Dr. Takuya Hikima receives JPS Award for Outstanding Papers

Dr. Takuya Hikima of the Brain Mechanism for Behaviour Unit received a JPS Award for Outstanding Papers for his paper published in Journal of Physiological Sciences.

Dr. Hikima, formerly at Tohoku University, joined OIST in April 2009.

The award ceremony took place during the 87th Annual Meeting of the Physiological Society of Japan in May.

Paper by Dr. Hikima et al.

Date:

09 June 2010

Category:

Research Update

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Neuroscience

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