News & Topics
| 31 July 2023 | Update: ERATO Events, Research Results |
| 20 June 2023 | Prof. Mizushima awarded the inaugural Beth Levine, M.D. Prize in Autophagy Research. |
| 19 June 2023 | Okawa-san (D4) won an Excellent Poster Award at the 22nd BIO UT（Life Science Symposium at the University of Tokyo). |
| 6 June 2023 | Dr. Morishita received the 2022 Kao Science Award of The Kao Foundation for Arts and Sciences. |
| 16 May 2023 | Update:ERATO Events |
| 23 April 2023 | Dr. Morishita received the Best Encouragement Award at the 31st General Assembly of The Japanese Association of Medical Sciences. |
| 1 April 2023 | Update: Members |
| 7 March 2023 | Dr. Morishita received a Medical Research Prize 2022 of Tokyo Medical Association. |
| 3 March 2023 | Update: Research Results |
| 15 February 2023 | Suzuki-san and Nagashima-san received the Best Poster Abstract Award and an Excellent Poster Abstract Award respectively at the 2022 ‘Medical Scientist Training Program’ Retreat. |
| 1 February 2023 | Update: Members |
| 13 January 2023 | Update: Research Results |
| 15 December 2022 | Dr. Sakamaki received the Science Pitch Award at The 45th Annual Meeting of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan (MBSJ2022) . |
| 16 November 2022 | Prof. Mizushima was selected as a 2022 Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate Analytics (9th straight year). |
| 15 November 2022 | Shimasawa-san received the 2022 SATOSHI ARIMA Memorial Fellowship. |
| 19 October 2022 | Dr. Morishita received the 2022 Japanese Ophthalmological Society (JOS) Young Investigator Award. |
| 6 September 2022 | Update: Research Results |
| 30 August 2022 | Update: Research Results |
| 8 August 2022 | Update: Research Results |
| 1 August 2022 | Update: Members, ERATO Events |
| 30 June 2022 | Dr. Sakamaki received the Young Scientist Award for Best Presentation at the 74th Annual Meeting of the Japan Society for Cell Biology (JSCB). ( PDF) |
| 26 June 2022 | Dr. Morishita received the Best Presenter Award at the 30th Annual Meeting of The Japanese Society for Cell Death Research. |
| 1 July 2022 | Update: Members, ERATO Events |
| 1 June 2022 | Update: ERATO Events, Research Results |
| 6 April 2022 | Dr. Morishita received the Young Scientists’ Award of The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. |
| 4 April 2022 | Dr. Morishita’s award comment on the Research Encouragement Award 2021 of the Japanese Biochemical Society was posted. |
| 1 April 2022 | Update: Members |
| 14 February 2022 | Shimasawa-san and Suzuki-san received the Best Poster Abstract Award and the Excellent Poster Abstract Award respectively at the 2021 ‘Medical Scientist Training Program’ Retreat. |
| 4 February 2022 | Dr. Chino received the 38th Inoue Research Award for Young Scientists. |
| 11 January 2022 | An interview article with Prof. Mizushima was posted on the website of Asia and Pacific Research Center, Japan Science and Technology Agency. |
| 1 January 2022 | Update: Research Results |
| 23 November 2021 | Update: Research Results |
| 16 November 2021 | Prof. Mizushima was selected as a 2021 Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate Analytics (8th straight year). |
| 11 November 2021 | Update: ERATO Events |
| 1 November 2021 | ERATO Mizushima Intracellular Degradation Project was introduced in the November 2021 issue of JST news. |
| 1 November 2021 | Dr. Morishita received the Medical Research Encouragement Prize 2021 of The Japan Medical Association. |
| 1 November 2021 | Update: ERATO Events |
| 1 November 2021 | Update: Research Results |
| 10 September 2021 | Update: ERATO Events |
| 8 September 2021 | Dr. Morishita received the Ken-ichi Arai Award 2021. |
| 11 July 2021 | Update: Research Results |
| 7 July 2021 | Dr. Morishita received the Research Encouragement Award 2021 of the Japanese Biochemical Society. |
| 21 June 2021 | Prof. Mizushima published a book “The Art of Review” with YODOSHA. |
| 17 June 2021 | Update: ERATO Events |
| 2 June 2021 | Update: Research Results |
| 14 May 2021 | Dr. Morishita received the 33rd Academic Award of the Japanese Society for Cataract Research. |
| 12 May 2021 | Update: Research Results |
| 29 April 2021 | Prof. Mizushima was awarded the Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon. |
| April 2021 | Yamamoto-san received the Best Teacher's Award 2020 of Faculty of Medicine, the University of Tokyo |
| April 2021 |  Online ERATO International Symposium will be held on 17 June 2021. |
| 15 April 2021 | Update: Research Results |
| April 2021 | Update: Members |
| 13 February 2021 | Shimasawa-san and Suzuki-san received an Excellent Poster Abstract Award and the Best Poster Abstract Award respectively at the 2020 ‘Medical Scientist Training Program’ Retreat. |
| January 2021 | Update: Members |
| 25 December 2020 | National Geographic (Japanese Version) featured our most recent Cell Reports paper. |
| 25 December 2020 | Oshima-san received the Dean’s Award from ‘Medical Scientist Training Program’ Thesis Review Committee. Mimura-san received the 2020 SATOSHI ARIMA Memorial Fellowship. |
| 24 December 2020 | Prof. Mizushima received “Minister of MEXT Award” at the 4th Award Ceremony for the Japan Medical Research and Development Grand Prize. |
| 21 December 2021 | Yamamoto-san (D4) received the Best Presentation Award for Young Scientists at the 13th Autophagy Conference. |
| December 2020 | Update: ERATO Events, Research Results |
| 19 November 2020 | Prof. Mizushima was selected as a 2020 Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate Analytics (7th straight year). |
| 1 November 2020 | Prof. Mizushima received the Medical Award of the Japan Medical Association. |
| 31 October 2020 | Yamamoto-san (D4) won an Excellent Poster Award at the 20th BIO UT. Takahashi-san (D2) won an Excellent Poster Award at the 20th BIO UT. |
| September 2020 | Yamamoto-san (D4) won an Excellence Award for Young Scientist at the 93rd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Biochemical Society. |
| September 2020 | Update: ERATO Events, Research Results |
| 19 August 2020 | When visiting our lab, please notify us in advance and follow the regulations for UTokyo Campus Entry Restrictions. |
| 4 August 2020 | Prof. Mizushima won the 61st Fujihara Award. |
| 7 July 2020 | Prof. Mizushima was elected as an EMBO Associate Member. |
| June 2020 | Dr. Morishita received a Young Scientist Presentation Award of Excellence at the 72nd Annual Meeting (Web Conference) of the Japan Society for Cell Biology. |
| 15 June 2020 | Our university resumed acceptance of postal items. |
| May 2020 | Update: Members |
| April 2020 | Update: Members, ERATO Events |
| 8 April 2020 | We have no postal service for the time being due to the University-closure associated with COVID-19. |
| 16 February 2020 | Mimura-san received an Excellent Poster Abstract Award at the 2019 ‘Medical Scientist Training Program’ Retreat. Update: Research Results |
| December 2019 | Prof. Mizushima was selected as a 2019 Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate Analytics (6th straight year)! Update: Research Results |
| November 2019 | Both Dr. Morishita and Oshima-san received a ‘Best Poster Award’ at the 9th International Symposium on Autophagy. |
| October 2019 | Update: ERATO Event |
| September 2019 | Update: Research Results Dr. Chino won Young Scientists Presentation Award of Excellence at the 92nd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Biochemical Society. |
| July 2019 | Update: Research Results
Morishita-san received an Excellent Presentation Award from 58th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Cataract Research/The 45th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Crystalline Lens Research. |
| June 2019 | Update: Project Overview, Members and ERATO Event Nakano-san, a former member and 2019 grad, won the JSCB Young Scientist Award for the 1st place Best Presentation and the EMBO Journal Prize. |
| April 2019 | Nakano-san received a Poster Award at the 19th BIO UT |
| April 2019 | Honda-san received an Excellent Poster Award EMBO Workshop - Membrane Shaping and Remodeling by Proteins - |
| April 2019 | Update: Members, Research Results |
| March 2019 | Sakamoto-san received a Young Scientist Award from Japan Society of Parasitology |
| February 2019 | Update: Members |
| September 2018 | Tamura-san and Morita-san received a Top Award for Young Researchers at the 91st Annual Meeting of the Japanese Biochemical Society |
| November 2018 | Prof. Mizushima was selected as a 2018 Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate Analytics (5th straight year). |
| September 2018 | Update: Members |
| August 2018 | Chino-san received a Nature Structural & Molecular Biology Poster Prize at the International Symposium - Proteins: From the Cradle to the Grave |
| August 2018 | Update: Research Results |
| June 2018 | Kanda-san received a Poster Award at the 18th BIO UT |
| June 2018 | Update: Research Results |
| April 2018 |  Nakano-san received The EMBO JOURNAL Poster Prize at the YoungMito 2018 meeting |
| April 2018 | Update: Members |
| March 2018 | Our new website has been launched. |
