Our student received the “Poster Award” at the 32nd International Horticultural Congress

Mr. Huynh Ton Phuc, a third-year graduate student, in our graduate school received the “ISHS Young mind award” at The 32nd International Horticultural Congress, held at Kyoto International Conference Center (ICC Kyoto) (Kyoto Pref.) from August 23 to 28, 2026.

This award is presented to young researchers who have conducted outstanding research presentations, with one recipient selected from the oral and poster presentations at each symposium held during the conference. At the symposium where Mr. Huynh Ton Phu gave his poster presentation, “International Symposium on Innovations in Ornamentals: From Breeding to Market,” there were 57 poster presentations, of which 10 were eligible for the ISHS Young Mind Award.

The presentation was as follows.

● Mr. Huynh Ton Phuc, “ISHS Young mind award”

     Authors: Ton Phuc Huynh, Reina Iwagana, Hiroki Shitamiya, Shoki Takeshita, Fumio Hashimoto, Keiichi Shimizu

     Poster Presentation Title: Development of a Transient Expression System in Ipomoea nil Using Agroinfiltration for Functional Analysis of Anthocyanin Biosynthetic Genes.