Nobuteru Kuwabara and Takashi Kanno received the Best Presentation Award (Poster Category) at the Gram-positive Bacteria Genome Function Conference online.

Nobuteru Kuwabara and Takashi Kanno, fourth-year students in the Department of Frontier Bioscience, received the Best Presentation Award (Poster Category) at the Gram-Positive Bacteria Genome Function Conference online held on August 30 (Mon.) and 31 (Tue.), 2021.

Awarded Theme

Signaling Mechanism of SpoIIR during Sporulation of Bacillus subtilis (Nobuteru Kuwabara: Laboratory of Microbial Cell Mechanisms / Associate Professor Daisuke IMAMURA)

Overview

The winning poster describes an analysis of the cell-to-cell signaling mechanism that takes place during spore formation in Bacillus subtilis.
This provides new insights into the "cell-to-cell conversation" that takes place in all living organisms.

Awarded Theme

Lysogenesis and Induction by Homologous Recombination in Bacillus subtilis Phage (Takashi Kanno: Laboratory of Molecular Genetics / Prof. SATOH Tsutomu)

Overview

The winning poster summarizes the mechanism by which DNA from viruses (phage) infecting Bacillus subtilis is incorporated into the host genome.
This research has revealed a new survival strategy for viruses infecting bacteria.