Mr. Yoshiaki Yasumizu (RA, Sakaguchi Lab, IFReC) and Mr. Yoshihiko Tomofuji (RA, Y Okada Lab, IFReC) were awarded the 13th (FY2022) Ikushi Prize by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS).

Awardees of the Ikushi Prize are selected by their achievements in graduate school. In FY2022, the 18 students who are outstanding in all research fields were awarded including the three students of Osaka University, and two of them are Research Assistants of IFReC labs.