about JSMolSci

Greetings from the President,

Molecules are ubiquitous everywhere from the interstellar space of the far reaches of the universe down to the insides of the cells within our bodies. We live, think, and sustain modern civilization on account of the structures, physical properties, and reactions of molecules. Molecular science has been established as a broad-ranging and well-rounded academic discipline that cuts across and breaks down the barriers between the conventional scientific disciplines of physics, chemistry, and biology by focusing on the “molecules” which constitute the shared elements between them. Cognizant of this fact, Japanese researchers have been pioneering and vigorously carrying out activities in the new academic research discipline of “molecular science.” The Annual Meeting of Japan Society for Molecular Science is the society’s most important activity. Here Japanese researchers engage in heated debate, improve themselves by learning from one another, and foster young scientists as they make enormous contributions to communicating world-class research from Japan. I would like for us to continue making efforts to pioneer new academic research and aim for new heights by passing down this tradition and engaging in spirited debate.

At the same time, nowadays as science and technology grow more and more advanced, I feel that it is the responsibility of those of us involved in research to convey the significance and results of our academic research activities in an easy to understand manner to as many people as possible. So we would be overjoyed to be able to convey the research initiatives, enthusiasm, and compelling research discoveries of those of us assembled in the Japan Society for Molecular Science to a great many non-specialists and gain their understanding.

We hope you will lend us your varied advice and suggestions so that we may develop scientific research and enhance education for the field of molecular science, while also working to convey it to society at large. We would like to thank you for your continued understanding and support for the activities of the Japan Society for Molecular Science.

September 1, 2010
Toshinori Suzuki
President of the Japan Society for Molecular Science

Board Members (2010-)

President:: Toshinori SUZUKI (Kyoto University)
Vice President:: Kunio AWAGA (Nagoya University)
Executive Directors:: Koichi IWATA (Gakushuin University)
Yukio OHUCHI (Nagoya University)
Tatsuhisa KATO (Kyoto University)
Hirohiko KONO (Tohoku University)
Tatsuya TSUKUDA (Hokkaido University)
Hiromi NAKAI (Waseda University)
Hatsumi MORI (The University of Tokyo)
Committees:: Kunio AWAGA (Nagoya University)
Kenji OHMORI (Institute for Molecular Science)
Ryuzi KATOH (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)
Hirohiko KONO (Tohoku University)
Toshinori SUZUKI (Kyoto University)
Sadamu TAKEDA (Hokkaido University)
Tetsuya TAKETSUGU (Hokkaido University)
Tatsuya TSUKUDA (Hokkaido University)
Akira TERASAKI (Kyushu University)
Masahide TERAZIMA (Kyoto University)
Hiromi NAKAI (Waseda University)
Fumitaka MAFUNE (The University of Tokyo)
Akihiro MORITA (Tohoku University)
Satoshi YABUSHITA (Keio University)
Misako AIDA (Hiroshima University)
Haruki ISHIKAWA (Kobe University)
Tamotsu INABE (Hokkaido University)
Koichi IWATA (Gakushuin University)
Yukio OHUCHI (Nagoya University)
Susumu OKAZAKI (Nagoya University)
Tatsuhisa KATO (Kyoto University)
Hiroshi KITAGAWA (Kyoto University)
Kazuya SAITO (Tsukuba University)
Ken-ichi SAITOW (Hiroshima University)
Shinji SAITO (Institute for Molecular Science)
Masahiko TAKAHASHI (Tohoku University)
Haruyuki NAKANO (Kyushu University)
Yoshinori NIBU (Fukuoka University)
Nobuyuki NISHI (Institute for Molecular Science)
Asuka FUJII (Tohoku University)
Fuminori MISAIZU (Tohoku University)
Yasuhisa MIZUTANI (Osaka University)
Takehiko MORI (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Hatsumi MORI (The University of Tokyo)
Auditors:: Yasuki ENDO (The University of Tokyo)
Keiko TAKANO (Ochanomizu University)

Board Members (2008-2009)

President:: Atsushi NAKAJIMA (Keio University)
Vice President:: Yukio OHUCHI (Nagoya University)
Executive Directors:: Tatsuhisa KATO (Josai University)
Yasuhiro OHSHIMA (Institute for Molecular Science)
Tahei TAHARA (RIKEN)
Masahiko TAKAHASHI (Tohoku University)
Hiroshi SEKIYA (Kyushu University)
Kaoru YAMANOUCHI (The University of Tokyo)
Committees:: Misako AIDA (Hiroshima University)
Takayuki EBATA (Hiroshima University)
Toshiaki ENOKI (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Asuka FUJII (Tohoku University)
Masaaki FUJII (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Kenji HONMA (University of Hyogo)
Tamotsu INABE (Hokkaido University)
Haruki ISHIKAWA (Kobe University)
Koichi IWATA (The University of Tokyo)
Toshio KASAI (Osaka University)
Tatsuhisa KATO (Josai University)
Hiroshi KITAGAWA (Kyushu University)
Yoshiyasu MATSUMOTO (Kyoto University)
Fuminori MISAIZU (Tohoku University)
Hiroshi MIYASAKA (Osaka University)
Yasuhisa MIZUTANI (Osaka University)
Takehiko MORI (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Atsushi NAKAJIMA (Keio University)
Nobuyuki NISHI (Institute for Molecular Science)
Yasuhiro OHSHIMA (Institute for Molecular Science)
Yukio OHUCHI (Nagoya University)
Susumu OKAZAKI (Nagoya University)
Toshiya OKAZAKI (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)
Kazuya SAITO (Tsukuba University)
Shinji SAITO (Institute for Molecular Science)
Shigeyoshi SAKAKI (Kyoto University)
Naoki SATO (Kyoto University)
Rika SEKINE (Shizuoka University)
Hiroshi SEKIYA (Kyushu University)
Tahei TAHARA (RIKEN)
Masahiko TAKAHASHI (Tohoku University)
Sadamu TAKEDA (Hokkaido University)
Satoshi YABUSHITA (Keio University)
Kaoru YAMANOUCHI (The University of Tokyo)
Koichi YAMASHITA (The University of Tokyo)
Auditors:: Kikujiro ISHII (Gakushuin University)
Akira SAKAMOTO (Saitama University)

Board Members (2006-2007)

President:: Keiko NISHIKAWA (Chiba University)
Vice President:: Atsushi NAKAJIMA (Keio University)
Executive Directors:: Toshiaki ENOKI (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Hiroshi MASUHARA (Osaka University)
Kazuhiko SEKI (Nagoya University)
Toshinori SUZUKI (RIKEN)
Kaoru YAMANOUCHI (The University of Tokyo)
Hiroshi SEKIYA (Kyushu University)
Nobuhiro OHTA (Hokkaido University)
Committees:: Kunio AWAGA (Nagoya University)
Toshiaki ENOKI (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Takayuki EBATA (Hiroshima University)
Yasuki ENDO (The University of Tokyo)
Yasuhiro OHSHIMA (Institute for Molecular Science)
Nobuhiro OHTA (Hokkaido University)
Hiroshi ONISHI (Kobe University)
Koichi OHNO (Tohoku University)
Kenji OHMORI (Institute for Molecular Science)
Hiromi OKAMOTO (Institute for Molecular Science)
Ryuzi KATOH (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)
Hideki KANDORI (Nagoya Institute of Technology)
Hirohiko KONO (Tohoku University)
Nobuhiro KOSUGI (Institute for Molecular Science)
Shigeyoshi SAKAKI (Kyoto University)
Naoki SATO (Kyoto University)
Toshinori SUZUKI (RIKEN)
Kazuhiko SEKI (Nagoya University)
Hiroshi SEKIYA (Kyushu University)
Kazuo TAKATSUKA (The University of Tokyo)
Masahiko TAKAHASHI (Tohoku University)
Takeji TAKUI (Osaka City University)
Tahei TAHARA (RIKEN)
Masahide TERAZIMA (Kyoto University)
Atsushi NAKAJIMA (Keio University)
Keiko NISHIKAWA (Chiba University)
Hiro-o HAMAGUCHI (The University of Tokyo)
Masaaki FUJII (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Kenji HONMA (University of Hyogo)
Hiroshi MASUHARA (Osaka University)
Yoshiyasu MATSUMOTO (Kyoto University)
Hiroshi MIYASAKA (Osaka University)
Koichi YAMASHITA (The University of Tokyo)
Kaoru YAMANOUCHI (The University of Tokyo)
Auditors:: Kikujiro ISHII (Gakushuin University)
Koichi IWATA (The University of Tokyo)