Prof. Sakimura at Niigata Nippo Award ceremony
The recipients of the Niigata Nippo Bunka Award, announced in October 19, attended the awarding ceremony on Wednesday, November 1, 2017 at the Nippo Hall, the Niigata Nippo Media Ship. Prof. Sakimura received the award in academic category, in recognition of his extraordinary contribution to neuroscience and developing a prompt-and-inexpensive operational procedure for generating gene-modified mice.
The Niigata Nippo Bunka Award is given to persons and groups who have demonstrated outstanding performance to contribute to the development of Niigata Prefecture.
(Find an article on page 32, November 2, 2017, the Niigata Nippo)