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Editor-in-Chief

Kei ASAI
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2454-0883
Department of Bioscience, Faculty of Life Sciences, Tokyo University of Agriculture
Area of expertise: transcriptional regulation of gene expression in bacteria; bacterial cell differentiation; bacterial stress response; molecular genetics in bacteria; molecular breeding in bacteria

Senior Editors

Tsuyoshi GOTO
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1283-147X
Division of Food Science and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University
Area of expertise: food function; energy metabolism; obesity; physiology

Yasuko MANABE
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9946-4697
Graduate School of Health Promotion Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University
Area of expertise: skeletal muscle; exercise; cell biology; muscle satellite cell

Akira MURAKAMI
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5694-2828
Department of Food Science & Nutrition, School of Human Science & Environment, University of Hyogo
Area of expertise: bioactive phytochemicals; stress responses; hormesis; bioavailability; target molecules

Kotomi UENO
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3227-2073
Department of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University
Area of expertise: structure-activity relationships of plant hormones; synthesis of active compounds against plants; isolation and identification of bioactive compounds

Editors

Naomi  ABE-KANOH   
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5091-9133      
Department of Food, Life and Environmental Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Yamagata University
Area of expertise: molecular mechanisms of food functions; food analysis; non-nutrients such as polyphenols and isothiocyanates; anti-cancer; anti-inflammation

Hiroyuki ARAI
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3057-6671
Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Area of expertise: applied microbiology; bacterial energy metabolism; environmental microbiology; molecular microbiology

Masashi ASAHINA        
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1828-0966     
Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Teikyo University            
Area of expertise: Plant Hormone; Wound response in plants; Plant molecular biology; Stress response in plants; Plant regeneration

Masaru ENOMOTO
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6342-217X
Division of Agricultural Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University
Area of expertise: Natural Product Chemistry; Synthetic Organic Chemistry; Synthesis of Natural Products

Yoshinori FUJIMURA  
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0798-0649    
Division of Bioscience and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University      
Area of expertise: Functional foods; Phytochemicals; MicorRNAs; Food chemical biology; Metabolomics

Kenji FUKUNAGA          
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0009-0002-6679-6147     
Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, Faculty of Chemistry, Materials and Bioengineering, Kansai University         
Area of expertise: Lipid nutrition and metabolism; Nutritional value of seafoods; Fisheries utilization and processing; Protein nutrition and metabolism; Antioxidant components of foods

Masao GOTO
Food Research Institute, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO)
Area of expertise: Food Immunology; GALT; Allergy; T cells; food function

Tomoaki HAGIWARA
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8675-437X
Department of Food Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
Area of expertise: Food Engineering; Food refrigeration; Sanitation of food production facilities; Antifreeze protein; Cryobiology

Naoki HARADA
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3846-388X
Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agriculture, Osaka Metropolitan University
Area of expertise: energy metabolism; androgen receptor signaling; G protein-coupled receptor signaling; pancreatic β-cell biology; food factor

Yasuki HIGASHIMURA              
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0540-4306    
Department of Food Science, Ishikawa Prefectural University
Area of expertise: inflammation and cell signaling; immunology; oxidative stress; food function; Caenorhabditis elegans

Hirofumi HIRAI
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5490-481X
Faculty of Global Interdisciplinary Science and Innovation, Shizuoka University
Area of expertise: Environmental biochemistry; lignin biodegradation; biorefinery; bioremediation; molecular breeding in fungi

Yoko IIJIMA
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9021-6136
Department of Applied Chemistry, Kogakuin University
Area of expertise: food chemistry; volatile analysis; metabolomics; secondary metabolites in plant

Shinichi IKUSHIRO
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5311-4069
Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, Toyama Prefectural University
Area of expertise: enzymology of xenobiotic metabolizing enzymes; enzymatic synthesis of conjugated metabolites of polyphenols; bioavailability of polyphenols; xenobiotic metabolism of polyphenols

Takafumi ITOH
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2361-5310
Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Fukui Prefectural University
Area of expertise: Carbohydrate active enzymes; Microbial enzymes; Enzymology; Protein structural analysis

Yohei KATSUYAMA
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4905-5320
Graduate Shcool of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Area of expertise: microbial biochemistry; biosynthesis of natural products; mechanistic enzymology; biotechnology; structural Biology

Kyuichi KAWABATA    
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4931-381X      
Faculty of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, Konan Women’s University
Area of expertise: food function; molecular mechanisms of functional food factors; interaction of polyphenols and gut microflora; bioavailability       

Seiji KAWAMOTO          
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2056-4802    
Unit of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life,  Hiroshima University       
Area of expertise: allergy and immunology; animal cell technology; food function                        

Shinji KAWASAKI
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8225-4431
Department of Molecular Microbiology, Tokyo University of Agriculture
Area of expertise: Microbiology; Oxidative stress of anaerobes; Microalgal stress response; Carotenoid function

Makoto KIMURA
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5310-2893
Department of Applied Biosciences, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University
Area of expertise: microbial metabolism and physiology; fungal genetics and molecular biology; mycotoxins and their biosynthesis

Yasuhisa KIMURA        
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6466-1324      
Division of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University
Area of expertise: ABC transporter; mechanism of membrane transport; cholesterol homeostasis; protein structure; expression and purification of membrane protein

Yoshimi KISHIMOTO
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2610-134X
Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Faculty of Agriculture, Setsunan University
Area of expertise: food function; polyphenols; human study

Misato KOBAYASHI     
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2752-6358     
Department of Nutritional Sciences, Nagoya University of Arts and Sciences         
Area of expertise: Nutritional biochemistry; Rodent animal models; Lipid metabolism; Glucose metabolism; Metabolic diseases

Daisuke MATSUI           
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2832-5769     
Department of Applied Chemistry and Bioscience, Chitose Institute of Science and Technology  
Area of expertise: applied microbiology; microbial enzymes; protein engineering; heterologous expression      

Michinori MATSUO     
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8905-8898    
Department of Food and Nutrition, Faculty of Home Economics, Kyoto Women’s University           
Area of expertise: transporter proteins; biological membrane; food function; lipid metabolism

Masaki MIZUNUMA     
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1531-1763        
Unit of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University           
Area of expertise: yeast genetics and molecular cell biology; yeast metabolism; yeast and C. elegans aging

Toshihiro MURATA     
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7778-3822      
Division of Pharmacognosy,Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University    
Area of expertise: Pharmacognosy; Natural Product Chemistry; Chemical Ecology                 

Haruyo NAKAJIMA-ADACHI  
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2008-2501     
Department of Immunobiology and Biofunctional Research, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo     
Area of expertise: food function; food allergy; gastrointestinal immunity; osteoporosis; Immune response in the elderly

Yoshimasa NAKAMURA
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6606-9105
Graduate School of Environmental and Life Science, Okayama University  
Area of expertise: food chemistry and biochemistry; chemistry of functional and medicinal foods; molecular mechanisms of food functions; non-nutrients such as polyphenols and organosulfur compounds

Takenobu OGAWA        
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0581-1940      
Division of Food Science and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University           
Area of expertise: Food Engineering; Food Texture; Structure Imaging; AI Analysis; Food Palatability

Takeaki OKAMOTO
Division of Food Science, Department of Home Economics Education, Faculty of Education, Ehime University
Area of expertise: Food function; allergic reaction in cells; polyphenols; tryptophan metabolism; food hygiene

Akiko SAITO
Department of Environmental Science, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka Electro-Communication University
Area of expertise: natural products; organic chemistry; food chemistry; chemical biology

Hiroyuki SAKAKIBARA
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4497-1311
Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University
Area of expertise: rodent animal models; polyphenols; anti-obese; anti-diabetes; brain function  

Yoshiya SETO
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1593-5717
School of Agriculture, Meiji University
Area of expertise: Plant hormone; chemical biology; secondary metabolite; biosynthesis; plant hormone signaling

Hideki  SHIBATA           
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1509-6490     
Department of Applied Biosciences, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University
Area of expertise: membrane trafficking in mammalian cells; signal transduction in mammalian cells; Ca2+-binding proteins; molecular cell biology in mammalian cells; proteostasis in mammalian cells

Toru SHIGEMATSU
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9589-5921
Faculty of Applied Life Sciences, Niigata University of Pharmacy and Medical and Applied Life Sciences
Area of expertise: fermentation; high pressure food processing; environmental microbiology; applied microbiology; food engineering

Tomoko SHIMAMURA
Faculty of Agriculture and Marine Science, Kochi University
Area of expertise: food chemistry; food function; food analysis

Yu TAKAHASHI              
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3186-2925      
Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo  
Area of expertise: transcriptional regulation of gene expression in mammalian cells; lipid metabolism; intestinal organoid; high-throughput screening; adipocyte biology

Yousuke TAKAOKA
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1559-4924
Division of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University
Area of expertise: plant hormone signaling; chemical biology; transcription factor; protein-protein interaction

Jun TAKEUCHI
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3049-8965    
Department of Applied Life Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Shizuoka University    
Area of expertise: Plant hormone; Chemical biology; Bioorganic chemistry

Mitsuru TANAKA          
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8242-5058    
Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University             
Area of expertise: mass spectrometry; bioavailability; Food analysis; MS imaging; LC-MS

Kiichiro TERUYA
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8402-0479     
Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University           
Area of expertise: animal cell technology; cancer cell biology; functional food factor; food function

Yota TSUGE
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6256-2530
Institute for Frontier Science Initiative, Kanazawa University
Area of expertise: Metabolic engineering; Bacterial cell physiology; Bacterial cell division

Takeo USUI
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2377-7499
Institite of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba
Area of expertise: Chemical biology; mode of action of bioactive compounds; target identification of bioactive compounds; screening of bioactive compounds

Harumi UTO-KONDO 
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0009-0000-5592-6116      
Department of Bioscience, College of Bioresource Sciences,  Nihon University          
Area of expertise: functional foods; polyphenols; lipids; antioxidants; atherosclerosis

Jun WATANABE             
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1520-1131        
Department of Life and Food Sciences, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine           
Area of expertise: food function; food analysis; probiotics; intestinal microbiota

Arata YAJIMA
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1167-6041
Department of Chemistry for Life Sciences and Agriculture, Faculty of Life Sciences, Tokyo University of Agriculture
Area of expertise: Organic chemistry; Synthetic chemistry; Natural product chemistry; Structure determination; Chemical biology

Yoko YAMASHITA
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6288-5746
Department of Agribioscience, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University
Area of expertise: functional foods; obesity; hyperglycemia; Chrono-nutrition; polyphyenol

Yasuo YAMAUCHI
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6151-9779
Division of Applied Chemistry in Bioscience, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University
Area of expertise: Plant Physiology; environmental Stress; Volatile infochemicals; signal transduction in plant cells

Keizo YUASA
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4831-0465
Department of Life Science, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Setsunan University
Area of expertise: signal transduction in mammalian cells; gene expression in mammalian cells; mammalian cell molecular biology

Managing Editor

Wataru HASHIMOTO
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0185-2371
Division of Food Science and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University
Area of expertise: Microbiology; Enzymology; Physiology; Molecular Biology; Structural Biology

Masako TODA
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7273-9977
Graduate school of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University
Area of expertise: Food Immunology; Molecular Allergology; Food Function

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