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The 2023 Kyoto Prize Laureates Announced!
Due to the spread of the COVID-19, Kyoto Prize and related events had been cancelled since the 2019 Kyoto Prize was awarded. Now we will hold Kyoto Prize Presentation Ceremony for the first time in these four years. Please check the schedule of events below.
The 2023 Kyoto Prize at Oxford was held at the University of Oxford on May 9 and 10. The 2022 Kyoto Prize laureates, Dr. Carver Mead, Dr. Bryan T. Grenfell and Dr. Zakir Hussain, participated in panel discussion as well as public lectures. Here is a brief report of the events. The panel discussion, where...
The Inamori Foundation is pleased to announce the 2023 Kyoto Prize laureates at around 15:00 on June 16 (JST.) The press conference is going to be live streamed on the Kyoto Prize YouTube channel. Please join us online! Date and Time: June 16, 2023 15:00-15:10 (JST) *10 minutes URL：https://www.youtube.com/live/lzb8MH3PCWw?feature=share This year, Kyoto Prize features the following fields...
The 2013 Kyoto Prize Laureate in Basic Sciences, Dr. Masatoshi Nei, passed away at the age of 92. He has devised statistical methods for handling genetic information such as the “neighbor-joining method” and “Nei’s genetic distance,” which have contributed significantly to the quantitative analysis in evolutionary biology. He received the Kyoto Prize for his “Research...
The 2023 Kyoto Prize at Oxford will take place both online and in-person on May 9 and 10, 2023.
The 2023 Kyoto Prize Symposium was held in San Diego, California from March 15 to 17.
The 2023 Kyoto Prize Symposium (KPS) will be held in San Diego, California from March 15 to 17.
We had the pleasure of interviewing Joan Jonas, the 2018 Kyoto Prize laureate in the Arts and Philosophy category.
On January 24, 2023, Dr. Karl Deisseroth , the 2018 Kyoto Prize laureate in Advanced Technology, was selected as a recipient of the “Japan Prize” in Life Sciences. Many congratulations on this prestigious recognition! According to an announcement by the Japan Prize Foundation, Dr. Deisseroth received the prize for “The development of methods that use...
This year, due to the concerns about COVID-19, we have decided to cancel the Presentation Ceremony and related events. Instead, the same as last year, the Commemorative Lectures and introductory videos will be available online on the 2022 Kyoto Prize Special Website!