Katsumi Kitagawa: Honors and Awards

1993 – Toyobo, short-term fellowship for attending a meeting abroad

1995 – Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellowship for Research at Centers of Excellence Abroad

1996 – Human Frontier Science Program Organization, long-term research fellowships

2000 – Uehara Memorial Foundation, long-term research fellowship

2006 – Wendy Will Case Cancer Award

2006 – The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Research Grant

2007 – American Cancer Society Research Scholar Grant


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