At the “2026 International Conference of the Korean Society for Microbiology,” held at the Jeju International Convention Center from October 18 to 20, Yang Eun-kyung (Master’s student, Class of 2026, Department of Food and Nutrition; advisor: Professor Chang  Yoonjee) from our university received the Outstanding Poster Award.

This annual academic conference is Korea’s premier event for sharing the latest research findings in the field of microbiology, and it facilitated lively academic exchanges among researchers from academia and industry through various symposia and oral and poster presentation sessions. In particular, a wide range of the latest research findings in basic and applied microbiology—including microbial physiology and metabolism, microbial genetics, microbial ecology, pathogenic microorganisms, microbial communities and the microbiome, bacteriophages, and microbe-host interactions—were presented.
Yang Eun-kyung, a student at Kookmin University, achieved the remarkable feat of winning the Outstanding Poster Award for her research titled “[Control of Bacillus subtilis-infecting bacteriophages to improve fermentation stability of Cheonggukjang],” which aimed to control Bacillus subtilis-infecting bacteriophages to enhance the fermentation stability of Cheonggukjang.