Join SBJ
Posted date 2008.07.28 | Update date 2009.11.05
Membership in the Society for Biotechnology, Japan is open to anyone from any nation who is concerned with the biotechnology.
Membership Type
| Membtership Type | Membership Fees | Print Subscription |
Online Subscription |
|---|---|---|---|
| Active members | 9,800 JPY | 5,000 JPY | Free |
| Student members | 5,000 JPY | 5,000 JPY | Free |
| Institutional members | 30,000 JPY | Free | N/A |
| Supporting members | 50,000 JPY | Free | N/A |
| Overseas members (Individuals living outside Japan) |
12,000 JPY |
5,000 JPY (by Surface Mail ) |
Free |
| 10,000 JPY (by Air Mail) |
Free |
*Our membership year runs January 1 through December 31. Membership dues noted above are payable in full, regardless of the date of application for membership.
Member Benefits
Active/Student/Overseas Members enjoy the following benefits:
- Become eligible to make a presentation at SBJ Annual Meeting.
- FREE online access to the Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering (JBB) back to Vol.64 (1986).
⇒How to Activate Member’s Access - Discounted registration fees to society-sponsored conferences.
- Complimentary subscription to the Seibutsu-kogaku Kaishi (in Japanese).
- Discounts for society’s publications.
- Hold elective office in the society or serve as a volunteer on one of the society’s many boards and committees.
- Become eligible for awards.
- FREE membership in the branches nearest you.
- Be eligible to join SBJ Research Divisions.
Institutional membership includes:
- Free print subscription to JBB and the Seibutsu-kogaku Kaishi (January to December issues).
Supporting membership includes:
- Free print subscription to JBB and the Seibutsu-kogaku Kaishi (January to December issues).
- Invitation for one representative to attend SBJ Annual Meetinｇ.
- Inclusion in the list of SBJ supporting members posted on the Society’s website
How to Apply
- For applicants who live in Japan:
Apply Online (New Window)
(available only in Japanese)
Apply Offline
(by downloading a Membership Application Form PDF / Word).
- For applicants who live outside Japan:
To apply for membership from overseas, complete an Application for Overseas Membership (PDF/Word) and submit it along with dues payment to:
The Society for Biotechnology, Japan
Business Office,
c/o Faculty of Engineering, Osaka University,
2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita,
Osaka 565-0871, Japan
Phone: +81- 6-6876-2731 Fax: +81-6-6879-2034
E-mail:
Journal Subscription
Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering:
SBJ individual members receive free online access to the Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering (JBB). Print subscription to JBB (12 issues per year) is also available for members with additional cost (by Air Mail: 10,000 JPY/by Surface Mail: 5,000 JPY). To order print subscription, please fill in the order form (for members inside Japan
/ for members outside Japan) and send it to the Society Business Office (Fax: +81-6-6879-2034 E-mail: ).
Institutional Membership and Supporting Membership fees include free print subscription of the Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering (2 volumes, 12 issues per year).
Seibutsu-kogaku Kaishi:
Print copy of the Seibutsu-kogaku Kaishi (Vol. 87 no.1-12) will be sent to all SBJ members free of charge upon request.
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