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Understanding biological phenomena is one of the aims for natural science. Interdisciplinary approaches by applying physical techniques to biological sciences are coming to unveil those questions. The Biophysical Society of Japan is to advance collaboration of researchers from different disciplines by providing a place for exchanging knowledge, methods and techniques and is to promote biological sciences for further understanding of biological phenomena.

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2025.07.16 BPPB	"Protein–ligand affinity prediction via Jensen-Shannon divergence of molecular dynamics simulation trajectories" by Kodai Igarashi, Masahito Ohue is published in BPPB as the J-STAGE Advance Publication.
2025.07.05 BPPB	"HulaChrimson: A Chrimson-like cation channelrhodopsin discovered using freshwater metatranscriptomics from Lake Hula" by Hiroto Takahashi, Shunki Takaramoto, Takashi Nagata, Shai Fainsod, Yoshitaka Kato, Oded B？j？, Keiichi Inoue is published in BPPB as the J-STAGE Advance Publication.
2025.06.20 BPPB	"Cytoskeleton as a generator of characteristic physical properties of plant cells: ‘cell wall,’ ‘large vacuole,’ and ‘cytoplasmic streaming’" by Amari Toshiki, Noriko Nagata, Motoki Tominaga, Hirotomo Takatsuka is published in BPPB as the J-STAGE Advance Publication.
2025.05.28 JOBS	FY2025 Call for RIKEN ECL Team/Unit Leaders
2025.05.21 BPPB	As of May 2025, a short caption for the Graphical Abstract is requested for each BPPB paper except the category of Commentary & Perspective or Editorial.
2025.05.16 BPPB	"A method for isolating and cryopreserving intact mitochondria with improved integrity and functionality" by Arima Okutani, Jannatul Naima, Asaka Ogihara, Taihei Motoichi, Ikuroh Ohsawa, Yoshihiro Ohta is published in BPPB as the J-STAGE Advance Publication.
2025.05.12 BPPB	As of May 2025, each article published in BPPB may be licensed under either the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) 4.0 license or the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA) 4.0 license, depending on the authors’ selection.
2025.04.29 BPPB	"A low-cost electric micromanipulator and its application to single-cell electroporation" by Kazuma Shimizu, Norihiko Nishimura, Manato Oku, Chika Okimura, Yoshiaki Iwadate is published in BPPB as the J-STAGE Advance Publication.
2025.04.29 BPPB	"A virtual system-coupled molecular dynamics simulation free from experimental knowledge on binding sites: Application to RNA-ligand binding free-energy landscape" by Junichi Higo, Kota Kasahara, Shun Sakuraba, Gert-Jan Bekker, Narutoshi Kamiya, Ikuo Fukuda, Takuya Takahashi, Yoshifumi Fukunishi is published in BPPB as the J-STAGE Advance Publication.
2025.04.24 BPPB	"Structure-activity relationship of PET-degrading cutinase regulated by weak Ca²⁺ binding and temperature" by Fumiya Kondo, Narutoshi Kamiya, Gert-Jan Bekker, Satoshi Nagao, Nobutaka Numoto, Hiroshi Sekiguchi, Nobutoshi Ito, Masayuki Oda is published in BPPB as the J-STAGE Advance Publication.
2025.04.22 JOBS	Faculty Position (Assistant Professor) in the Graduate School of Science, The University of Osaka 2024 March 14 JOBS
2025.04.08 JOBS	PAGS Support 2025: Call for applications
2025.04.08 BPPB	"Genetically-encoded temperature indicators for thermal biology" by Tetsuichi Wazawa, Ryohei Ozaki-Noma, Lu Kai, Shun-ichi Fukushima, Tomoki Matsuda, Takeharu Nagai is published in BPPB as the J-STAGE Advance Publication.
2025.03.27 BPPB	"Time-resolved small-angle X-ray scattering system development for the biological macromolecules at SACLA: A pilot study" by Nobutaka Shimizu, Fangjia Luo, Tomoyuki Tanaka, Kensuke Tono, Keiko Yatabe, So Iwata, Eriko Nango is published in BPPB as the J-STAGE Advance Publication.
2025.02.26 BPPB	"Gliding direction of Mycoplasma mobile correlates with the curved configuration of its cell shape" by Kana Suzuki, Daisuke Nakane, Masaki Mizutani, Takayuki Nishizaka is published in BPPB as the J-STAGE Advance Publication.
2025.02.01 BPPB	"Exploring hydrophilic sequence space to search for uncharted foldable proteins by AlphaFold2" by Naoki Tomita, Hiroki Onoda, Leonard M. G. Chavas, George Chikenji is published in BPPB as the J-STAGE Advance Publication.
2025.01.30 BPPB	"Improvement in positional accuracy of neural-network predicted hydration sites of proteins by incorporating atomic details of water-protein interactions and site-searching algorithm" by Kochi Sato, Masayoshi Nakasako is published in BPPB as the J-STAGE Advance Publication.
2025.01.09 BPPB	"Measurement of protoplasmic streaming over the entire body of Physarum plasmodium, and estimation of the transport and mixing of protoplasma through the intricate vein network" by Yo Sato, Charles Fosseprez, Yukinori Nishigami, Katsuhiko Sato, Hiroshi Orihara, Toshiyuki Nakagaki is published in BPPB as the J-STAGE Advance Publication.
2025.01.09 BPPB	"Product release and substrate entry of aldehyde deformylating oxygenase revealed by molecular dynamics simulations" by Masataka Yoshimura, Munehito Arai is published in BPPB as the J-STAGE Advance Publication.
2025.01.01 BPPB	Because of the minor corrections about the manuscript style, the pages of “Instruction for Authors” and "Quick Guide to Prepare Manuscript" for Biophysics and Physicobiology have been slightly updated. The Template files have also been replaced.

News List

2025.07.16 BPPB	"Protein–ligand affinity prediction via Jensen-Shannon divergence of molecular dynamics simulation trajectories" by Kodai Igarashi, Masahito Ohue is published in BPPB as the J-STAGE Advance Publication.
2025.07.05 BPPB	"HulaChrimson: A Chrimson-like cation channelrhodopsin discovered using freshwater metatranscriptomics from Lake Hula" by Hiroto Takahashi, Shunki Takaramoto, Takashi Nagata, Shai Fainsod, Yoshitaka Kato, Oded B？j？, Keiichi Inoue is published in BPPB as the J-STAGE Advance Publication.
2025.06.20 BPPB	"Cytoskeleton as a generator of characteristic physical properties of plant cells: ‘cell wall,’ ‘large vacuole,’ and ‘cytoplasmic streaming’" by Amari Toshiki, Noriko Nagata, Motoki Tominaga, Hirotomo Takatsuka is published in BPPB as the J-STAGE Advance Publication.
2025.05.21 BPPB	As of May 2025, a short caption for the Graphical Abstract is requested for each BPPB paper except the category of Commentary & Perspective or Editorial.
2025.05.16 BPPB	"A method for isolating and cryopreserving intact mitochondria with improved integrity and functionality" by Arima Okutani, Jannatul Naima, Asaka Ogihara, Taihei Motoichi, Ikuroh Ohsawa, Yoshihiro Ohta is published in BPPB as the J-STAGE Advance Publication.
2025.05.12 BPPB	As of May 2025, each article published in BPPB may be licensed under either the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) 4.0 license or the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA) 4.0 license, depending on the authors’ selection.
2025.04.29 BPPB	"A low-cost electric micromanipulator and its application to single-cell electroporation" by Kazuma Shimizu, Norihiko Nishimura, Manato Oku, Chika Okimura, Yoshiaki Iwadate is published in BPPB as the J-STAGE Advance Publication.
2025.04.29 BPPB	"A virtual system-coupled molecular dynamics simulation free from experimental knowledge on binding sites: Application to RNA-ligand binding free-energy landscape" by Junichi Higo, Kota Kasahara, Shun Sakuraba, Gert-Jan Bekker, Narutoshi Kamiya, Ikuo Fukuda, Takuya Takahashi, Yoshifumi Fukunishi is published in BPPB as the J-STAGE Advance Publication.
2025.04.24 BPPB	"Structure-activity relationship of PET-degrading cutinase regulated by weak Ca²⁺ binding and temperature" by Fumiya Kondo, Narutoshi Kamiya, Gert-Jan Bekker, Satoshi Nagao, Nobutaka Numoto, Hiroshi Sekiguchi, Nobutoshi Ito, Masayuki Oda is published in BPPB as the J-STAGE Advance Publication.
2025.04.08 BPPB	"Genetically-encoded temperature indicators for thermal biology" by Tetsuichi Wazawa, Ryohei Ozaki-Noma, Lu Kai, Shun-ichi Fukushima, Tomoki Matsuda, Takeharu Nagai is published in BPPB as the J-STAGE Advance Publication.
2025.03.27 BPPB	"Time-resolved small-angle X-ray scattering system development for the biological macromolecules at SACLA: A pilot study" by Nobutaka Shimizu, Fangjia Luo, Tomoyuki Tanaka, Kensuke Tono, Keiko Yatabe, So Iwata, Eriko Nango is published in BPPB as the J-STAGE Advance Publication.
2025.02.26 BPPB	"Gliding direction of Mycoplasma mobile correlates with the curved configuration of its cell shape" by Kana Suzuki, Daisuke Nakane, Masaki Mizutani, Takayuki Nishizaka is published in BPPB as the J-STAGE Advance Publication.
2025.02.01 BPPB	"Exploring hydrophilic sequence space to search for uncharted foldable proteins by AlphaFold2" by Naoki Tomita, Hiroki Onoda, Leonard M. G. Chavas, George Chikenji is published in BPPB as the J-STAGE Advance Publication.
2025.01.30 BPPB	"Improvement in positional accuracy of neural-network predicted hydration sites of proteins by incorporating atomic details of water-protein interactions and site-searching algorithm" by Kochi Sato, Masayoshi Nakasako is published in BPPB as the J-STAGE Advance Publication.
2025.01.09 BPPB	"Measurement of protoplasmic streaming over the entire body of Physarum plasmodium, and estimation of the transport and mixing of protoplasma through the intricate vein network" by Yo Sato, Charles Fosseprez, Yukinori Nishigami, Katsuhiko Sato, Hiroshi Orihara, Toshiyuki Nakagaki is published in BPPB as the J-STAGE Advance Publication.
2025.01.09 BPPB	"Product release and substrate entry of aldehyde deformylating oxygenase revealed by molecular dynamics simulations" by Masataka Yoshimura, Munehito Arai is published in BPPB as the J-STAGE Advance Publication.
2025.01.01 BPPB	Because of the minor corrections about the manuscript style, the pages of “Instruction for Authors” and "Quick Guide to Prepare Manuscript" for Biophysics and Physicobiology have been slightly updated. The Template files have also been replaced.
2024.12.26 BPPB	"Near-infrared spectroscopic study of blood flow changes in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex during pain relief by odor stimulation" by Yuki Okamura, Shogo Takayama, Kengo Namiki, Fusako Koshikawa, Etsuro Ito is published in BPPB as the J-STAGE Advance Publication.
2024.12.13 BPPB	"Comparative study of alpha-glucosidase inhibition of four Vietnamese medicinal plants Combretum quadrangulare, Dicranopteris linearis, Psychotria adenophylla, and Garcinia schomburgkiana: In vitro and in vivo studies" by Thi-Hong-Tuoi Do, Thuc-Huy Duong, Huu-Hung Nguyen, Thanh-Sang Vo, Ngoc-Hong Nguyen, Huong Thuy Le is published in BPPB as the J-STAGE Advance Publication.
2024.12.13 BPPB	"Neuron with well-designed ionic system" by Takayoshi Tsubo is published in BPPB as the J-STAGE Advance Publication.

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