The Asian Scientist 100
Tetsuya Higashiyama
Institution
Nagoya University
Country
Japan
Field
Life Sciences
Higashiyama, vice director of the Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules, won the 2017 Kihara Memorial Foundation Academic Award for his discovery of the molecules that guide pollen tube formation.
AWARDS
- 2017 Kihara Memorial Foundation Academic Award
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