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Nikkei BP Technology Awards 2006 – “Femtosecond Laser Protein Crystallization Technology” Wins the Grand PrizeTokyo – March 17, 2006 – Nikkei BP has announced the winners of "Nikkei BP Technology Awards 2006."
Nikkei BP Technology Awards, established to contribute to the nation's technological development and marking the sixteenth holding this year, honors excellent technologies in the fields of electronics/home digital appliances, information and communications, machinery, construction, healthcare/biotechnology, and ecology that will bring impact to industries and the society. The awardees were decided among technologies developed during the year of 2005 by our screening committee (Chairman: Shoji Tanaka, Vice President, International Superconductivity Technology Center). This year's winners for the Grand Prize, Section Prizes (10), and Special Prize (1) are as follows: The Grand Prize went to Mr. Yusuke Mori, associate professor at Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, and his colleagues, for their "Femtosecond Laser Protein Crystallization Technology." The awarding ceremony will take place at Hotel Okura Tokyo from 11:00 am, April 7. <Grand Prize> - Femtosecond Laser Protein Crystallization Technology Mr. Yusuke Mori and his colleagues established a completely innovative way to process protein fit for structure analysis, using femtosecon laser. It is to forcibly ingenerate crystal nuclei by irradiating protein solution with a femtosecond laser and churn the solution to extract large, high-quality crystals. The technology significantly enhanced the success rate of crystallization, from what used to be 20-30% to 70%. The establishment of this technology has also given rise to a university-based venture "SOSHO, Inc."
<Section Prizes> - Electronics/Home Digital Appliances - Practical Application of Vertical Recording for HDD - 10 Million Candela/m² White Light Source Using Semiconductor Laser Beam - Information and Communications - SUFTLA - Seasar 2 - Machinery - All-Superconducting Motor - Smart Idling-Stop System - Construction - Development of a Series of Elevated Railroad Tracks Reinforcing Technologies That Overcome the Difficult Conditions of the Site. - Healthcare/Biotechnology - First Japan-Made Antibody Drug "Actemra (tocilizumab)" - Ecology - The World's First Mercury-Free Silver Oxide Battery - Plant-Derived, High-Durability Plastic Material "TERRAMAC" <Special Prize> For further details, please contact: |
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