Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

41st Selection Committee on the International Prize for Biology

(As of September,2025)
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TERASHIMA Ichiro (41st Selection Committee Chair) Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo/Professor, College of Life Sciences, National Chung Hsing University (Taiwan)
ISA Tadashi Professor, Kyoto University,Department of Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medicine/Director General, the National Institute for Physiological Sciences
OSUMI Noriko Strategic Management Advisor and Professor,Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine
OKA Yoshitaka Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo
OKADA Kiyotaka Professor Emeritus ,Kyoto University/Professor Emeritus,National Institute for Basic Biology/Professor Emeritus,The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI
OKAMOTO Hitoshi Honorary Scientist, RIKEN Center for Brain Science
KAGEYAMA Ryuichiro Director, Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, RIKEN
KANEKO Ritsuko Vice President of Toyo University/Professor,TOYO University, Faculty of Life Sciences
SUGIYAMA Yoko Professor, Neuronal Mechanism for Critical Period Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
TAKEDA Hiroyuki Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo/Professor, Kyoto Sangyo University
CHIBA Kazuyoshi Professor, Faculty of Core Research Natural Sciences Division, Ochanomizu University
TERAKITA Akihisa (Secretary)Professor and Vice President, Osaka Metropolitan University
NAGATA Shigekazu Distinguished Professor, Osaka University
NAGAHAMA Yoshitaka (Secretary)Professor Emeritus,National Institute for Basic Biology/Professor Emeritus,The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI
HARADA Yoshie Specially Appointed Professor,Premium Research Institute for Human Metaverse Medicine (WPI-PRIMe), The University of Osaka
MORI Ikue Professor Emeritus, Neuroscience Institute, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University/Distinguished Investigator, Chinese Institute for Brain Research, Beijing
Herwig Baier Director, Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence
Linda Richards  Edison Professor and Chair, Department of Neuroscience/Director, McDonnell Center for Cellular & Molecular Neurobiology Washington University School of Medicine
Sten Grillner Distinguished professor, Karolinska Institutet
Takao K Hensch Professor, Neurology, Harvard Medical School (Boston Children’s Hospital) / Director・Project Professor, International Research Center for Neurointelligence (WPI-IRCN), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study