The Japan Academy

Proceedings of the Japan Academy, Ser. B, Physical and Biological Sciences

Editorial Board

PJA Ser. B Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief
NAGATA Shigekazu (Japan Academy, University of Osaka; Molecular Biology, Biochemistry)
Executive Editors
FUKAO Yoshio (Japan Academy, JAMSTEC; Geophysics)
MIYAZONO Kohei (Japan Academy, University of Tokyo; Molecular Pathology, Oncology)
Cover Editor
SUZUKI Keisuke (Japan Academy, Institute of Science Tokyo; Organic Synthesis)
Editorial Board Members
AKIRA Shizuo (Japan Academy, University of Osaka; Immunology)
ISOGAI Akira (Japan Academy; Bio-organic Chemistry)
KAKIZOE Tadao (Japan Academy; Urology)
KOBAYASHI Makoto (Japan Academy, KEK; Physics)
KUROIWA Tsuneyoshi (Japan Academy; Biological Science)
SEKIYA Takao (Japan Academy; Pharmaceutical Science, Nucleic Acid Chemistry)
SUZUKI Keisuke (Japan Academy, Institute of Science Tokyo; Organic Synthesis)
TANAKA Koichi (Japan Academy, Shimadzu Corporation; Mass Spectrometry)
TATSUMI Kazuyuki (Japan Academy, Nagoya University; Inorganic Chemistry)
TOKURA Yoshinori (Japan Academy, RIKEN; Condensed Matter Physics)

Editors

Physics

Name Affiliation Keywords
ANDO Tsuneya Japan Academy, Institute of Science Tokyo Condensed Matter Physics; Electronic Properties; Electric Conduction; Optical Properties; Two-dimensional Systems
ESAKI Leo Japan Academy Semiconductor; Semiconductor Device; Esaki Diode; Tunnel Diode; Superlattice
KAJITA Takaaki Japan Academy, University of Tokyo Cosmic Rays; Neutrinos; Gravitational Waves; Particle Physics (Experiment)
KATORI Hidetoshi Japan Academy, University of Tokyo, RIKEN Quantum Electronics; Atomic Clock; Quantum Metrology; Laser Cooling
KOBAYASHI Makoto Japan Academy, KEK Gauge Theory; Symmetry Breaking; Quark; Antimatter; CP-violation
SUZUKI Atsuto Japan Academy, Iwate Prefectural University Neutrino Physics; Neutrino Astronomy; Neutrino Geoscience; High Energy Particle Physics

Applied Physics

Name Affiliation Keywords
AMANO Hiroshi Japan Academy, Nagoya University Semiconductor Materials
IIJIMA Sumio Japan Academy, Meijo University Materials Science
INOUE Akihisa Japan Academy,  Josai International University Amorphous•Glassy•Nanocrystalline Alloys; Nonequilium Alloys; Structural Materials; Magnetic Materials; Functional Materials
KATORI Hidetoshi Japan Academy, University of Tokyo, RIKEN Quantum Electronics; Atomic Clock; Quantum Metrology; Laser Cooling
SAKAKI Hiroyuki Japan Academy, Nara National Institute of Higher Education and Research FETs and Transport Devices; Photonic Devices and Physics; Quantum Effects in Nanostructures; 2D, 1D and 0D Electron Systems; Molecular Beam Epitaxy
TOKURA Yoshinori Japan Academy, RIKEN Magnetic Properties of Solids; Electronic Properties of Solids; Optical Properties of Solids; Correlated Electron System; High-Temperature Superconductors

Chemistry

Name Affiliation Keywords
KAWAI Maki Japan Academy, National Institutes of Natural Sciences Surface Science; Catalysis; Single Molecule Spectroscopy; Metal Surfaces; Surface Reaction
KITAGAWA Susumu Japan Academy, Kyoto University Coordination Chemistry; Porous Materials; Separation; Storage; Catalysis
NOYORI Ryoji Japan Academy, Japan Science and Technology Agency Organic Chemistry; Organometallic Chemistry; Organic Synthesis; Catalysis; Stereochemistry
ŌMURA Satoshi Japan Academy, Kitasato Institute Microbial Drug Discovery, Natural Products Chemistry, Total Synthesis, Bioorganic Chemistry, Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
SUZUKI Akira Japan Academy Organic Chemistry
SUZUKI Keisuke Japan Academy, Institute of Science Tokyo Organic Synthesis; Organic Chemistry; Nature Products
TATSUMI Kazuyuki Japan Academy, Nagoya University Inorganic Chemistry (Coordination Chemistry); Theoretical Chemistry; Organometallic Chemistry; Catalystics

Applied Chemistry

Name Affiliation Keywords
SHIRAKAWA Hideki Japan Academy Polymer Synthesis; Ziegler-Natta Catalysts; Polymer Physics; Conducting Polymers
YOSHINO Akira Japan Academy, Asahi Kasei Corporation Lithium ion battery; Sustainability; Renewable Energy; Energy Storage; Electric Vehicle

Architecture/Civil Engineering

Name Affiliation Keywords
OKADA Tsuneo Japan Academy, Japan Building Disaster Prevention Association Building Structure; Reinforced Concrete; Seismic Design; Seismic Evaluation; Seismic Retrofit

Informatics

Name Affiliation Keywords
AMARI Shun-ichi Japan Academy, RIKEN Information Geometry; Mathematical Neuroscience
KANADE Takeo Japan Academy, Carnegie Mellon University, Kyoto University Robot/Robotics; Computer Vision; Image Processsing; VR (Virtual Realiity); AR (Augmented Reality); Metaverse; Artificial Intelligence; Computer Graphics

Engineering

Name Affiliation Keywords
NAKANISHI Junko Japan Academy Environmental Risk; Ecology; Environmental Science; Pollution Control; Risk Communication; Watershed Management
TANAKA Koichi Japan Academy, Shimadzu Corporation Mass Spectrometry
YOSHIKAWA Hiroyuki Japan Academy, International Professional University of Technology Precision Engineering, General Design Theory, Manufacturing Technology, Theory of Thought Process of Deesigner
YOSHINO Akira Japan Academy, Asahi Kasei Corporation Lithium ion battery; Sustainability; Renewable Energy; Energy Storage; Electric Vehicle

Astronomy

Name Affiliation Keywords
IYE Masanori Japan Academy, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan Astronomy; Astrophysics; Cosmology; Optics, Optical Devices; Planetary Sciences; Space Sciences; Meterology
KAJITA Takaaki Japan Academy, University of Tokyo Cosmic Rays; Neutrinos; Gravitational Waves; Particle Physics (Experiment)
SATO Katsuhiko Japan Academy Astrophisics; Cosmology; Astronomy

Earth Sciences

Name Affiliation Keywords
FUKAO Yoshio Japan Academy, JAMSTEC Seismology; Mantle Dynamics; Earth Interior; Solid Earth Geophysics
KUSHIRO Ikuo Japan Academy Igneous Petrology; Magma; Lunar Rocks
MATSUNO Taroh Japan Academy Meteorology, Geophysics
TAIRA Asahiko Japan Academy, JAMSTEC Tectonics; Sedimentation; Paleoceanography; History of the Earth; Anthropocene
WADA Eitaro Japan Academy Isotope; Nitrogen and Carbon Isotopes; Geochemistry; Chemical Ecology

Biology

Name Affiliation Keywords
FUJIYOSHI Yoshinori Japan Academy, Institute of Science Tokyo Signal Transduction; Membrane Proteins; Phospholipids; Structure Analysis; Electron Microscopy
KIDA Hiroshi Japan Academy, Hokkaido University Virology; Zoonosis; Vaccinology; Immunology; Epidemiology; Public Health
KUROIWA Tsuneyoshi Japan Academy Mitochondria; Plaotids (Chloroplasts); Peroxisomes; Sumbiotic Organelle Division; Eukaryotic Cell Division; Organelle Inheritance
NAGATA Shigekazu Japan Academy, University of Osaka Cell Death; Apoptosis; Cytokine; Phospholipids; Signal Transduction
OHSUMI Yoshinori Japan Academy, Institute of Science Tokyo Cell Biology; Autophagy; Protein; Organelle; Bio-membrane
SASAKI Satohiko Japan Academy Forest Science, Tree Physiology
TAKEICHI Masatoshi Japan Academy, RIKEN cell adhesion and recognition; cell-cell interaction; cell movement and migration; animal morphogenesis; animal development
YANAGIDA Toshio Japan Academy, University of Osaka Biophysics

Agricultural Sciences

Name   Keywords
IRITANI Akira Japan Academy Physiology of Animal Reproduction
ISOGAI Akira Japan Academy Bio-organic Chemistry; Agricultural Chemistry; Natural Products Chemistry; Plant Molecular Biology
KIDA Hiroshi Japan Academy, Hokkaido University Virology; Zoonosis; Vaccinology; Immunology; Epidemiology; Public Health
MARUYAMA Toshisuke Japan Academy, Kyoto University, Ishikawa Prefectural University Irrigation and Drainage; Water Resources; Evapotranspiration; Hydrologic Cycle; Runoff
SASAKI Satohiko Japan Academy Forest Science, Tree Physiology
SHIKATA Eishiro Japan Academy Plant Virus; Rice Dwarf Virus; Leaf Hopper-borne Virus; Viroid; Hop Stunt Viroid
SHIMIZU Sakayu Japan Academy Fermentation; Microbial Production; Food Microbiology; Environmental Microiology; Enzymatic Transformation
NISHIZAWA Naoko Japan Academy, Ishikawa Prefectural University Plant Nutrition; Iron Nutrition; Essential Element; Mugineic Acid Family; Phytosiderophore
WADA Koji Japan Academy Soil Science
YASUMOTO Takeshi Japan Academy Marin toxins; Structures, Analysis, Toxicology, Etiology

Basic Medicine

Name   Keywords
AKIRA Shizuo Japan Academy, University of Osaka Immunology; Inflammation; mRNA Stability
FUJIYOSHI Yoshinori Japan Academy, Institute of Science Tokyo Signal Transduction; Membrane Proteins; Phospholipids; Structure Analysis; Electron Microscopy
HELDIN Carl-Henrik Uppsala University Cancer; Signal Transduction; Growth Factor; Receptor; Kinase
HIROKAWA Nobutaka Japan Academy, Juntendo University, University of Tokyo Intracellular Transport; Microtubule; Molecular Motors; Kinesin Superfamily Proteins
HONJO Tasuku Japan Academy, Kyoto University Medical Chemistry, Molecular Immunology
KIDA Hiroshi Japan Academy, Hokkaido University Virology; Zoonosis; Vaccinology; Immunology; Epidemiology; Public Health
KISHIMOTO Tadamitsu Japan Academy, University of Osaka Cytokines; Signal Transduction; Cytokine Storm; Hematopoietic Epithelial Cells
MANO Hiroyuki Japan Academy, National Cancer Center Japan Cancer; Molecular Targeted Therapy; Genomic Medicine; Genomics; Genome Mutations
MIYASHITA Yasushi Japan Academy, Juntendo University Primate Cortex; Layer-dependent Dynamics, Cognitive Memory; Metacognition; fMRI
MIYAZONO Kohei Japan Academy, University of Tokyo Pathology; Oncology; TGF-β; Signaling; Cancer
NAKANISHI Shigetada Japan Academy Memory, Learning; Neural Plasticity; Neurotransmission; Transmitter Receptor; Ion Channel
OTSUKA Masanori Japan Academy Pharmacology
SUDA Tatsuo Japan Academy,
Institute of Science Tokyo
Ca and Phosphate metabolism; bone formation and resorption
YAMANAKA Shinya Japan Academy, Kyoto University Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSCs); Cellular Reprogramming; Cellular Rejuvenation; Post-transcriptional Regulation; Translation Initiation

Clinical Medicine

Name   Keywords
IMURA Hiroo Japan Academy Pituitary Hormones; Diabetes Mellitus
KAKIZOE Tadao Japan Academy Urologic Cancer; Urologic Surgery; Paliative Care; Radiotherapy; Chemotherapy
MIYAZONO Kohei Japan Academy, University of Tokyo Pathology; Oncology; TGF-β; Signaling; Cancer
SHIRATO Hiroki Japan Academy, Hokkaido University Radiotherapy; Cancer Treatment; Medical Physics; Organ Motion; Particle Beam Therapy
UEDA Ryuzo Japan Academy, Nagoya University Leukemia/Lymphoma; Monoclonal Antibody Therapy; Tumor Immunotherapy; Translational Research for Oncology; Clinical Trials

Pharmaceutical Sciences

Name   Keywords
FUJIYOSHI Yoshinori Japan Academy, Institute of Science Tokyo Signal Transduction; Membrane Proteins; Phospholipids; Structure Analysis; Electron Microscopy
OHTSUKA Eiko Japan Academy RNA Synthesis; Ribozyme; DNA Synthesis; Modified Base; Mutagenesis
SEKIYA Takao Japan Academy Human Genome; Cancer Genome; Mutagens/Carcinogens; Oncogenes; Tumor Suppressor Genes; Epigenome