9 UOsaka researchers receive awards in the 2025 Commendations for Science and Technology

The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) announced the recipients of the 2025 Commendations for Science and Technology.

In order to motivate individuals working in the fields of science and technology and contribute to the improvement of science and technology in Japan, MEXT awards the following prizes:

• Awards for Science and Technology (in Development, Research, Science and Technology Promotion, Technology, and Public Understanding Promotion categories)
• Young Scientists' Award
• Award for Creativity
• Outstanding Support for Research Award

This year, from the University of Osaka, 9 faculty members received awards.

2025 Award Winners and their Accomplishments

Awards for Science and Technology (Research)

"Research on the spatiotemporal diversity of immune inflammation using bioimaging"
ISHII Masaru (Dean, Graduate School of Medicine)

"Pioneering research on preventing the spread and creation of fake media"
BABAGUCHI Noboru (Professor Emeritus)

"Research on the molecular mechanism of mammalian sex determination"
TACHIBANA Makoto (Professor, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences)

"Research on the molecular mechanism of cellular senescence and its role"
HARA Eiji (Professor, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases)

"Research on 3D digitization of the real world"
MATSUSHITA Yasuyuki (Senior Director, Microsoft Research Asia – Tokyo lab, Microsoft Corporation)

Young Scientists’ Award

"Research on understanding the mechanical mechanisms of in-vivo circulation and its application to biomedical engineering"
OHTANI Tomohito (Associate Professor, Graduate School of Engineering Science)

“Demonstration and applied research of a new strategy to control the reactivity of organoboron compounds”
HOSHIMOTO Yoichi (Associate Professor, Graduate School of Engineering)

"Research on the mathematical theory of structure-preserving numerical solutions and their application to informatics"
MIYATAKE Yuto (Associate Professor, D3 Center, Institute for Digital Innovation)

“Research on drug discovery and bacterial drug efflux pumps for overcoming resistant bacterial infections”
YAMASAKI Seiji (Associate Professor, SANKEN)

*Job titles and affiliated institutions reflect current positions as of the date of conferment.

2025 Commendations for Science and Technology (MEXT) (link in Japanese)