At the 76th Annual Meeting of the Society for Biotechnology, Japan (SBJ), we had 236 presentations eligible for the Student Excellent Presentation Award. After rigorous evaluation, the Society selected 7 presenters for the Best Student Presentation Award and 34 presenters for the Student Presentation Award.

Best Student Presentation Award (7 presentations)

  • 1Dp15
    Shogo Nakabori （Grad. Sch. Agric., Hokkaido Univ.）
    Adaptive laboratory evolution of Corynebacterium glutamicum lacking the enzymes involved in the oxidation of NADH
  • 1Gp13
    Taisei Koga  （Grad. Sch. Eng., Kyushu Univ.）
    Construction of a rapid selection system of microbial transglutaminase mutants using hydrogel beads
  • 1Hp10
    Shuma Iio （Grad. Sch. Agric. Sci., Tohoku Univ.）
    Adsorption of cutinase Cutl1 to the Langmuir membrane of hydrophobin RolA derived from the fungus Aspergillus oryzae
  • 2Dp02
    Shizuru Ishihara （Sch. Life Sci. Technol, Tokyo Tech,）
    Biosynthesis of polyhydroxyalkanoates contaning amino acid-derived 2-hydroxyalkanoate units by engineered Ralstonia eutropha
  • 3Dp05
    Genki Sato （Grad. Sch. IST, Osaka Univ.）
    Desigin of ensemble simulator for yeast kinetic metabolism using multi-omics data
  • 3Fp14
    Hiroyuki Kato (Grad. Sch. Agric., Meijo Univ.)
    Characterization of novel methoxyhydroquinone dioxygenase from white-rot basidiomycete Phanerochaete chrysosporium
  • 3Jp13
    Miku Kito （Grad. Sch. Eng., Univ. Hyogo）
    Development of the subset analysis method to elucidate functional interactions in microbial communities

Student Presentation Award (34 presentations)

  • 1Ap08
    Kazuki Imai （Tokyo Univ. Agric. Technol.）
    nhibitory effect of anti-Clic1 monoclonal antibody on invasion of cancer cells
  • 1Ap16
    Ayaka Ishii （Grad. Sch. Eng., Tokyo Univ. Agric. Technol.）
    Detection of circulating hybrid cells derived from patients with urothelial carcinoma and their correlation with pathological conditions
  • 1Bp04
    Zhang Huanyu (Grad. Sch. Eng., Univ. Tokyo)
    Exploration of size-tunable fluorescent conjugated polymer /superparamagnetic iron oxide composite nanoparticle for sentinel lymph node detection
  • 1Bp07
    Ryo Futatsubashi （Grad. Sch. Eng., Nagoya Univ.）
    Development of bioartificial pancreas using phospholipid polymer-modified alginate gel
  • 1Dp14
    Kotaro Yamagami （Grad. Sch. Agric., Hokkaido Univ.）
    Adaptive laboratory evolution of Escherichia coli mutants lacking the enzymes involved in the maintenance of energy and redox balance
  • 1Fp02
    Kotone Yamamoto （Grad. Sch. Bioresour., Mie Univ.）
    Structure-function relationship of beta-1,3-xylanases BcXyn26A and BcXyn26B from human gut bacterium Bacteroides cellulosilyticus
  • 1Gp11
    Miyuki Sako （ICBiotech, Osaka Univ.）
    In vitro glycosylation with UDP-glucose regeneration pathway
  • 1Hp11
    Yuki Oba （Grad. Sch. Bioagric., Sci., Nagoya Univ.）
    Profiling the substrates of MTG and searching for its preferred sequence
  • 1Mp17
    Mai Morikawa （Grad. Sch. Eng., Osaka Univ.）
    The effect of alpha-ketoglutaric acid addition on antibody productivity in CHL-YN cells
  • 1Np16
    Yuta Yamagishi （Grad. Sch. Sci., Rikkyo Univ.）
    Construction of a self-replicating system driven by gene expression of replication cycle reaction (RCR)
  • 1Op08
    Sayaka Yamamoto （Fac. Sci. Eng., Setsunan U.）
    Characterization of glucosyltransferase involved in the biosynthesis of phenylpropanoid glycosides that mitigate hyperuricemia
  • 1Op09
    Shogo Iwakata （Grad. Sch. Sci. Technol., Niigata Univ.）
    Creation of novel terpenes by genome mining and mutation of Class IB Terpene Synthases
  • 1Op15
    Kae Senoo （Sch. Mater. Chem. Technol., Tokyo Tech）
    Exploration of olfactory receptor derived skatole binding peptides and high sensitivity detection using graphene FET
  • 2Ap02
    Koki Yoshikawa （Sch. Mater. Chem. Technol., Tokyo Tech）
    Formation of migrasome-like vesicles induced by hypoosmotic stress
  • 2Ap08
    Yuya Kaneko （Fac. Eng., Kyushu Univ.）
    Development of transgenic chickens by cell engineering of primordial germ cells
  • 2Dp09
    Tomoki Tanaka （Grad. Sch. Sci. Eng., Kansai Univ.）
    Precise microbiome engineering using bacteriophages to control the function of microbiomes
  • 2Ep01
    Shinta Ijichi （Grad. Sch. Sci., Gakushuin Univ.）
    Establishment of unnatural cyclic peptide fermentation platform for RiPP drug discovery
  • 2Fp05
    Seiya Mori （Grad. Sch. IST, Osaka Univ.）
    Prediction and demonstration of amino acid residues determining substrate specificity of enzymes
  • 2Gp04
    Mirei Date （Grad. Sch. ISEHS., Okayama Univ.）
    Linear epitope-specific autoantibody discovery method and improved autoantibody assaying system
  • 2Hp02
    Haruki Uryu （Grad. Sch. Adv. Sci. Eng., Waseda Univ.）
    Redesigning substrate specificity of betaine synthase through screening for substrate induced stabilization
  • 2Hp06
    Runjing Liu （Grad. Sch. Arts Sci., Univ. Tokyo）
    Accurate prediction of asymmetric folding reactions for a symmetric protein
  • 2Kp05
    Rifqi Ahmad Riyanto (Dept. Biotechnol., Grad. Sch. Eng., Osaka Univ.)
    Metabolome of soybean subjected to microbial intervention-soaking
  • 3Ap05
    Mario K. Uehara (Dept. Chem. Eng., Grad. Sch. Eng., Kyushu Univ.)
    Application of a PEG-based integrin stimulating molecule to freshly isolated primary hepatocytes as a method to preserve cell viability
  • 3Cp02
    Koki Okada （Grad. Sch. Environ. Life Sci., Okayama Univ.）
    Functional analysis of a novel magnetite teeth specific protein conserved in chitons
  • 3Cp05
    Toru Sawada （Grad. Sch. Eng., Osaka Metro. Univ.）
    Characterization of the hyper-vesiculating strain of probiotic Escherichia coli
  • 3Ep14
    Kyoka Maehara （Grad. Sch. Eng., Osaka Univ.）
    Investigation of changes in sake volatile components at different temperatures
  • 3Fp03
    Seiya Suzuki （Grad. Sch. Eng., Osaka Univ.）
    Development of aggregation-inducing tags using the chromoprotein
  • 3Gp03
    Ayaka Nakada （Grad. Sch. Eng., Tokyo Univ. Agric. Technol.）
    Expression of chimera protein that has de novo designed beta-barrel pore and its use for nanopore sensing
  • 3Ip04
    Kirika Ogawa （Grad. Sch. Sci. Technol., Kyoto Inst. Technol.）
    Enhanced L-lactic acid production using thermotolerant lactic acid bacteria from corn cobs by simultaneous saccharification and fermentation at high temperature
  • 3Jp12
    Yuta Nayuki （Grad. Sch. Integr. Sci. Technol., Shizuoka Univ.）
    Construction and application of heterologous cytochrome P450 genes expression system from hyper lignin-degrading fungus Phenerochaete sordida YK-624
  • 3Lp04
    Taichi Wakamatsu （Grad. Sch. Biol. Sci., NAIST）
    Development of a tool to analyze base frequency patterns over a wide are
  • 3Op06
    Mio Okui （Sch. Life Sci. Technol, Tokyo Tech）
    Analysis of the structure and biosynthetic pathway of a new alaremycin derivative produced by Streptomyces sp.
    3Kp10
    Saya Hirano （Grad. Sch. Fac. Appl. Biosci., Tokyo Univ. Agric.）
    Exploration of factors involved in heterologous protein production in Aspergillus oryzae by the activation tag met A012304