Japan Prize winners

Japan Prize winners

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in Tokyo on Jan. 29, 2014, shows Yasuharu Suematsu (L), honorary professor at Tokyo Institute of Technology, and C. David Allis, professor at The Rockefeller University in New York. The Japan Prize Foundation said that day the 2014 Japan Prize, recognizing scientific achievement with the betterment of society in mind, will be awarded to Suematsu and Allis. Suematsu won in the field of electronics, information and communication for his development of semiconductor lasers for telecommunications, and Allis won the prize for life sciences for his pioneering work in epigenetics, the study of the effect of structures other than DNA in the expression of genes.

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  • 2014/1/29 00:00:00
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    TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko clap at an award ceremony for the Japan Prize in Tokyo on April 23, 2014. The year's prize, which is awarded to scientists from around the world for their contributions to the advancement of science and technology, went to Yasuharu Suematsu of Japan, an honorary professor at Tokyo Institute of Technology, and David Allis of the United States, a professor at Rockefeller University.