Awards and Honours
In 1982 Sato share Brandeis University’s Rosenstiel Award with subsequent 1986 Nobel prize winners, Stanley Cohen (neurologist) and Rita Levi-Montalcini, and in 1984 he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences for his contributions to cell biology.
In 2002 Sato was the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Society for In Vitro Biology in 2002 for his contributions in both cell biology and global issues.
Sato was a Laureate of the Rolex Awards for Enterprise in 2002. The annual award with a cash prize of $100,000 recognizes men and women who are breaking new ground in areas which advance human knowledge and well-being.
- Laureate, Rolex Award, 2002
In 2005 Sato received the Blue Planet Award, a cash prize of 50 million Japanese yen sponsored by the Asahi Glass Foundation, for developing a new mangrove planting technology in Eritrea and through its utilization thus showing the possibility of building a sustainable local community in the poorest area of the world.
- Blue Planet Award, 2005
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