At the 13th Sapporo Summer Symposium for One Health (SaSSOH 2025), held on September 25–26, 2025 at the Veterinary Medicine of Hokkaido University, two first-year doctoral students received the Poster Award for their outstanding presentations: Malala Mulavu, from the Graduate School of Infectious Diseases, and Joshua Walter Kranrod, from the Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University.　Congratulations to both of you!

• Malala Mulavu
  　Poster title: Air Liquid Interface model for virus isolation
  　Project description: This project is looking into using the Calu-3, A549, and Caco-2 cell lines to increase virus isolation for the Influenza virus, Respiratory syncytial Virus, and the Human Metapneumovirus.

• Joshua Walter Kranrod
  　Poster title: Characterization of Novel Cell-Penetrant Antibodies for Rabies Prophylaxis
  　Comment: “I am delighted at the positive reception towards my work during this year’s SaSSOH symposium, and am humbled to have been selected for this award. I look forward to completing the study outlined in my poster and sharing the results with everyone! Thank you very much for your support!”