Mr.Daisuke Niki, a third-year student of the United Graduate School ofAgricultural Science, received the Student Excellent Presentation Award at the75th Annual Meeting of the Society of Biotechnology of Japan (SBJ) held inNagoya, Japan, from September 3 to 5, 2023. The title of his presentation was"Functional analysis of the chitin-binding domain of GH family 19chitinase from the actinomycete Cellulosimicrobium sp."