Chisa Shiraishi (Research Fellow, Graduate School of Science) and Akari Hashimoto (First-year doctoral student, Graduate School of Medicine) have received the 19th L'Or茅al-UNESCO For Women In Science Japan Incentive Award.
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Chisa Shiraishi and Akari Hashimoto (front row, center right and right) at the ceremony.
Photo courtesy of L'Or茅al Japan
The awardees' research themes are "Elucidation of Tissue-Specific Regulation of Translation" (Chisa Shiraishi) and "Elucidation of Neuronal Circuit Regulation by Microglia" (Akari Hashimoto).听The award was established in 2005 by L'Or茅al Japan in cooperation with the Japanese National Commission for UNESCO to encourage young female scientists living in Japan in their research.听