Awards & Honors 

Seine A. Shintani

1. December 2024   Manabi DX Quest – Excellence Award & Class Community Contribution Award, Organizer: Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Japan

2. December 2024   Manabi DX Quest – Excellence Award & PBL Excellence Award, Organizer: Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Japan

3. December 2024   T‑GEx Retreat Camp 2024 – Best Short Presentation (“Future Society” Session), “Developing Devices that Go Beyond Treatment and Prevention to Enhance the Human Body”, Recipients: Seine A. Shintani, Naoki Azuma, Shohei Ikichi, Organizer: T‑GEx (Global Trailblazer Development Program)

4. October 2024   Runner‑up, NIBB AI‑Biology Ideathon, “Building the Next‑Generation Biological Encyclopedia 3.0 via AI and Multi‑View Image Integration”, Organizer: National Institute for Basic Biology (NIBB)

5. December 2023   18th Wakashachi Encouragement Award – Grand Prize, Basic Science Division, “Elucidating Intracellular Molecular Dynamics in Cardiomyocytes by Live Electron Microscopy”, Organizers: Aichi Prefecture / Science & Technology Exchange Foundation / Hibi Science & Technology Promotion Foundation

6. November 2023   Evident Award – 61st Annual Meeting, Biophysical Society of Japan (Industry Pitch Contest), Organizers: Evident Co., Leave‑a‑Nest Co., Biophysical Society of Japan

7. January 2023   Inno‑β Certification – “Inno‑vation” Program (Strategic ICT R&D Promotion Project), Organizer: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), Japan

8. December 2022   Outstanding Poster Award – 29th Annual Meeting, Japanese Society for Chronobiology, Organizer: Japanese Society for Chronobiology

9. September 2022   Inoka Award – 60th Annual Meeting, Biophysical Society of Japan (Industry Pitch Contest), Organizers: Leave‑a‑Nest Co., Biophysical Society of Japan

10. February 2022   AI Quest – Excellence Award & Overall Excellence (Term 2), Organizer: Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Japan

11. February 2022   AI Quest – Excellence Award & AI Task Excellence (Term 2), Organizer: Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Japan

12. December 2021   Inno‑vation Program “Disruptive Challenge Division” – Disruptive Challenger, Organizer: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), Japan

13. November 2021   Inno‑vation Program “Disruptive Challenge Division” – Challenger, Organizer: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), Japan

14. November 2021   AI Quest – Excellence Award & AI Task Excellence (Term 1), Organizer: Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Japan

15. July 2017   4th Biophysics & Physicobiology Editors’ Choice Award, Koutaro Nakagome, Katsuhiko Sato, Seine A. Shintani, Shin’ichi Ishiwata, Awarded by the Editorial Office of Biophysics & Physicobiology

16. November 2016   Outstanding Poster Award – 23rd Annual Meeting, Japanese Society for Chronobiology, Organizer: Japanese Society for Chronobiology