Emi Ito

Institution
Osaka University

Country
Japan

Field
Life Sciences

Ito was awarded the 2023 JSPS Ikushi Prize by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science for her research on unraveling the role of host-derived metabolites in the development of innate-type T cells.

 

(Photo: Osaka University)

AWARDS
  • 2023 JSPS Ikushi Prize

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