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.

Yue Cao University of Colorado at Boulder	Switch of Coupled Spin-Orbital Texture In Topological Insulators
Chie Tsukada Nagoya University	Radiation damage of L-cysteine adsorbates on gold nanoparticle occurred by X-ray in the regions of N- and O- K edges
Takuya Warashina Hiroshima University	Electronic structure of one-dimensional Au quantum-wire on ferromagnetic Ni(110)
Ryu Yukawa The University of Tokyo	Study of Hydrogen-induced Metallization and Band-Gap Narrowing on the ZnO Surface

Best student poster award winners, from right; Ryu Yukawa, Takuya Warashina, Yue Cao, Chie Tsukada.