Announcement of the First Awardee of the Altman Award
in Developmental Neuroscience

The Altman Award in Developmental Neuroscience in 2017 fiscal year was announced to go to the following researcher. The award ceremony and lecture will be held during the 40th Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society.

Itaru Imayoshi
(Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Japan)

Submitted articles:
Imayoshi, I., Ishidate, F., and Kageyama, R.(2015) Real-time imaging of bHLH transcription factors reveals their dynamic control in multipotency and fate choice of neural stem cells. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience 9:288. doi: 10.3389/fncel.2015.00288.

Imayoshi, I., Isomura, A. , Harima, Y., Kawaguchi, K., Kori, H., Miyachi, H., Fujiwara, T.K.,
Ishidate, F. and Kageyama, R. (2013) Oscillatory control of factors determining multipotency and fate in mouse neural progenitors. Science (Research Article) 342: 1203-1208.

Imayoshi, I., Sakamoto, M., Ohtsuka, T., Takao, K., Miyakawa, T., Yamaguchi, M., Mori, K., Ikeda, T., Itohara, S. and Kageyama, R. (2008) Roles of continuous neurogenesis in the structural and functional integrity of the adult forebrain. Nature Neuroscience 11: 1153-1161.