The JHG Young Scientist Award recognizes articles that have made a significant contribution to the Journal of Human Genetics, owing to their scientific excellence and impact in the field of human genetics.
We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2018 JHG Young Scientist Award.
Lasse Pihlstrøm
Department of Neurology, Oslo University Hospital
For the paper entitled
Fine mapping and resequencing of the PARK16 locus in Parkinson’s disease
J Hum Genet (2015) 60, Issue 7 Page 357–362, https://doi.org/10.1038/jhg.2015.34
Ichiro Fukumoto
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Tokyo Women’s Medical University Medical Center East
For the paper entitled
Tumor-suppressive microRNAs (miR-26a/b, miR-29a/b/c and miR-218) concertedly suppressed metastasis-promoting LOXL2 in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
J Hum Genet (2016) 61, Issue 2 Page 109–118, https://doi.org/10.1038/jhg.2015.120
We would like to offer our warmest congratulations and wish them every success in their future careers.
Naomichi Matsumoto
Editor-in-Chief
Journal of Human Genetics
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Matsumoto, N. The 2018 JHG Young Scientist Award. J Hum Genet 64, 1 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s10038-018-0526-8
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