The Asian Scientist 100
Haruo Kasai
Institution
International Research Center for Neurointelligence
Country
Japan
Field
Biomedical Sciences
Kasai received the Imperial Prize and Japan Academy Prize in 2022 for discovering the principles of structural plasticity in brain spine synapses.
(Photo: The University of Tokyo)
AWARDS
- Imperial Prize
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