Marine microbiologist and Distinguished Professor Emeritus Farooq Azam of the University of California San Diego has been named the 2026 laureate of the Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences, one of Japan’s most prestigious international honours. Azam is widely recognised for proposing the “microbial loop” in 1983, a concept that reshaped scientific understanding of ocean ecosystems […] The post UC San Diego scientist Farooq Azam wins 2026 Kyoto Prize for pioneering “microbial loop” discovery appeared first on Daily Pakistan English News .