#After the Kyoto Prize
Dr. Takeo Kanade, the 2016 Kyoto Prize laureate in Advanced Technology, received the John Scott Award.
On November 14, in honor of the 2024 Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences, Dr. Paul F. Hoffman’s commemorative lecture was held at 21KOMCEE, the University of Tokyo. Dr. Hoffman delivered an impassioned lecture on the impact of snowball Earth on the evolution of living organisms, followed by Dr. Joseph Kirschvink, proponent of the snowball Earth...
Dr. Robert Samuel Langer, the 2014 Kyoto Prize laureate in Advanced Technology, has been selected as one of this year’s winners of the Kavli Prize in Nanoscience, the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters announced.
Dr. Takeo Kanade , the 2016 Kyoto Prize laureate in Advanced Technology, received the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Information and Communication Technologies category.
Dr. Zakir Hussain, the 2022 Kyoto Prize laureate in Arts and Philosophy, has received three 2024 Grammy Awards.
Dr. Masaki Kashiwara, the 2018 Kyoto Prize laureate in Basic Sciences, was selected as the recipient of the 42nd Kyoto Prefecture Cultural Award (Distinguished Achievement) on January 5, 2024.
A symposium entitled "Understanding the World through Mathematical Modeling of Infectious Diseases" was held at Kyoto University Clock Tower Centennial Hall in commemoration of the visit to Japan of Dr. Brian T. Grenfell, the 2022 Kyoto Prize Laureate in Basic Sciences.
On August 30, 2023, Professor Sir Antony Hoare , the 2000 Kyoto Prize laureate in Advanced Technology, was selected as a recipient of the Royal Medal (Physical). Many congratulations on this prestigious recognition! According to the Royal Society, Sir Antony Hoare FREng FRS received the prize for “groundbreaking contributions that have revolutionised the computer programming...
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...
Dr. Takeo Kanade, the 2016 Kyoto Prize laureate in Advanced Technology, received the 40th Kyoto Prefecture Cultural Award (Distinguished Achievement) on January 6, 2022.
Dr. Karl Deisseroth, a neuroscientist and the 2018 Kyoto Prize laureate in Advanced Technology, received the 2021 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award on September 24, 2021!
Dr. Isamu Akasaki, the 2009 Kyoto Prize laureate in Advanced Technology, was awarded the 2021 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering on February 2. The Prize recognizes researchers who have brought benefits to the world through groundbreaking technological innovations. Congratulations for the great honor! Dr. Akasaki’s persistent research on gallium nitride (GaN) and its application to...