Professor Emeritus Hiroshi Orui and Professor Emeritus Moritaka Nishihira at Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University have received Japan Academy Prize and Duke of Edinburgh Prize from the Japan Academy, respectively.

The reason to be awarded is:

A joint research on creation of new biofunctional molecule and its application
(Professor Emeritus Hiroshi Orui)

A researche on formation and reservation of coral reefs mainly in Okinawa, Japan
(Professor Emeritus Moritaka Nishihira)