Japanese Society for Bioinformatics
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| Abbreviation | JSBi |
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| Formation | 1999 |
| Type | Learned society |
| Membership | 512[1] (2018) |
President | Wataru Iwasaki |
| Affiliations | International Society for Computational Biology |
| Website | www |
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The Japanese Society for Bioinformatics (JSBi) is a Japanese research society on the subjects of bioinformatics and computational biology established in 1999.[2] The society is an affiliated regional group of the International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB),[3] and a member of Association of Asian Societies for Bioinformatics (AASBi). Supporting corporate members include the Japanese companies Hitachi, Fujitsu and Shionogi.[2][4]
Since 2001, the JSBi and Oxford University Press have awarded the Japanese Society for Bioinformatics Prize for outstanding young scientists in bioinformatics.[5][6]
Presidents
[edit]The following people have been president of the JSBi:
- Minoru Kanehisa, Kyoto University (1999–2004)
- Satoru Miyano, The University of Tokyo (2004–2005)
- Yukihiro Eguchi, Mitsui Knowledge Industry Co., Ltd (2005–2006)
- Kenta Nakai, The University of Tokyo (2006–2008)
- Osamu Gotoh, Kyoto University (2008–2010)
- Hideo Matsuda, Osaka University (2010–2013)
- Kiyoshi Asai (scientist), The University of Tokyo (2013–2015)
- Kentaro Shimizu (scientist), The University of Tokyo (2015–2017)
- Kengo Kinoshita, Tohoku University (2017–2019)
- Wataru Iwasaki, The University of Tokyo (2019–)
References
[edit]- ^ "Japanese Society for Bioinformatics - JSBi :: About JSBi". www.jsbi.org. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ a b Nakai, Kenta (15 August 2007). "THE JAPANESE SOCIETY OF BIOINFORMATICS (JSBi)". Asia-Pacific Biotech News. 11 (15): 1056–1057. doi:10.1142/S0219030307001140.
- ^ "Affiliates & COSIs". www.iscb.org. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ "Japanese Society for Bioinformatics - JSBi :: 賛助会員". www.jsbi.org (in Japanese). Retrieved 29 September 2020.
- ^ "Japanese Society for Bioinformatics - JSBi :: Oxford Journals - JSBi Prize". www.jsbi.org. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
- ^ "Japanese Society for Bioinformatics - JSBi :: home". www.jsbi.org. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
External links
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