Director General Kiyokazu Agata received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Society for Regenerative Biology (ISRB).
Dr. Agata's longstanding research activities in the field of regenerative biology were highly evaluated.
The award ceremony and memorial lecture were held on September 4, 2023, at the 1st International Society for Regenerative Biology Congress in Vienna, Austria.
Reason for the Award:
Dr. Agata first became interested in tissue regeneration studying lens regeneration as an undergraduate in the 1970’s, and he has been a leader in investigation of regeneration in planarian flatworms for the past three decades. He is recognized for establishing fundamental methodologies in this system, and among other findings his group has identified molecular mechanisms underlying control of brain regeneration and of whole-animal polarity during regeneration. His discoveries, including how positional information is organized and how signaling gradients may act to impart positional values, broadly relate to stem cell and regenerative biology across species. He has made great efforts to advance the field of regenerative biology, and its applied sister field of regenerative medicine, and he has a long history in representation of academic societies and organization of international activities. He has been a dedicated advisor to junior scientists throughout his career, and his mentoring record includes oversight of 33 PhD theses.
Banquet at Vienna City Hall
