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First time in Asia: Assistant Professor Sasaki Wins the Research Recognition Award

May. 1, 2023

Assistant Professor Haruka Sasaki, the Department of Dento-oral Anesthesiology, received the Respiration Section Research Recognition Award at the American Physiology Summit held in Long Beach, CA, USA, from April 20-23, 2023. This achievement marks the first time a laboratory in Asia has received this award.
She was presented with a certificate and a cash prize for her presentation titled "The Umami Taste Receptor TAS1R1/TAS1R3 is Expressed and Potentiates Contraction of Airway Smooth Muscle," as well as for her previous research accomplishments.


Assistant Professor Haruka Sasaki (center)

Certificate of commendation