Towako Ikegami, a fourth-year student at UTokyoGSC-Next, presented her research findings at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) 2024, an international research competition for high school students held in the United States, and won 4th place in the Microbiology category. She has also been awarded the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Commendation for this achievement
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[Award Date] May 18, 2024 (Saturday)
[Conference Name] Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (Regeneron ISEF) 2024
[Presenter] Towako Ikegami
[Award] 4th Place (Grand Award) in the Microbiology Division,
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award
[Presentation Theme] Exploration and Identification of Novel Microorganisms that Produce Bioplastics from Crab Shells
[Supervising Laboratory] Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Department of
Microbial Ecotechnology and Social Collaboration
Also, Hinami Kadono, a fellow fourth-year student, presented at the same contest and received the Excellence Award in the Computational Biology/Bioinformatics category and the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Special Award. Although Ms. Kadono's presentation is not related to her research results at UTokyoGSC-Next, we would like to introduce it here
[Presenter] Hinami Kadono
[Presentation Topic] Analysis of amino acid mutations that cause disease
[Awards] Excellence Award in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics,
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Special Award
