendai Research Award is given to those who passed the second phase of selection (including winners of the Nagakura Research Incentive Award).

NameAffiliation (as of application)Research theme
ODA MasakoDepartment of Biosystems Science(3rd year of the doctoral program)Molecular Coevolution of Urate Oxidase and Xanthine Oxidoreductase Genes and Its Biological Implications
YAMAMOTO TakashiDepartment of Photosicence(4th year of the doctoral program)Entanglement Operation using Linear Optics(Tentative translation from the Japanese title)

The 7th award ceremony

Date: January 30, 2002
Place: Medium Meeting Room 1, National Center of Sciences Bldg. 2F
Number of winners: 2 (selected from among 9 nominees from 8 departments: Materials Structure Science, Functional Molecular Science, Astronomical Science, Fusion Science, Genetics, Molecular Biomechanics, Physiological Sciences, and Biosystems Science)

NameAffiliation (as of application)Research theme
NAKASHIMA JunichiDepartment of Astronomical Science(3rd year of the doctoral program)Observational Study of 0-rich Evolved Stars in the Galaxy
ASHIKAWA NaokoDepartment of Fusion Science(3rd year of the doctoral program)Development of Infrared Imaging Bolometer and Measurement of 3-D plasma radiation structure during asymmetric radiative collapse in LHD

The 6th award ceremony

Date: December 5, 2000
Place: Seminar Room, Hayama Campus, Sokendai
Number of winners: 2 (selected from among 6 nominees from 5 departments: Astronomical Science, Physiological Sciences, Molecular Biomechanics, Accelerator Science, and Materials Structure Science)

NameAffiliation (as of application)Research theme
KIRISAKO TakayoshiDepartment of Molecular Biomechanics(3rd year of the doctoral program)New Insight in the Membrane Dynamics of Autophagy from Studies on Apg8p
NAKAMURA ShinDepartment of Accelerator Science(3rd year of the doctoral program)Gauge Theory as Noncritical Strings

The 5th award ceremony

Date: December 14, 1999
Place: "Kasumi-no-ma", Tokai University Alumni Hall
Number of winners: 3 (selected from among 10 nominees from 6 departments: Statistical Science, Accelerator Science, Structural Molecular Science, Astronomical Science, Fusion Science, and Molecular Biomechanics)

NameAffiliation (as of application)Research theme
OKUMURA KenichiDepartment of Accelerator Science(3rd year of the doctoral program)Lepton flavor violation in supersymmetric grand unified theories
ARIKAWA YujiDepartment of Astronomical Science(3rd year of the doctoral program)Submillimeter-wave Observations of the Shocked Molecular Gas Associated with Supernova Remnants
MIZUGUCHI NaokiDepartment of Fusion Science(3rd year of the doctoral program)Simulation Study on of Relaxation Phenomena in Spherical Tokamak

The 4th award ceremony

Date: December 14, 1998
Place: "Miho-no-ma", Tokai University Alumni Hall
Number of winners: 2 (selected from among 17 nominees from 9 departments: Accelerator Science, Structural Molecular Science, Functional Molecular Science, Astronomical Science, Fusion Science, Polar Science, Genetics, Molecular Biomechanics, and Physiological Sciences)

NameAffiliation (as of application)Research theme
GOTO SusumDepartment of Fusion Science(3rd year of the doctoral program)Direct-Interaction Approximation - Principles and Applications
TOMOYASU YoshinoriDepartment of Molecular Biomechanics(1st year of the doctoral program)Pattern Formation of Drosophila Developing Notum

The 3rd award ceremony

Date: December 19, 1997
Place: "Kasumi-no-ma", Tokai University Alumni Hall
Number of winners: 2 (selected from among 7 nominees from 7 departments: Regional Studies, Structural Molecular Science, Functional Molecular Science, Astronomical Science, Fusion Science, Molecular Biomechanics, and Physiological Sciences)

NameAffiliation (as of application)Research theme
TOMITA TakeshiDepartment of Functional Molecular Science(3rd year of the doctoral program)Resonance Raman Studies of Soluble Guanylate Cyclase and Its Model Compounds
MOMOSE MunetakeDepartment of Astronomical Science(3rd year of the doctoral program)An Observational Study of the Structure and Evolution of Protostar Envelopes

The 2nd award ceremony

Date: December 19, 1996
Place: "Emerald Room", Tokyo Kaikan
Number of winners: 2 (selected from among 9 nominees from 9 departments: Japanese Studies, Statistical Science, Structural Molecular Science, Astronomical Science, Fusion Science, Polar Science, Genetics, Molecular Biomechanics, and Physiological Sciences)

NameAffiliation (as of application)Research theme
MATAKATSU MihoDepartment of Genetics(2nd year of the doctoral program)Control of tracheal morphogenesis by the transcription factor Escargot and the cell adhesion molecule DE-cadherin in Drosophila
YUASA JunichiDepartment of Molecular Biomechanics(3rd year of the doctoral program)Chick retina - molecular mechanism of region-specific formation of neural connection in retinotectal projection(Tentative translation from the Japanese title)

The 1st award ceremony

Date: December 11, 1995
Place: "Tokai-no-ma", Tokai University Alumni Hall
Number of winners: 3 (selected from among 13 nominees from 13 departments)

NameAffiliation (as of application)Research theme
YOKOTA NorikoDepartment of Japanese Studies(2nd year of the doctoral program)The structure of disease in modern Japanese society - Formation of the social treatment of leprosy and its Japanese characteristics from a comparative historical perspective (Tentative translation from the Japanese title)
TOLSTIKHINA IngaDepartment of Fusion Science(3rd year of the doctoral program)Theoretical Studies of X-Ray Satellite Spectrum Formed in Highly Charged Ion Solid Interactions
KINOSHITA TetsuDepartment of Molecular Biomechanics(3rd year of the doctoral program)The dynamism of vacuole function in the expression of vacuole-processing enzymes (Tentative translation from the Japanese title)

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