Steering Committee & Researcher

Steering Committee

The steering committee investigates and reviews various topics to efficiently drive the Science Database Integration Project forward.

Chairperson

SHIROISHI Toshihiko Director, BioResource Research Center, RIKEN

Committee members (in order of the Japanese syllabary)

AIZAWA Akiko Professor, National Institute of Informatics, Research Organization of Information and Systems
OHE Kazuhiko Specially Appointed Professor, Graduate School of Health data Science, Juntendo University
ODA Yoshiya Project professor, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo
KATO Norihiro Director, National Institute of Global Health and Medicine, Japan Institute for Health Security
SUEYOSHI Wataru Attorney at Law, Sueyoshi & Sato
SUWA Makiko Professor, College of Science and Engineering / Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University
HARADA Hideyuki Managing Executive Officer, Supply Chain Division, Sumitomo Pharma Co.,Ltd.
MATSUDA Hideo Specially Appointed Professor, Cross-Boundary Innovation Program Office, Institute for Transdisciplinary Graduate Degree Programs, The University of Osaka

(As of Apr 9, 2025)

Core Technology Subcommittee, Steering Committee

Established in October 2017. The subcommittee reviews and evaluates measures related to fundamental technologies for databases.

Chief Examiner

MATSUDA Hideo Specially Appointed Professor, Cross-Boundary Innovation Program Office, Institute for Transdisciplinary Graduate Degree Programs, The University of Osaka

Committee members (in order of the Japanese syllabary)

AIZAWA Akiko Professor, National Institute of Informatics, Research Organization of Information and Systems
SUWA Makiko Professor, College of Science and Engineering / Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University
SESE Jun President & CEO, Humanome Lab Ltd.
NIKAIDO Itoshi Professor, Medical Research Laboratory, Institute of Integrated Research,Institute of Science Tokyo

(As of Apr 9, 2025)

Exited Committee subcommittee

Visiting Researcher

  • Visiting researcher
  • HATANAKA Hideki
  • hideki[AT]biosciencedbc.jp
  • Visiting researcher
  • MINOWA T. Mari
  • Public relations
  • minowa[AT]biosciencedbc.jp
  • Visiting Researcher
  • NOBUSADA Tomoe
  • nobusada[AT]biosciencedbc.jp
  • Visiting Researcher
  • KAWASHIMA Minae

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