Kono Shiratori, a first-year student of the Graduate School of Engineering, Department of Applied Science and Chemistry (Supervisor:Associate Professor Yosuke Okamura = Department of Applied Science, Faculty of Engineering / Micro / Nano Research and Development Center), Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture on November 26, 2019 Received the Excellent Research Poster Award at the Japan Society of Biomaterials Congress held at. This society is active in the development and improvement of science and technology related to materials used in living organisms and their applications. The award is given to excellent presentations by young researchers, including students, among the presenters of the conference.Ms. Shiratori made a presentation on the theme of “Creation of a water-repellent porous ultra-thin film capable of imaging tissue and cell stimulation in one visual field and wrapping technology”. Okamura’s laboratory announced the results of a joint research with the laboratory of Associate Professor Hiroaki Mitsuhashi (Faculty of Engineering, Department of Life Sciences), who is working on the study of genetic diseases using zebrafish. When observing an organism such as a fish, it is common practice to place the object on a petri dish and observe with a microscope. However, this method has the drawback that accurate observation is difficult because the object cannot be fixed. In this award-winning research, we proposed a method for more stable observation of objects by covering zebrafish eggs and fry with a uniquely created water-repellent ultra-thin film. At the conference, the results of actual observations were presented with videos.After receiving the award, she said, “It was very meaningful that not only many people were interested during the conference, but also advice from researchers in various fields such as materials and mechanical fields. I think this was because of the generous guidance of Asst.Prof. Okamura as well as researcher Post Doctoral Hiroshi Zhang, who originally chose this research theme because the ultra-thin film (nano-sheet) floating in the aqueous solution when the research was introduced was shining. I thought that it was “beautiful” when I saw it, but as I continued my research, I felt that it was worthwhile to lead to the development of treatments. I feel that it is in the process of exploring what I don’t know. I want to explore various possibilities in the future. ” Ms. Shiratori received the Excellent Poster Award at the Society of Polymer Science held in May.