Student Best Poster Awards

To further encourage the motivation of outstanding young researchers, the Toba 2025 Japanese-French Oceanography Symposium presented Student Best Poster Awards.
The Scientific Committee of the symposium conducted the evaluation of poster presentations whose first authors were students, and selected two presenters.

Winners of the awards

The following two presenters won the Student Best Poster Awards:

  • Ms. Maho TANIGUCHI (Tohoku University): Detection of Spionid Polychaetes Infesting Established European Flat Oyster Ostrea edulis in Japan
  • Mr. Yusuke AMAYA (University of Toyama): Changes and Mechanisms of Deep-Water Circulation in The Japan Sea Under Idealized Global Warming

The award ceremony was held during the Franco-Japanese Dinner on November 29 at the Toba International Hotel. Each winner received a certificates of commendation, which was sent by post after the symposium.


Ms. Maho TANIGUCHI and her superviser and coauthor, Prof. Waka OKOSHI at Tohoku University.
See also the news article of Faculty of Agriculture, Tohoku University (written in Japanese).
Mr. Yusuke AMAYA at University of Toyama.