The Awardee of the 2019 Prince Hitachi Prize for Comparative Oncology
2019 (22nd) |
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Masayuki Miura Professor Department of Genetics, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo |
"Genetics and Physiological Roles of Apoptosis" |
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2018 (21th) |
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Akira Nakagawara Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Saga-ken Medical Center KOSEIKAN (Local Independent administrative Agency)(Until March, 2018) CEO, Saga-HIMAT Foundation |
"Elucidation of the mechanism of spontaneous regression of neuroblastoma and discovery of human de novo evolved gene product N-CYM" |
2017 (20th) |
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Stephen P. Goff Higgins Professor of Biochemistry Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Department of Microbiology and Immunology Columbia University Medical Center |
"Widespread Transmission of Independent Cancer Lineages within Multiple Bivalve Species" |
2016 (19th) |
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Joshua D. Schiffman University of Utah School of Medicine Edward B. Clark, MD Chair in Pediatric Research Medical Director, High Risk Pediatric Cancer Clinic Professor of Pediatrics (Hematology/Oncology) |
"Mechanism of Cancer Resistance in Elephants" |
2015 (18th) |
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Hiroyuki Takeda Professor, Graduate School of Science University of Tokyo |
"Elucidation of the General Principles of Vertebrate Organogenesis Using Small Fish" |
2014 (17th) | ![]() |
Vera Gorbunova Professor of Biology and Oncology Department of Biology University of Rochester |
"Mechanism of cancer resistance of the naked mole rats" |
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Andrei Seluanov Assistant Professor Department of Biology University of Rochester |
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2013 (16th) |
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Fumihiro Hirayama Principal Research Scientist Central Research Laboratory, Japan Blood Products Organization |
"Establishment of the Mongolian gerbil infection model and elucidation of H. pylori-induced promotion of gastric carcinogenesis" |
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Masae Tatematsu Visiting Researcher Japan Bioassay Research Center, Japan Industrial Safety & Association |
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2012 (15th) |
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Anne-Maree Pearse Scientific Officer, Devil Facial Tumour Project, Diagnostic Services Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment Tasmania Animal Health Laboratory |
"Clarification of Cancer-Cell Transmission in Tasmania Devil Facial Tumor Disease" |
2010 (14th) |
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Keiji Wakabayashi National Cancer Center Research Institute |
"Studies on Pierisin produced by cabbage butterfly (Pieris rapae)" |
2008 (13th) |
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Masanori Hayami Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University |
"Studies on Simian T-cell Leukemia Virus (STLV)" |
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Toshiki Watanabe Professor, The University of Tokyo |
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2007 (12th) |
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Manfred Schartl Professor, Physiological Chemistry Julius - Maximilians - Universität Würzburg |
"Clarification of molecular mechanisms of melanomagenesis in Xiphophorus hybrid fish" |
2006 (11th) |
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Jiro Matsumoto Professor Emeritus Keio University |
"Studies on erythrophoroma cells of goldfish and its multiple differentiation" |
2005 (10th) |
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Takeo Kishimoto Professor of Tokyo Institute of Technology Laboratory of Cell and Developmental Biology |
"The role of proto-oncogenes in cell cycle control during meiotic maturation in starfish oocytes" |
2004 (9th) |
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Akihiro Shima Professor Emeritus The University of Tokyo |
"Studies on Medaka tumors and genome analysis" |
2003 (8th) |
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Jesse Summers Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology University of New Mexico |
"Studies on woodchuck hepatitis virus and duck Hepatitis B virus" |
2002 (7th) |
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Makoto Asashima Professor of Developmental Biology Department of Life Sciences The University of Tokyo |
"Studies on Comparative Oncology -Developmental Biology, especially on the Mechanism of Organogenesis" |
2001 (6th) |
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George S. Bailey Professor of Toxicology and Director of the Marine/Freshwater Biomedical Sciences Center Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology Oregon State University |
"Carcinogenesis at Low Dose in the Rainbow Trout Model" |
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Jerry D. Hendricks Professor of Toxicology Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology Oregon State University |
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2000 (5th) |
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Elisabeth Gateff Professor of Genetics Institut für Genetik Johannes Gutenberg Universität |
"Studies on Drosophila Tumor Suppressor Genes" |
1999 (4th) |
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Shozo Takayama Visiting Professor Department of Pathology School of Medicine Showa University |
"Studies on Carcinogenesis in Comparative Oncology" |
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Takatoshi Ishikawa Professor Department of Molecular Pathology Graduate School of Medicine University of Tokyo |
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1998 (3rd) |
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Robert G. McKinnell Professor Department of Genetics and Cell Biology University of Minnesota |
"Biology and Developmental Aspect of Lucke Renal Adenocarcinoma" |
1997 (2nd) |
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Fritz W. Anders Professor Emeritus Genetisches Institut Justus-Liebig-Universität |
"The Genetics and Biology of Cancer as Studied in Fish Melanoma" |
1996 (1st) |
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John C. Harshbarger Professor, Department of Pathology Director, Registry of Tumors in Lower Animals The George Washington University Medical Center |
"Studies on Tumors of Lower Animals" |