Regarding the Kao Crescent Award, a program supporting female researchers by the Kao Foundation for Arts and Sciences, our university has nominated two researchers as candidates to be recommended to the foundation.
We are pleased to announce that the following two researchers have been selected for this program.
| Resesarch topics | Development of micro- and nanodevices for self-organization of cancer tissue |
|---|---|
| Name | Kaori Shigetomi |
| Affiliation | Higher Education Promotion Organization |
| Resesarch topics | Dynamic analysis of viral membrane fusion processes by high-resolution measurement of the cell surface. |
| Name | Aiko Yoshida |
| Affiliation | Medical Research Institute Cell Physiology Class |
[Kao Crescent Academy] About the support program for female researchers
The Kao Arts and Science Foundation is a public interest incorporated foundation that selects outstanding female researchers in the fields of chemistry and physics within the "Surface Science" area who are employed on a fixed-term contract and belong to universities or research institutions designated by the foundation. These researchers must be candidates who wish to continue their research activities for a long time, while considering work-life balance. Each institution recommends a candidate, and the foundation selects the recipient. Recipients will receive a grant of up to 100 million yen for research expenses, etc.
For details on the "Kao Crescent Award"Kao Arts and Science Foundation website .
