{"id":7232,"date":"2023-08-02T15:13:21","date_gmt":"2023-08-02T06:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.elsi.jp\/?post_type=news_events&#038;p=7232"},"modified":"2023-08-02T15:13:21","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T06:13:21","slug":"tony_z_jia_mizuho_foundation_promotion_sciences_research_award","status":"publish","type":"news_events","link":"https:\/\/www.elsi.jp\/en\/news_events\/news\/2023\/tony_z_jia_mizuho_foundation_promotion_sciences_research_award\/","title":{"rendered":"ELSI scientist Tony Z. Jia receives the \u2018Mizuho Foundation for the Promotion of Sciences\u2019 research award"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7242\" src=\"https:\/\/www.elsi.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230802_TJia1-e1690956593529.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elsi.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230802_TJia1-e1690956593529.png 600w, https:\/\/www.elsi.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230802_TJia1-e1690956593529-300x217.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 70%; margin: 0px auto;\">The award recipients and representatives from the Mizuho Foundation for the Promotion of Sciences. Credit: Mizuho Foundation for the Promotion of Sciences.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>ELSI\u2019s Associate Principle Investigator and Specially Appointed Associate Professor, Tony Z. Jia, receives the Mizuho Foundation for the Promotion of Sciences research award. The award was given to support Jia\u2019s work on polyester protocells.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a great honour to receive this award to be able to continue our pioneering work on polyester protocells, all of which have been led by current or former ELSI researchers\u201d says Jia.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The &#8216;Mizuho Foundation for the Promotion of Sciences&#8217; provides grants for high\u2013quality research in the field of engineering to provide encouragement and support for the young people who hold Japan&#8217;s future in their hands. The organisation also runs essay competitions on themes relating to law and economics, and the winners receive study grants. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mizuhogroup.com\/sustainability\/social-contributions\/foundation#gakujutu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.mizuhogroup.com\/sustainability\/social-contributions\/foundation#gakujutu<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7239\" src=\"https:\/\/www.elsi.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230802_TJia2-e1690956652928.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elsi.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230802_TJia2-e1690956652928.png 600w, https:\/\/www.elsi.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230802_TJia2-e1690956652928-300x216.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 70%; margin: 0px auto;\">Tony receiving the award. Credit: Mizuho Foundation for the Promotion of Sciences.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":7241,"template":"","news_events_cat":[7],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elsi.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_events\/7232"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elsi.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elsi.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news_events"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elsi.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elsi.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elsi.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_events_cat?post=7232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}