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 member as the winner in 2025:

Chiho KAWASHIMA (Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine)
for ”Study on factors during pregnancy affecting the productivity of dairy cows after calving and the health and fertility of their offspring”,

Fuko MATSUDA (University of Tokyo)
for “Studies on the regulatory mechanisms of the reproductive center in mammals and their applications”.

SRD Young Investigator Award

The 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 member as the winner in 2025:

Hiromi KUSAKA (Kitazato University)
for “Studies on the relationships between the resumption of postpartum reproductive function, milk productivity, and subsequent fertility in dairy”,

Takashi FUJII (Iwate University)
for “Studies on genetic testing in bovine preimplantation embryos”.

SRD Outstanding Presentation Award

The SRD Outstanding Presentation Award is given for outstanding oral presentations at the annual meeting of SRD. The chair of the 118th annual meeting of SRD selected the following four members as the winners in 2025:

• Nao Yonezawa (Kindai University) for ”Construction of functional artificial cell nuclei in living mouse oocytes”,
• Reika URIU (Kumamoto University) for “Carbohydrate-binding proteins on the sperm plasma membrane enable sperm to pass through the utero-oviduct junction”,
• Dinh Quoc PHAM (RIKEN BRC, Ho Chi Minh City International University, Vietnam National University) for “Paused embryonic stem cells induced by mTOR inhibition enhance mouse cloning efficiency”,
• Yuzuki GOTO (Kyoto University) for “Development of an innovative sex-selection technology by knock-in on sex chromosomes using CRISPR/Cas9 in mice”.