At the 101st annual meeting of the Japanese Society of Animal Reproduction, held in Fukuoka, Japan in September, the 2008 JSAR awards were presented to each winner.

JSAR Outstanding Research Award

The JSAR Outstanding Research Award is given for outstanding basic and applied research in animal reproduction.
The JSAR Award Committee has selected the following member as the winner in 2008:

Not Selected

JSAR Innovative Technology Award

The JSAR Innovative Technology Award is given for the research which contributed to a development of innovative technology in animal reproduction.
The JSAR Award Committee has selected the following member as the winners in 2008:

Shu Hashimoto (Sunkaky Medical Corporation IVF Namba Clinic) for "In vitro growth and maturation of mammalian oocytes".

JSAR Young Investigator Award

The JSAR Young Investigator Award is given for outstanding research in animal reproduction which was performed by an exceptionally promising young investigator who has not reached the age of 35 before April 1st of the year when the award is presented.
The JSAR Award Committee has selected the following member as the winners in 2008:

Ken Sawai（Iwate University, Faculty of Agriculture, Deartment of Aminal Science) for "Studies on gene expression in embryos derived from bovine somatic cell nuclear transfer".

JSAR Outstanding Presentation Award

The JSAR Outstanding Presentation Award is given for outstanding oral and poster presentations at the annual fall meeting of JSAR. Chair of the 101st annual meeting of JSAR selected the following nine members as the winners in 2008:

• Oral Presentation
• Tamami Homma (Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University)
• Yuki Wakabayashi (Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba)
• Hisato Kobayashi (Department of Bio-Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture)
• Tetsuya Yoshioka (Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo)
• Poster Presentation
• Kaoru Yoshida (School of Agriculture, Kyushu University)
• Yoshitaka Fujihara (Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University)
• Koichi Saito (Graduate School of Bioresource Sciences, Akita Prefectural University)
• Mikiko Tokoro (Graduate School of Biology-Oriented Science and Technology, Kinki University)
• Hany Abdalla (Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shinshu Univertity)