Ko Mochizuki (Associate Professor, Kawakita Lab.) received both the BSJ Encouragement Prize and the JPR Best Paper Award at the 90th Annual Meeting of the Botanical Society of Japan, held on September 4–6, 2026. Congratulations on these achievements!

 

 

Award title: 2026 (23rd) BSJ Encouragement Prize
Research title: Evolution and diversity of floral traits, with a focus on unconventional pollination systems
Awardee:  Ko Mochizuki (Associate Professor, Kawakita Lab.)
HP: https://bsj.or.jp/jpn/members/information/202623-1.php

 

Award title: 2026 JPR Best Paper Award
Paper title: Ko Mochizuki & Ayako Watanabe-Taneda (2025) Wasp pollination and pollinator filtering by dense hairs at the floral tube entrance in Marsdenia tinctoria (Apocynaceae). Journal of Plant Research 138 (3) 447-457
Awardee:  Ko Mochizuki (Associate Professor, Kawakita Lab.)

Co-author: Ayako Watanabe-Taneda (Technical Staff, Graduate School of Science)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10265-025-01621-z
HP: https://bsj.or.jp/jpn/members/information/2026jpr.php