Prof. Yoshizumi Ishino received the Kihara Prize from the Genetics Society of Japan!

Professor Yoshizumi Ishino at Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyushu University has received the Kihara Prize of the Genetics Society of Japan for 2022.

The Kihara Prize of the Genetics Society of Japan is the highest award of the Society and is given to individuals who have made outstanding achievements in the field of genetics. Past recipients of the Kihara Prize have included such Nobel laureates as Susumu Tonegawa and Tasuku Honjo, as well as other prominent Japanese geneticists.

The Kihara Prize of the Genetics Society of Japan is the highest award of the Society and is given to individuals who have made outstanding achievements in the field of genetics. Past recipients of the Kihara Prize have included such Nobel laureates as Susumu Tonegawa and Tasuku Honjo, as well as other prominent Japanese geneticists.

The award is in recognition of Professor Ishino's many years of research achievements in "basic and applied research on DNA replication and repair in Archaea. After achieving success in his research on restriction enzymes and DNA ligases useful for genetic engineering through his studies on bacterial molecular genetics, Professor Ishino shifted his research focus to hyperthermophilic archaea, and has been conducting research on the structure and function of the DNA replication machinery in archaea, an unexplored field in the molecular genetics of archaea, as well as on the DNA repair mechanisms unique to archaea. He has been a world leader in the field of molecular genetics of Archaea, an unexplored field, by pioneering and publishing research results on the structure and function of the DNA replication machinery of Archaea and on the DNA repair mechanisms unique to Archaea. He has also contributed to the development of PCR and related genetic engineering technologies because hyperthermophilic DNA replication factors are heat stable. Professor Ishino is also known as the discoverer of CRISPR (Crisper), which has been applied to genome editing technology, the most popular technology in life science today.

In recognition of these research achievements, the Kihara Prize was awarded this year. The award ceremony was held during the 94th Annual Meeting of the Genetics Society of Japan, which was held for four days from September 14, 2022, and Dr. Ishino delivered the award lecture.