Mr. Mizuki Oyanagi (Supervisor: Prof. Noriki Kutsumura) was awarded the BCSJ Presentation Award at the 52nd Symposium on Main Group Element Chemistry (Tsukuba, December 4-6, 2025). Presentation title: Development of novel stable and odorless P–S adamantane-like sulfurizing reagents and synthesis of thioamides
Mr. Akihiro Nomoto (Supervisor: Prof. Takahiro Sasamori) was awarded the BCSJ Presentation Award at the 5th Online Symposium on Physical Organic Chemistry for Young Chemists (Online, November 14th, 2025). Presentation title: Synthesis of a variety of low-coordinated organophosphorus compounds using anionic 2-phosphaallene
Mr. Tomoya Endo (Supervisor: Assist. Prof. Takashi Nakamura) was awarded the Chemical Science Presentation Award at the 5th Online Symposium on Physical Organic Chemistry for Young Chemists (Online, November 14th, 2025). Presentation title: Dual-Pocket Amide Cyclodextrin Dimer for Selective Anion Recognition
Mr. Ryusei Hamano (Supervisor: Prof. Takahiro Sasamori) was awarded the Young Investigator Winner (Poster) at the Joint Meeting of 8th Japanese Selenium Research Society and 13th International Symposium on Selenium in Biology and Medicine (Se2025), at Sendai. Presentation title: Insertion Reaction of a Silylene into a Selenium-Carbon Bond
Mr. Kohtaro Sugawara (Supervisor: Assist. Prof. Takashi Nakamura) was awarded the TCI Poster Prize at the 35th Symposium on Physical Organic Chemistry. (Nagoya, September 9th–11th, 2025). Presentation title: Molecular Capture of Olefin Compounds Bearing Multiple Double Bonds Utilizing Multipoint Metal-Carbon Bonds
Mr. Kota Seki (Supervisor: Assist. Prof. Takashi Nakamura) was awarded the Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry Poster Prize at the 22nd Symposium on Host-Guest and Supramolecular Chemistry (SHGSC 2025). (Tokyo, June 7th,8th, 2025). Presentation title: Synthesis of Molybdenum Dinuclear and Heterotetranuclear Complexes from a Macrocyclic Oligomer with Four Identical Coordination Units
Mr. Tomoki Ogawa (Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Kohei Fuchibe) was awarded a Poster Award at the 13th Fluorine Chemistry Young Researchers’ Conference (Okinawa, December 18th–19th, 2024). Title (translated): Synthetic method of 1,1-difluoroethyl group-substituted cyclic ethers using 1,1-difluorocyclopropanesAuthors：Mr. Tomoki Ogawa, Kohei Fuchibe
Mr. Kotaro Hirota (Supervisor: Prof. Kenji Iwasaki, TARA) , 2nd-year student of Master’s Program in Chemistry, received the Incentive Award at the 70th Toxin Symposium (August 30-31, 2024, Shiga, Japan).Title: Crystal structure determination and MD simulation of anti-botulinum neurotoxin antibodyAuthors: Kotaro Hirota, Ayaka Harada, Ryo Fujiki, Jun Katahira, Tomoko Kohda, Kenji Iwasaki
Ms. Mayo Suzuki (Supervisor: Prof. Shinichi Enami)was awarded JpSAC Excellent Student Presentation Award at the The JpSAC Annual Meeting 2024 (Kobe, October 9th–11th, 2024). Title: Mechanism of OH-radical oxidation of sapienic acid in liquid phasesAuthors：Mayo Suzuki, Naoki Numadate, Shinichi Enami
Mr. Makoto Saikawa (Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Yasuo Norikane)was awarded Poster Award at the 73rd Symposium on Macromolecules (Nigata, September 25th–27th, 2024). Title: Photo-Controllable Microcleaner: Crawling Motion of AzobenzeneCrystals and Application for Particle TransportAuthors：Makoto Saikawa, Kengo Manabe, Koichiro Saito, Yoshihiro Kikkawa,Yasuo Norikane
