Serendipity Award
This award is bestowed annually upon either two individual young researchers or two groups of young researchers recognized for either making serendipitous discoveries or developing technologies that facilitate serendipity. The selection of awardees is based on an evaluation of publications by Serendipity Lab members within the relevant year, conducted by the directors. The recipients are announced, and the awards are presented during the Serendipity Symposium, an annual event. Each award includes a certificate and a $200 prize.
2024 Awardees
Serendipity Award 2024 is given to the first authors of two serendipitous papers published in 2024: Yu Miyamoto et al., "Periportal macrophages protect against commensal-driven liver inflammation", Nature 629, 901 (2024); Akifumi Shiomi et al., "High-throughput mechanical phenotyping and transcriptomics of single cells", Nature Communications 15, 3812 (2024).
Yu Miyamoto
Assistant Professor
Osaka Univ.
Japan
Akifumi Shiomi
Assistant Professor
Kyoto Univ.
Japan
2023 Awardees
Serendipity Award 2023 is given to the first authors of two serendipitous papers published in 2023: Shreya Udani et al., "Associating growth factor secretions and transcriptomes of single cells in nanovials using SEC-seq", Nature Nanotechnology 19, 354 (2023); Sho Sekiya et al., "Drosophila screening identifies dual inhibition of MEK and AURKB as an effective therapy for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma", Cancer Research 83, 2704 (2023).
Shreya Udani
Graduate Student
UCLA
USA
Sho Sekiya
Graduate Student
Hokkaido Univ.
Japan
2022 Awardees
Serendipity Award 2022 is given to the first authors of two serendipitous papers published in 2022: Yunjie Deng et al., "Understanding stenosis-induced platelet aggregation on a chip by high-speed optical imaging", Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 356, 131318 (2022); Tianlong Zhang et al., "Shape-based separation of drug-treated Escherichia coli using viscoelastic microfluidics", Lab on a Chip 22, 2801 (2022).
Yunjie Deng
Graduate Student
Univ. of Tokyo
Japan
Tianlong Zhang
Graduate Student
NAIST
Japan
2021 Awardees
Serendipity Award 2021 is given to the first authors of two serendipitous papers published in 2021: Pan Cheng et al., "Direct control of store-operated calcium channels by ultrafast laser", Cell Research 31, 758 (2021); Masako Nishikawa*, Hiroshi Kanno*, Yuqi Zhou* et al., "Massive image-based single-cell profiling reveals high levels of circulating platelet aggregates in patients with COVID-19", Nature Communications 12, 7135 (2021); * = co-first authors.
Pan Cheng
Graduate Student
New York Univ.
USA
Masako Nishikawa
Assistant Professor
Univ. of Tokyo Hospital
Japan
Hiroshi Kanno
Graduate Student
Univ. of Tokyo
Japan
Yuqi Zhou
Graduate Student
Univ. of Tokyo
Japan