Dr. Akihiro Nishiguchi received FY2025 The Young Scientists’ Award, The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.


Mr. Ito (D3) received the FY2024 President’s Award of the University of Tsukuba.


Ms. Minamisakamoto (B4) received the FY2024 Dean’s Award of the Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba.


Ms. Yasue (B4, Tokyo University of Science) received the Gold Medal Award at the Japan-Taiwan Joint Symposium for Innovations in Biomaterials & Device Design: From Research to Market.


Mr. Ito (D3) received Research Encouragement Award at 34th Annual Meeting of MRS-J.


Ms. Komatsu (D1), Ms. Nishino (B4) and Ms. Minamisakamoto (B4) received the Rising Star Research Award at Tsukuba Medical Engineering Collaboration Forum 2025.


Ms. Minamisakamoto (B4) received the Best Poster Award at the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Artificial Organs, Budding Researchers Poster Session.


Ms. Komatsu (D1) received the Grand Prize for Best Poster Award at the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Artificial Organs.


Mr. Ito (D3) received the Grand Prize of the Convention Award at the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Artificial Organs.


Ms. Yasue (B4, Tokyo Univ. of Science) received Best Poster Award at The Japanese Society for Biomaterials Symposium 2024.


Mr. Shimizu (B4, Univ. of Tsukuba) received Best Poster Award at The Japanese Society for Biomaterials Symposium 2024.


Ms. Komatsu (D1, Grad. Sc. Sci. Technol., Univ. of Tsukuba) received Best Poster Award at The Japanese Society for Biomaterials Symposium 2024.


Dr. Nishiguchi received The Award of Young Investigator of Japanese Society for Biomaterials.


Ms. Komatsu (D1) received the Rising Star Presentation Award at the Society of Polymer Science, Japan Kanto Branch Ibaraki Region Young Scientists’ Meeting.


Ms. Komatsu (D1) received the Best Presenter Award at the 40th Cyclodextrin Symposium.


Ms. Komatsu (D1) received the Best Poster Presentation Award at World Biomaterials Congress 2024 (WBC2024).


Ms. Komatsu (M2) and Mr. Nagasaka (M2) received the Award for Excellence in Master’s thesis presentation.


Mr. Nagasaka (M2) received the 20th Dean’s Award from Graduate School of Science and Technology, University of Tsukuba.


Ms. Komatsu (M2) received the Meikeikai Award 2023 from The Alumni Association of The University of Tsukuba.


Ms. Komatsu (M2) received the Alumni Association Esaki Award 2023 from The Alumni Association of The University of Tsukuba.


Mr. Ito (D2) received the Research Encouragement Award at Tsukuba Medical Engineering Collaboration Forum 2024.


Ms. Komatsu (M2) received Best Poster Presentation Award at the 13th CSJ Chemistry Festa 2023, Autumn Meeting of the Chemical Society of Japan.


Mr. Nagasaka (M2) received the Grand Prize in the Budding Researchers Poster Session at the 61th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Artificial Organs.


Mr. Ito (D2) received the Award for Excellence in the Budding Researchers Poster Session at the 61th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Artificial Organs.


Mr. Nagasaka (M2) received the Best Research Poster Award at the 45th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Biomaterials.


Mr. Ito(D2) received the Rising Star Presentation Award at the Society of Polymer Science, Japan Kanto Branch Ibaraki Region Young Scientists’ Meeting.


Dr. PALAI Debabrata’s research was selected as a highlight lecture of the 45th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Biomaterials. (Duration: November 6th-7th, 2023)


Ms. Komatsu (M2) received Best Poster Award at 72nd Symposium on Macromolecules, Japan.


Ms. Komatsu (M2) received Poster Award at 39th Cyclodextrin Symposium.


Ms. Komatsu (M2) and Mr. Nagasaka (M2) received Best Poster Award at 72nd SPSJ Annual Meeting.

 


Dr. Nishiguchi received Award for Encouragement of Research in Polymer Science from Japanese Society of Polymer Science.


Mr.Ito(D1) and Ms.Komatsu(M1) received the Research Encouragement Award at Tsukuba Medical Engineering Collaboration Forum 2023.


Mr.Ito (D1) received the Best Presentation Award at the 5th G’L’owing Polymer Symposium in KANTO.


Mr.Ito(D1) won the CSJ Chemistry Festa Oral Award at the 12th CSJ Chemistry Festa 2022, a fall project of the Chemical Society of Japan.


Mr.Ito(D1) and Mr.Nagasaka(M1) received Best Poster Presentation Award at the 12th CSJ Chemistry Festa 2022, Autumn Meeting of the Chemical Society of Japan.


Mr.Ito(D1) and Ms.Komatsu(M1) won the Best Research Poster Award at the 44th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Biomaterials.


The Best Presenter Award in International Session at the Japanese Society of Digestive Disease 2022 (JDDW2022) was awarded to the results of joint research with Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences (Department of Gastroenterology).


Ms.Komatsu’s (M1) research was selected as a highlight lecture of the 44th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Biomaterials. (Duration: November 21-22, 2022)


Mr.Nagasaka (M1) received the Award for Excellence in the Budding Researchers Poster Session at the 60th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Artificial Organs.


Mr. Nagasaka (M1) received the Best Poster Award at the 60th Annual Meeting of the Adhesion Society of Japan.


Mr. Ito (D1) received Best Poster Award at 71st SPSJ Annual Meeting.


Mr. Ito (M2) received the Dean’s Award of the Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba at the degree conferment ceremony.


It has been decided that Dr. Taguchi, Group leader will receive the 44th Adhesion Society of Japan Award from the Adhesion Society of Japan in 2022. The award-winning lecture will be delivered at the annual meeting of the Adhesion Society of Japan (June 23 and 24, 2022, at Kansai University, or online depending on circumstances).


The results of joint research with the Department of Respiratory Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Medical Care, University of Tsukuba (Presenter: Dr. Takahiro Yanagihara) received the Research Encouragement Award at the Tsukuba Medical Engineering Collaboration Forum 2022.


Mr. Ichimaru (D2) received the Research Encouragement Award at Tsukuba Medical Engineering Collaboration Forum 2022.


The Group’s research on surgical adhesives has been selected as one of the 10 major achievements of the NIMS decade. (See PDF)

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Mr. Ichimaru (D2) received the Best Poster Presentation Award at the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Biomaterials.


Mr. Mizuno (D3) received the University of Tsukuba President’s Award at the Degree Conferral Ceremony of the Graduate School of the University of Tsukuba.


Senior Researcher Dr. Akihiro Nishiguchi received the Japan-Korea Society for Biomaterials Young Researcher Exchange AWARD.


Mr. Ichimaru (D1) received the Incentive Award at the 15th Nano-biomedical Society of Japan (held online).


Senior Researcher Dr.Akihiro Nishiguchi received the Incentive Award from the Adhesion Society of Japan.


Mr. Chen (D3) and Mr. Mizuno (D2) received the Research Encouragement Award at Tsukuba Medical Engineering Collaboration Forum 2020.