- Keiko Abe , Dr.
- Professor, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences , Tokyo University
- Yoshinori Ohsumi, Ph.D.
- Professor, Department of Cell Biology, National Institute for Basic Biology
- Shigeo Ohno, Ph.D.
- Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama City University
- Masato Kasuga, M.D., Ph.D.
- Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe University
- Kazuo Shinozaki, Dr.
- Laboratory Head, Plant Molecular Biology Laboratory, RIKEN
- Yoshimi Takai, M.D., Ph.D.
- Professor, Graduate School of Medicine , Kobe University
- Tadaomi Takenawa , Ph.D
- Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe University
- Keiji Tanaka, Ph.D.
- Vice-Director, The Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo Metropolitan Organization for Medical Research
- Katsuyuki Tanizawa, Ph.D.
- Professor, The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University
- Haruki Nakamura, Dr.
- Professor, Institute of Protein Research, Osaka University
- Osamu Nishimura, Ph.D
- Investigator(Professor extraordinary), Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University and Senior Corporate Adviser, Shimadzu Corporation
- Takashi Muramatsu, Ph.D
- Professor, Faculty of Psychological and Physical Sciences, Aichi Gakuin University