The Society for Biotechnology, Japan subsidizes the following research divisions in 2010.

Type 1

Name of Division Organizer
Name E-mail
Traditional Brewing Elucidated by Endo- and Exo-symbiosis Forum(PDF) Hiroshi Kitagaki
(Saga Univ.)
Interdisciplinary Lipid Creation Forum Jun Ogawa
(Kyoto Univ.)
Organic-Solvent-Tolerant Microorganisim Engineering Forum (PDF) Junichi Kato
(Hiroshima Univ.)
Division of Cell Processing Engineering Forum Mutsumi Takagi
(Hokkaido Univ.)

Type 2

Name of Division Organizer
Name E-mail
Supercritical Fluid Biotechnology Forum (PDF) Takeshi Baba
(Osaka Univ.)
Systems Biotechnology  Forum Masahiro Okamoto (Kyushu Univ.)
Metalbiotechnology Forum (PDF) Michihiko Ike
(Osaka Univ.)
Lactic Acid Bacteria&Intestinal Bacteria Engineering Forum (PDF) Atsushi Yokota
(Hokkaido Univ.)
Metabolomics Forum Eiichiro Fukusaki
(Osaka Univ.)
Biomass-refinery Forum Kenji Sakai
(Kyushu Univ.)
Nanobiotechnology Forum Eiichi Tamiya
(Osaka Univ.)
Slow Food Microbiological Engineering Forum Yoji Hata
(Gekkeikan Sake Co., Ltd.)
Combinatorial Bioengineering  Forum(PDF) Mitsuyoshi Ueda
(Kyoto Univ.)
Photosynthetic Microorganisms Forum Yasuo Asada
(Nihon Univ.)

Young Researchers’ Group

Name of Division Organizer
Name E-mail
Biotechnology Forum for Young Researchers Chiaki Ogino 
(Kobe Univ.)