Notice on the Recipients of the “Osamu Hayaishi Memorial Scholarship for Study Abroad” of the FY2024 Japanese Biochemical Society
Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Osaka, Japan; President and CEO, Gyo Sagara; “ONO”) has been supporting the "Osamu Hayaishi Memorial Scholarship for Study Abroad" project of the Japanese Biochemical Society, a boarded incorporated association since the FY2017. It was established to commemorate the achievements in Japan and overseas of the member of the late Osamu Hayaishi (died on December 17, 2015) who made a great contribution to the Japanese Biochemical Society.
Ono announces that the following 5 persons were selected from among 81 persons who applied for the FY2024 "Osamu Hayaishi Memorial Scholarship for Study Abroad" by the Study Abroad Grant Examination Committee of the Japanese Biochemical Society.
Recipients for FY2024 (Titles omitted)
| Recipients | Affiliated institutions | Research themes |
|---|---|---|
| Tetsuya Hirata | Duke University School of Medicine | Functional analysis of comprehensive O-GlcNAc changes regulating ER-to-Golgi protein transport |
| Sho Hangai | Columbia University, Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center | Deciphering an interplay between chromosome instability and inflammation |
| Rina Hirano | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Basic Sciences Division | Elucidating 3D chromatin structure and functions of rDNA in quiescence |
| Yasuhiro Fuseya | Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology,Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University | Elucidation of the mechanisms of brain aging and dementia |
| Takayoshi Kuwabara | Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo | Neural mechanisms that enable punishment to suppress aggression |
*Names and affiliated institutions are displayed at the time of application (July 26th, 2023)
*Grant amount is JPY8 million per case