Chemie IOCB News

On 27 January, the German-Japanese Society Bielefeld (DJG) awarded the Hajime Hoshi Prize 2017 to biotechnologist Keiko Oike (27) from the Faculty of Chemistry at Bielefeld University. Keiko Oike was honoured for her outstanding scientific achievements and her commitment to supporting and integrating Japanese guest students. Gesa Neuert, President of the DJG Bielefeld, presented the certificate for the 1,000 euro prize. Keiko Oike comes from Toyama, on the north coast of Japan, and completed her Bachelor's and Master's degree in Biotechnology at Toyama Prefectural University, for which she received the university's best student award in 2013. Since 2016, she has been working on her doctorate in the field of biocatalysis in Professor Dr Harald Gröger's research group at Bielefeld University. The Hajime Hoshi Prize, awarded jointly by the DJG Bielefeld and Bielefeld University for the third time, is named after the important Japanese science patron Hajime Hoshi (1873 to 1951).

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