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6Award-winning researchAward-winning researchKyoto University is one of the most respected research universities in Asia. This is testified by the accolades conferred upon its researchers past and present—notably, nine Nobel Prizes, two Fields Medals, one Gauss Prize, five Lasker Awards, three Japan Prizes, and eight Kyoto Prizes.Dr. Shinya Yamanaka, director of the Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), receiving the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.1970199020061987198919982009201420042005200519951998200420092010201320162016MathematicsMathematicsMathematicsBasic Medical ResearchBasic Medical ResearchBasic Medical ResearchBasic Medical ResearchBasic Medical ResearchChemical Technology for the EnvironmentInformation and Media TechnologyCell BiologyBasic SciencesBasic SciencesAdvanced TechnologyAdvanced TechnologyAdvanced TechnologyBasic SciencesAdvanced TechnologyBasic SciencesHeisuke HironakaShigefumi MoriKiyoshi ItoSusumu TonegawaYasutomi NishizukaYoshio MasuiShinya YamanakaKazutoshi MoriKenichi HondaMakoto NagaoMasatoshi TakeichiChushiro HayashiKiyoshi ItoAlan Curtis KayIsamu AkasakiShinya YamanakaMasatoshi NeiTakeo KanadeTasuku HonjoAlexander Ljungdahl © The Nobel Foundation 20121949 PhysicsHideki Yukawa1965 PhysicsSin-itiro Tomonaga1981 ChemistryKenichi Fukui1987 Physiology or MedicineSusumu Tonegawa2001 ChemistryRyoji Noyori2008 PhysicsMakoto Kobayashi2008 PhysicsToshihide Maskawa2012 Physiology or MedicineShinya Yamanaka2014PhysicsIsamu AkasakiDr. Kazutoshi Mori of Kyoto University’s Graduate School of Science receiving the 2018 Breakthrough Prize in Life Science. Nobel PrizeFields MedalGauss PrizeLasker AwardJapan PrizeKyoto Prize