Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

42nd Selection Committee on the International Prize for Biology

(As of September, 2026)
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42nd Selection Committee Chair TERAKITA Akihisa Professor and Vice President, Osaka Metropolitan University
HONGOH Yuichi Professor, Department of Life Science and Technology, Institute of Science Tokyo
IMADA Yume Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University
IMAIZUMI-ANRAKU Haruko Group Leader, Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
INABA Kazuo Professor, University of Tsukuba
KAMADA Nobuhiko Specially Appointed Professor, Immunology Frontier Research Center, The University of Osaka/Professor (Ph.D) , Division of Gastroenterolgy and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan
KAWAKITA Atsushi Professor, The Botanical Gardens, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
Secretary KITAJIMA Kaoru Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University
Secretary NAGAHAMA Yoshitaka Professor Emeritus, National Institute for Basic Biology/Professor Emeritus, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI
NAGATA Shigekazu Distinguished Professor,The University of Osaka
NISHIZAWA Naoko Senior Adviser, Ishikawa Prefectural University
SHIGA Sakiko President, The Zoological Society of Japan/Professor, The University of Osaka
TERASHIMA Ichiro Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo/Professor, College of Life Sciences, National Chung Hsing University (Taiwan)
TOBE Hiroshi Director, Kyoto Botanical Garden
TSUNO Nobuko Associate Professor, School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University
YOSHIDA Satoko Professor, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Nara Institute of Science and Technology
GUTJAHR Caroline Director of Department1: Root Biology and Symbiosis, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
HOLT Robert D Eminent Scholar in Biology, Arthur R. Marshall, Jr., Chair in Ecological Studies, University of Florida
PIERCE E Naomi Hessel Professor of Biology, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University