Eleven OU professors win 2013 Commendation for Science and Technology

The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology announced the recipients of the 2013 Commendation for Science and Technology . From Osaka University, eleven faculty members received awards: five faculty were awarded Prizes for Science and Technology commending them for outstanding performance and six were awarded the Young Scientists' Prizes commending them for advanced research development abilities .

Prizes for Science and Technology (Development Category)

• HIRATA Yoshinori , Professor, Graduate School of Engineering -- Development of high-performance spray transfer arc welding technology

Prizes for Science and Technology (Research Category)

• NODA Takeshi , Professor, Graduate School of Dentistry and
• YOSHIMORI Tamotsu , Professor, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences -- Research in the formation of membranes in autophagy promoting intracellular degradation
• SUZUKI Yoshishige , Professor, Graduate School of Engineering Science -- Research in electric-field-induced magnetization switching in ferromagnetic metals
• ARASE Hisashi , Professor, Immunology Frontier Research Center -- Research in mechanisms of herpes virus infection and infection control

Young Scientist Award

• FUJIWARA Yuichiro , Associate Professor, Graduate School of Medicine -- Research in the molecular basis of ion channel function
• YANAGISAWA Takufumi , Assistant professor, Graduate School of Medicine -- Research in robot arms using brain signals in persons with long-term motor paralysis
• SAEKI Akinori , Assistant professor, Graduate School of Engineering -- Research in charge dynamics in organic electronics materials
• KISU Takayuki , Associate Professor, Graduate School of Engineering Science -- Development of ultrahigh-resolution photoemission spectroscopy and research in fine electronic structure
• WAKABAYASHI Yusuke , Associate Professor, Graduate School of Engineering Science -- Research in surface features of functional materials by microscopic observation
• TAKEMOTO Tatsuya , Assistant professor, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences -- Research in neural tissues and common precursor cells developing muscle and bone

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