On July 22^nd 2014, Dr. Takuya Murata, Research & Development Scientist in the Mutagenesis and Genomics Team, has won the International Best Abstract Award representing Japan and Hong Kong for his presentation "Caudal Wolffian Duct with Abnormally Sustained Wnt/beta-Catenin Signal prevents Upper Vaginal Extension, Which causes Vaginal Atresia in the Ctnnb1^C429S Mouse" in the 47^th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Reproduction.

The award is given to presenters who submitted most excellent abstract at the annual meeting of the Society. It is given to one person registered from Japan and Hong Kong and other eleven from the other parts of the world every year.