Prof. Makoto Asashima has garnered esteemed recognition throughout his illustrious career. His accolades include the Prize of Japanese Society of Zoological Science (1990), the Siebold Prize (Germany; President Weiszeker, 1994), and the Toray Science Prize (with gold medal, 1999). In 2000, he received the Mochida Medical Science Prize, Naito Memorial Science Prize, and Uehara Prize, all adorned with gold medals. The Imperial Special Prize and Japan Academy Prize (with silver pot) followed in 2001, along with the prestigious Medal with Purple Ribbon for academic excellence from the Japanese Government. Notably, he was honored with the Prince Hitachi Prize for comparative oncology in 2002 and the Erwin-Stein-Preises (Germany: Erwin-Stein-Stiftung) in 2008. His notable achievements include the Achievement Prize for Regeneration Medicine in 2013, culminating in the highest honor, The Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold and Silver Star, bestowed upon him by the Japanese Government in 2017. 🏅👨🔬🎖️
Publications Top Notes
Title: Temporal transcriptomic profiling reveals dynamic changes in gene expression of Xenopus animal cap upon activin treatment Year: 2021 Citations: 3 Authors: Satou-Kobayashi, Y., Kim, J.-D., Fukamizu, A., Asashima, M.
Title: Structural basis for receptor-regulated SMAD recognition by MAN1 Year: 2018 Citations: 14 Authors: Miyazono, K.-I., Ohno, Y., Wada, H., Asashima, M., Tanokura, M.
Title: Dullard deficiency causes hemorrhage in the adult ovarian follicles Year: 2018 Citations: 5 Authors: Hayata, T., Chiga, M., Ezura, Y., Nishinakamura, R., Noda, M.
Title: Hydrophobic patches on SMAD2 and SMAD3 determine selective binding to cofactors Year: 2018 Citations: 16 Authors: Miyazono, K.-I., Moriwaki, S., Ito, T., Asashima, M., Tanokura, M.
Title: A novel therapeutic strategy for pancreatic cancer: Targeting cell surface glycan using rBC2LC-N lectin-drug conjugate (LDC) Year: 2018 Citations: 42 Authors: Shimomura, O., Oda, T., Tateno, H., Asashima, M., Ohkohchi, N.