RIKEN Invited Senior Scientist Yutaka Arimoto, head of the Arimoto Laboratory in the Innovation Center of the RIKEN Research Cluster for Innovation, was recently presented with the SCJ President Award, one of the 9th Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration Contribution Awards, for his work on "EdibleSaFE Pesticide". He shares the award with Dr. Tetsuya Imai, Director of the Naruto Research Center and Executive Officer of Otsuka AgriTechno Co., Ltd., and Mr. Takayuki Kashima of the Central Research Institute Bioscience Research Laboratory, Insecticide Group, Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha, Ltd.
A presentation ceremony was held in Tokyo on September 22.
About Dr. Yutaka Arimoto
1970 Joins RIKEN
2002 Unit Leader, Applied Biology for Plant Protection Research Unit, RIKEN
2010 Invited Senior Scientist, Head of Arimoto Laboratory, Innovation Center, RIKEN Research Cluster for Innovation
Honors
1982 Society Award, Pesticide Science Society of Japan
2002 Japan Patent Office Director-General Award, Kanto Local Commendation for Invention, Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation
2004 Award for Invention, National Commendation for Invention, Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation
