We are pleased to announce that the best student poster awards have been given to four young students for their outstanding scientific research and excellent poster presentation.

Munehiro Kumashiro Hiroshima University	OrientationAnalysis of Antimicrobial Peptide Magainin 2 Bound to Phospholipid Membrane by Synchrotron-Radiation Linear Dichroism Spectroscopy
Yudai Miyai Hiroshima University	Evaluation of self-energyin overdoped Bi2201byAngle-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy
Karen Nakanishi Hiroshima University	Minority-spin Dominated Band Structure Near theFermi Energy of Fe4N Film Revealed by Spin-And Angle-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy
Taro Setoguchi Okayama University	Electronic structure of half-metallic ferromagnet CrO2 studied by VUV-ARPES

Best student poster award winners, from left; Karen Nakanishi, Yudai Miyai, Munehiro Kumashiro, and Taro Setoguchi.