The 1st Tsuneko & Reiji Okazaki Award 2015

Dr. Feng Zhang (Massachusetts Institute of Technology , USA)

Development and applications of CRISPR/Cas9 for genome editing

The 2nd Tsuneko & Reiji Okazaki Award 2016

Dr. Yukiko Yamashita (University of Michigan, USA)

Asymmetric stem cell division and the role of satellite DNA in Drosophila

The 3rd Tsuneko & Reiji Okazaki Award 2017

Dr. Maria Barna (Stanford University, USA)

Ribosome heterogeneity in translating the genetic code

The 4th Tsuneko & Reiji Okazaki Award 2018

Dr. Cyril Zipfel (University of Zürich, Switzerland)

Plant innate immunity: from the plasma membrane to the field

The 5th Tsuneko & Reiji Okazaki Award 2019

Dr. Kay M. Tye (The Salk Institute for Biological Sciences)

Neural circuit mechanisms of emotional and social processing