The Society for Biotechnology, Japan subsidizes the following research divisions in 2011.

Type 1

Name of Division Organizer
Name E-mail
Metabolic Engineering Forumpdf Hiroshi Shimizu
(Osaka University)
Symbiotic Microbial Fermentation Engineering Forumpdf Hiroshi Kitagaki
(Saga University)

Type 2

Name of Division Organizer
Name E-mail
Interdisciplinary Lipid Creation Forumpdf Jun Ogawa
(Kyoto University)
Organic-Solvent-Tolerant Microorganisim Engineering Forumpdf Junichi Kato
(Hiroshima University)
Division of Cell Processing Engineeringpdf Takeshi Omasa
(Tokushima University)
Supercritical Fluid Biotechnology Forumpdf Takeshi Baba
(Osaka University)
Systems Biotechnology  Forum Masahiro Okamoto
(Kyushu University)
Metal Biotechnology Forumpdf Mitsuo Yamashita
(Shibaura Institute of Technology)
Lactic Acid Bacteria&Intestinal Bacteria Engineering Forumpdf Atsushi Yokota
(Hokkaido University)
Metabolomics Forum Eiichiro Fukusaki
(Osaka University)
Biomass Utilizatin and Recycle Forumpdf Kenji Sakai
(Kyushu University)
Nanobiotechnology Forum Eiichi Tamiya
(Osaka University)
Slow Food Microbiological Engineering Forum Yoji Hata
(Gekkeikan Sake Co., Ltd.)
Combinatorial Bioengineering  Forumpdf Mitsuyoshi Ueda
(Kyoto University)
Photosynthetic Microorganisms Forum Yasuo Asada
(Nihon University)

Young Researchers’ Group

Name of Division Organizer
Name E-mail
Young Researchers Committee for Biotechnologypdf Chiaki Ogino 
(Kobe University)