Date: 2016/1/22, Fri. 10:00〜18:00

Venue: Toyoda Auditorium, Nagoya University

The Nagoya Medal Prize was initially proposed by Professor Hisashi Yamamoto and Professor Ryoji Noyori, and founded in 1995 with Professor Noyori as the president through the financial support of Banyu Life Science Foundation International. The Nagoya Gold Medal Prize has been awarded every year to an organic chemist who has made significant original contributions to the field in its broadest sense. The first medal was presented to Professor Yoshito Kishi, and since then 26 eminent scientists have come to give lectures, including the Goto Memorial Lectureship started earlier. The Silver Medal, established in 1999, has been presented every year to a rising scientist based in Japan whose research has had a major impact on the field of synthetic organic chemistry. The medals are designed in the shape of a sword guard, an idea proposed by Professors Yamamoto and Noyori. The flowers on the surface are lilies, which are the city flower of Nagoya City, and have the meaning of "a kind heart and competitiveness". At the award lectures, the award winners are asked to talk not only about the profundity of their unique prize-winning chemistry, but also the in-depth philosophy behind it, encouraging young chemists and students. This year, the Gold medal will be presented to Professor Stuart L. Schreiber (HHMI, Broad Institute of Harvard & MIT, Harvard University), and the Silver medal to Professor Zhaomin Hou (RIKEN).

The Gold Medal is awarded every year to an organic chemist who has made significant original contributions to the field in its broadest sense.

Gold Medal: Professor Stuart Schreiber (Broad Institute of Harvard & MIT and Harvard University, USA)

The Silver Medal is presented to a rising scientist based in Japan, whose research has had a major impact on the field of synthetic organic chemistry.

Silver Medal: Professor Zhaomin Hou (RIKEN, Japan)

• Symposium Poster

Links:

• Banyu Life Science Foundation International Website "Program for the Nagoya Medal"
• Banyu Life Science Foundation International Website "List of Gold Medal winners"
• Banyu Life Science Foundation International Website "List of Silver Medal winners"

Contact:

Professor Kenichiro Itami

Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University

Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan

E-mail: nagoya-medal@itbm.nagoya-u.ac.jp

Related Links:

• Alpha Galileo "The 21st Nagoya Medal of Organic Chemistry" (December 2015)
• EurekAlert! "The 21st Nagoya Medal Award Lectures " (April 20, 2015)
• ResearchSEA "The 21st Nagoya Medal of Organic Chemistry" (December 2015)
• Elsevier "We congratulate the award winners of the 21st Nagoya Medal of Organic Chemistry" (December 2015)