The Japan Consortium for Glycobiology and Glycotechnology (JCGG) established the Tamio Yamakawa Award to honor the distinguished career of Professor Tamio Yamakawa and his outstanding contributions to the field of Glycoscience. This international award is presented every two years to a glycoscientist who has made widely recognized and significant contributions to the field of Glycoscience and is, in principle, a currently active researcher.

2022, the 4th Tamio Yamakawa Award was decided by the selection committee and JCGG executive board to go to Dr. James C. Paulson, Professor of The Scripps Research Institute, who has made seminal contributions to our understanding of how glycans contribute to viral infections and the immune system. The award ceremony and Tamio Yamakawa Award Lecture were held at the 20th JCGG Symposium November 30, 2023, in Tokyo.

The 2016 Tamio Yamakawa Award, the first award, was presented on November 1, 2016, to Prof. Markus Aebi of ETH Zurich; the 2018 Award on November 26, 2018, to Prof. Gerald W. Hart of CCRC; and the 2020 Award on December 7, 2021, to Prof. Kevin P. Campbell of University of Iowa.

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Tamao Endo
JCGG President