Annual Report 2025
Awards
Recognition and honors received by IMS researchers from January to December 2025.
| Month | Awardee | Position, Laboratory | Name of the Award |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | Sho Hamaguchi | Junior Research Associate, Laboratory for Symbiotic Microbiome Sciences | Best Presentation Award of The Study Group of IgA nephropathy |
| Feb 2025 | Sho Hamaguchi | Junior Research Associate, Laboratory for Symbiotic Microbiome Sciences | CKD frontier Award of The 14th Chronic Kidney Disease Frontier Meeting |
| Feb 2025 | Aneela Nomura | Researcher, Laboratory for Immunological Memory | Kenneth Rainin Foundation Scholarship for T cell differentiation and tissue microenvironment meeting, Keystone Symposia, USA. |
| Mar 2025 | Aneela Nomura | Researcher, Laboratory for Immunological Memory | Poster presentation award from Emerging Infectious Disease (EID) in the Pacific Rim of the USJCMSP (joint with Tokyo Immunology Forum), Tokyo |
| Mar 2025 | Qin XY | Senior Research Scientist, Laboratory for Cellular Function Conversion Technology | RIKEN BAIHO Award (RIKEN Excellent Achievement Award) |
| Apr 2025 | Keitaro Fukuda | Senior Scientist, Laboratory for Skin Homeostasis | The 9th Takagi Award from Maruho Takagi Dermaotology Foundation |
| Apr 2025 | Kazuyoshi Ishigaki | Team Director, Laboratory for Human Immunogenetics | Research Award (Japan College of Rheumatology) |
| Apr 2025 | Tomoichiro Miyoshi | Team Director, Laboratory for Retrotransposon Dynamics | Nagase Research Promotion Award |
| Apr 2025 | Yasuhiro Murakawa | Team Director, Laboratory for Gene Structure and Regulation | RIKEN EIHO Prize |
| Apr 2025 | Kazuhiko Yamamoto | Team Director, Laboratory for Autoimmune Diseases | Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon |
| May 2025 | Masayuki Ihara | Team Director, Data Science and Design Special Team | Best Presentation Award of Human-Centered Design Organization (HCD-Net) |
| May 2025 | Ryosuke Jikuya | Visiting Scientist, Laboratory for Cancer Genomics | JUA (Japanese Urological Association) Annual Meeting Award |
| May 2025 | Yasuhiro Murakawa | Team Director, Laboratory for Gene Structure and Regulation | Kobe Prize Young Investigator Awards |
| Jun 2025 | Koya Fukunaga | Senior Research Scientist, Laboratory for Pharmacogenomics | The 18th Japan Research Foundation for Clinical Pharmacology, Grand Prize for Research |
| Jun 2025 | Sho Hamaguchi | Junior Research Associate, Laboratory for Symbiotic Microbiome Sciences | Best Abstract Award of The 68th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Nephrology |
| Jun 2025 | Masahiro Matsuwaka | Junior Research Associate, Laboratory for Epigenome Inheritance | The best presentation awards of the 1st Young Researchers’ Workshop of Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas(A) "Next-generation Developmental Bioengineering" |
| Jul 2025 | Hiroto Fukusima | Special Postdoctoral Researcher, Laboratory for Epigenome Inheritance | Presentation Award for Young Scientists of Joint Meeting of JSCB 77th and JSBD 58th |
| Aug 2025 | Kuyuri Ariyoshi | Junior Research Associate, Laboratory for Statistical and Translational Genetics | ASHG Reviewers' Choice Abstract |
| Aug 2025 | Kasuki Taguchi | Visiting Researcher, Laboratory for Intestinal Eosystem | Young Scientist Promotion Award of the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Mucosa Immunology |
| Aug 2025 | Shunsuke Uchiyama | Student Trainee, Laboratory for Statistical and Translational Genetics | Reviewers’ choice abstracts American Society of Human Genetics Annual Meeting |
| Sep 2025 | Keiko Hikino | Research Scientist, Laboratory for Pharmacogenomics | 2025 Japan Medical Association, Medical Research Encouragement Award |
| Sep 2025 | Masayuki Ihara | Team Director, Data Science and Design Special Team | Presentation Award of 19th International Workshop on Informatics (IWIN2025) |
| Sep 2025 | Akiko Oguchi | Special Postdoctral Researcher, Laboratory for Gene Structure and Regulation | KMYIA Best Presentation Award |
| Sep 2025 | Tomomitsu Sado | Visiting researcher, Laboratory for Symbiotic Microbiome Sciences | President’s Special Travel Award of The 52nd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition |
| Oct 2025 | Ryosuke Jikuya | Visiting Scientist, Laboratory for Cancer Genomics | Young Oncologist Award, Japan Society of Clinical Oncology |
| Oct 2025 | Ryuto Ohara | Junior Research Associate, Laboratory for Retrotransposon Dynamics | Best Papers Award, The 97th Annual Meeting of the Genetics Society of Japan (2025) |
| Oct 2025 | Hiroshi Ohno | Team Director, Laboratory for Intestinal Eosystem | Scientific Award, the First Conjoint Meeting of RIKEN and the International Society of Microbiota (ISM), Tokyo 2025 |
| Nov 2025 | Masayuki Ihara | Team Director, Data Science and Design Special Team | Best Paper Award of The 31st International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Social Computing (CollabTech 2025) |
| Nov 2025 | Tomohiro Kurosaki | Team Director, Laboratory for Lymphocyte Differentiation | The 68th Hideyo Noguchi Memorial Award for Medical Sciences |
| Nov 2025 | Momoko Sato | Posdoctoral Researcher, Laboratory for Biomedical Ethics and Co-design | RIKEN The 29th Interdisciplinary Exchange Evening Poster Award |
| Dec 2025 | Masayuki Amagai | Team Director, Laboratory for Skin Homeostasis | Certificate of the Japanese Society for Investigative Dermatology Honorary Membership |
| Dec 2025 | Keitaro Fukuda | Senior Scientist, Laboratory for Skin Homeostasis | The 26th Maruho Research Award from Maruho Co., Ltd |
| Dec 2025 | Koya Fukunaga | Senior Research Scientist, Laboratory for Pharmacogenomics | The 46th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Japanese Society of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Best Presentation Award (Oral Presentation Category) |
| Dec 2025 | Sho Hamaguchi | Junior Research Associate, Laboratory for Symbiotic Microbiome Sciences | Scientific Award of APCN×TSN 2025 |
| Dec 2025 | Masaru Koido | Visiting Scientist, Laboratory for Statistical and Translational Genetics | Research Encouragement Award of the Japanese Society of Human Genetics |