“Akabori memorial award” was established in 2000 by the Japanese Peptide Society in commemoration of Dr. Shiro Akabori based on the donation by Dr. Rao Makineni. This award is conferred upon scientists who have made significant contributions to the advancement of research in peptide science.
Past Winners
| Year | Name (Affiliation) | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | FUTAKI, Shiroh (Kyoto University) | Peptides that affect membrane structure and permeability |
| 2020 | DAWSON, Philip E. (The Scripps Research Institute) | Chemoselectivity in Protein Synthesis |
| 2018 | MORODER, Luis (Max-Planck-Institute of Biochemistry Bioorganic Chemistry) | Amino acid chalcogen analogs as tools in peptide and protein research |
| 2016 | TAM, James P. (Nanyang Technological University) | Discovery, design and synthesis of peptide bioactives |
| 2014 | SUGA, Hiroaki (The University of Tokyo) | A RaPID Way to Discover Bioactive Natural Product-like Peptides |
| 2012 | KESSLER, Horst (Technische Universität München) | Molecular Imaging by Peptides and Peptidomimetics |
| 2010 | KENT, Stephen B.H. (University of Chicago) | Mirror Image Proteins: the Natural World Reinvented Using Chemistry |
| 2008 | KISO, Yoshiaki (Kyoto Pharmaceutical University) | Defying difficult diseases: Peptide chemistry in medicinal science |
| 2006 | MARTINEZ, Jean (Université Montpellier I et II) | Thirty years of research with gastrointestinal neuropeptides: From gastrin/cholecystokinin to ghrelin |
| 2004 | TREGEAR, Geoffrey (Howard Florey Institute, Melbourne) | New relaxin peptides: Structure and biological function |
| 2002 | SHIMONISHI, Yasutsugu (Osaka University) | Mass spectrometry of peptides and proteins in the post-genome era |
| 2000 | JUNG, Gunther (University of Tuebingen) | From MHC ligand motifs to T-cell antagonists and synthetic vaccines |