Announcement of BPPB paper awards 2024

There are two kinds of paper awards given to the authors of the original articles, which have been published from Biophysics and Physicobiology (BPPB): Award for Outstanding BPPB Paper and BPPB Editors’ Choice Award.

The former is given by the Biophysical Society of Japan (BSJ) to the authors, who contributed to the advancement of biophysics by their groundbreaking article, published between 2017 and 2022. This year, the committee organized in the BSJ for the 13th Award for Outstanding BPPB paper has selected Drs. Keiichi Kojima, Hiroshi C. Watanabe, Satoko Doi, Natsuki Miyoshi, Misaki Kato, Hiroshi Ishikita, and Yuki Sudo, for their article “Mutational analysis of the conserved carboxylates of anion channelrhodopsin-2 (ACR2) expressed in Escherichia coli and their roles in anion transport” Biophys. Physicobiol. 15, 179–188 (2018) [1].

The latter one, the 11th BPPB Editors’ Choice Award, is given by the BSJ to the authors of the articles in the BPPB, who made scientifically unique contributions to the field of biophysics, published in 2023. This year, the awardees are the following nine authors. Dr. Shoji Takada in Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University [2], Dr. Toshiki Yagi, in Faculty of Bioresource Sciences, Prefectural University of Hiroshima [3], Dr. Tony Z. Jia, in Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology [4], Dr. Kazuharu Arakawa, in Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University [5], Dr. Atsushi Mochizuki, in Institute for Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University [6], Dr. Hisashi Okumura, in Department of Structural Molecular Science, SOKENDAI [7], Dr. Daisuke Kohda, in Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University [8], Dr. Junichi Higo, in Graduate School of Information Science, University of Hyogo [9], and Dr. John L. Spudich, in Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston [10].

References

• [1]   Kojima,  K.,  Watanabe,  H. C.,  Doi,  S.,  Miyoshi,  N.,  Kato,  M.,  Ishikita,  H., et al. Mutational analysis of the conserved carboxylates of anion channelrhodopsin-2 (ACR2) expressed in Escherichia coli and their roles in anion transport. Biophys. Physicobiol. 15, 179–188 (2018). https://doi.org/10.2142/biophysico.15.0_179
• [2]   Kubo,  S.,  Umeda,  K.,  Kodera,  N.,  Takada,  S. Removing the parachuting artifact using two-way scanning data in high-speed atomic force microscopy. Biophys. Physicobiol. 20, e200006 (2023). https://doi.org/10.2142/biophysico.bppb-v20.0006
• [3]   Yagi,  T.,  Toda,  A.,  Ichikawa,  M.,  Kurisu,  G. Regulation of motor activity of ciliary outer-arm dynein by the light chain 1; Implications from the structure of the light chain bound to the microtubule-binding domain of the heavy chain. Biophys. Physicobiol. 20, e200008 (2023). https://doi.org/10.2142/biophysico.bppb-v20.0008
• [4]   Jia,  T. Z.,  Chandru,  K. Recent progress in primitive polyester synthesis and membraneless microdroplet assembly. Biophys. Physicobiol. 20, e200012 (2023). https://doi.org/10.2142/biophysico.bppb-v20.0012
• [5]   Watanabe,  Y.,  Arakawa,  K. Molecular mechanisms of the high performance of spider silks revealed through multi-omics analysis. Biophys. Physicobiol. 20, e200014 (2023). https://doi.org/10.2142/biophysico.bppb-v20.0014
• [6]   Mochizuki,  A. Controlling complex dynamical systems based on the structure of the networks. Biophys. Physicobiol. 20, e200019 (2023). https://doi.org/10.2142/biophysico.bppb-v20.0019
• [7]   Fukuhara,  D.,  Itoh,  S. G.,  Okumura,  H. Inhibition of amyloid-β (16–22) aggregation by polyphenols using replica permutation with solute tempering molecular dynamics simulation. Biophys. Physicobiol. 20, e200045 (2023). https://doi.org/10.2142/biophysico.bppb-v20.0045
• [8]   Kohda,  D.,  Hayashi,  S.,  Fujinami,  D. Residue-based correlation between equilibrium and rate constants is an experimental formulation of the consistency principle for smooth structural changes of proteins. Biophys. Physicobiol. 20, e200046 (2023). https://doi.org/10.2142/biophysico.bppb-v20.0046
• [9]   Higo,  J.,  Bekker,  G.-J.,  Kamiya,  N.,  Fukuda,  I.,  Fukunishi,  Y. Binding free-energy landscapes of small molecule binder and non-binder to FMN riboswitch: All-atom molecular dynamics. Biophys. Physicobiol. 20, e200047 (2023). https://doi.org/10.2142/biophysico.bppb-v20.0047
• [10]   Govorunova,  E. G.,  Sineshchekov,  O. A.,  Spudich,  H. L. Potassium-selective channelrhodopsins. Biophys. Physicobiol. 20, e201011 (2023). https://doi.org/10.2142/biophysico.bppb-v20.s011