1.Yuki Sudo
Current Position:
Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University
Date of Birth: October 29, 1977
Education:
2000: Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University
2005: Doctor of Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University(*2002-2003: Special Research Student, Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara
Institute of Science and Technology)
Professional Experience:
2005: Research Fellow, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology
2005: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
2007: Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University
2009: Associate Professor, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University
2014: Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama
UniversityResearch Interests:
With the catchphrase "From light into Medicine !?", I conduct biophysical and biochemical
research on the light-sensitive protein rhodopsin, with the aim of controlling biological
functions using light.

Brief Statement:
In 2000, I joined as a member and gave an oral presentation at the 38th Annual Meeting inSendai. This experience motivated me to engage deeply with the BSJ, especially after being
approached with questions from someone outside the classroom window and receiving acomment of "Interesting" from someone else after my presentation. Since then, I have been
involved in the BSJ, often taking cues from the behavior of those persons (?). I have served
as a Committee/Board member (2011-2014, 2017-2020, 2023-present), Vice Chair of theAnnual Meeting Executive Committee (2018: Okayama), Chair of the Chugoku-Shikoku Branch(2019-2020), Vice President (2019-2020), and Vice Editor-in-Chief of the BPPB Journal(2022-present). Thus, this society is everything to my researcher life.

2. Takeharu Nagai
Current Position:Professor, SANKEN, Osaka University,Professor, Research Institute for Electronic Science,
Hokkaido University,CEO, LEP Inc.
Date of Birth: September 29, 1968
Education:
1988-1992 BA

College of Biology, Tsukuba University, Japan

1992-1994 MS

Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Tsukuba University, Japan

1994-1998 Ph.D. Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Professional Experience:
1995-1998 Research Fellowship for Young Scientists, JSPS
1998-2001 Special Post Doctoral Researcher, RIKEN
2001-2005 Researcher, PRESTO, JST
2005-2012 Professor, Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University
2012-Professor, The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University

2014-2017 Vice Director, The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University
2017-2019 Head, Innovative Co-creation Division, Office for Industry-University Co-Creation
2017

Distinguished Professor, Osaka University

2018-Head, Department of Hyperdimension Life Imaging, Open and Transdisciplinary Researc

2020-2024 Vice Director, SANKEN, Osaka University
2022-

Visiting Professor, Nara Institute of Science and Technology

2022-Professor, Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University

2023-

CEO, LEP Inc.

Research Interests:
I have been focusing on development of bioimaging tools by engineering both fluorescentand bioluminescent proteins. Representative works are development of a yellow fluorescentprotein variant, Venus that effectively forms chromophore at 37 degree C, an ultrasensitive
Ca2+ indicator, yellow cameleon Nano, bright bioluminescent proteins, Nano-lantern, a fast
photoswitchable fluorescent protein, Kohinoor, and a world first bioluminescent membranepotential indicator, LOTUS-V, etc. Also, my laboratory developed several imaging systems
including the trans-scale-scope, AMATERAS that enables optical imaging with an overone-centimeter field-of-view and a-few-micrometer spatial resolution. With thesetechnologies, my laboratory has been deciphering how few numbers of elements (protein,virus and cell, etc) can make singularity in biological system. My laboratory is also
developing glowing plant that might be usable for electrical power free lightning devices infuture society.
Brief Statement:
After getting Ph.D. in 1998, I became a member of BSJ and has been involved in theadministration of the BSJ as a Committee Member (2012-2013), Board of Directors (2014-2016, 2021-2022, 2023-2024), Vice President (2015-2016), BPPB Editorial Board
Member, Secretary General of the 57th annual meeting of BSJ held at Miyazaki, WorkingGroup Member for invitation of IUPAB (201202018), and a member of the International
Relations Committee (from 2019). I also served as an Associate Member of the Science
Council of Japan (from 2014), participating in activities of the Biophysics Subcommittee
and the IUPAB Subcommittee, and played a central role in drafting the proposal“ Accelerating the Development of Life Science with Next-Generation Integrated
Bioimaging Research ” (issued in 2017), and Future Academic Advancement Initiative“Establishment Plan for a Life Science Crossover Research Flagship Base” (adopted in2023).

3. Takayuki Nishizaka
Current Position:Professor, Department of Physics, Gakushuin University, Tokyo, Japan
Date of birth: 19th August, 1968
Education:Ph. D., Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, 1996. (Dissertation title: Sliding mechanism offilamentous proteins in skeletal muscle.)
Professional Experience:Professor, 2009–present. Department of Physics, Gakushuin University, Tokyo, Japan
Associate Professor, 2008-2009, Department of Physics, Gakushuin University.
Assistant Professor, 2003-2008, Department of Physics, Gakushuin University.
Postdoctoral Researcher, 2001-2003, Kansai Advanced Research Center, Hyogo, Japan.
Postdoctoral Researcher, 1998-2001, Japan Science and Technology Agency, CREST
Funding program, Kanagawa, Japan.
Research Interests: Molecular Motors, Single-Molecule Biophysics, Bacterial Motility
Brief Statement:
I hereby offer myself as a candidate for BSJ president. I had been Administration Officer forInternational Affairs in BSJ from 2017 to 2022 and hosted many joint symposiums with other
Asian countries (Australia, India, and so on). I have been taking the task of vice-president ofBSJ from 2023 aiming to increase the activity of young researchers and international
exchange with other biophysics societies.