At the 104th annual meeting of the Society for Reproduction and Development, held in Morioka, Japan in September, the 2011 SRD awards were presented to each winner.

SRD Outstanding Research Award

The SRD Outstanding Research Award is given for outstanding basic and applied research in animal reproduction. The SRD Award Committee has selected the following members as the winners in 2011:

Yuji HIRAO (National Agricultural Research Center for Tohoku Region, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization) for “Factors Affecting the Developmental Competence of Bovine and Porcine Oocytes Grown In Vitro”

SRD Innovative Technology Award

The SRD Innovative Technology Award is given for the research which contributed to a development of innovative technology in animal reproduction. The SRD Award Committee has selected the following member as the winner in 2011:

Masashi TAKAHASHI (Kyushu Okinawa Agricultural Research Center, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization) for “Study for the Improvement of In Vitro Production of Bovine Embryos by Regulating Intra and Extra Cellular Redox Environment”

SRD Young Investigator Award

SRD 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 40 before April 1st of the year when the award is presented. The SRD Award Committee has selected the following three members as the winners in 2011:

Manabu KAWAHARA（Hokkaido University）for “Roles of Genes Regulated by Two Paternally Methylated Imprinted Regions on Chromosomes 7 and 12 in Mouse Ontogeny”

Chiho KAWASHIMA (Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine) for “Studies on the Nutritional Factors that Regulate the Occurrence of Ovulation of the Dominant Follicle During the First Follicular Wave Postpartum in High-producing Dairy Cow”

Tamás SOMFAI (National Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science, National Agricultureand Food Research Organization) for “Studies on Maturation and Establishment of Cryopreservation Method of Porcine Oocytes”

SRD Outstanding Presentation Award

The SRD Outstanding Presentation Award is given for outstanding oral or poster presentation at the annual fall meeting of SRD. Chair of the 104th annual meeting of SRD selected the following five members as the winners in 2011:

• Oral Presentation
• Teppei GOTO(Nagoya University)
• Karin SASAGAWA(Nagoya University)
• Makoto HAYASHI(Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology)
• Koji HAYAKAWA(The University of Tokyo)
• Poster Presentation
• Dai SAGATA(Shizuoka University)
• Hanako BAI (The University of Tokyo)
• Hiromi MIURA(Tokai University)