The Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering (JBB) is published by the Society for Biotechnology, Japan and distributed outside Japan by Elsevier.

JBB aims to contribute to the advancement and dissemination of knowledge and technology in the fields of bioscience and biotechnology.

It publishes papers on a broad range of topics in the areas of:
Genetics, molecular biology, and gene engineering
Enzymology, protein engineering, and enzyme technology
Microbial physiology and biotechnology
Brewing and food technology
Environmental biotechnology
Biochemical engineering
Plant biotechnology
Cell and tissue engineering
Biomedical engineering
Bioinformatics
Genomics, systems biology, and structural biology, which hold much promise for the future, are also within the scope of JBB.

The journal only considers submissions that report on the most significant and fundamental advances in the field of bioscience and bioengineering. Manuscripts that describe optimizations related to phenomena of narrow interest using conventional statistical approaches and/or describe exclusively computer simulation with conventional enzyme reaction models or molecular dynamics, will be rejected without peer review.

The brewing and food technology section welcomes research that provide fundamental advances on fermentation, fermented foods and their process developments. Basic studies solely treating the chemical and/or medicinal aspects of food derivatives prepared by conventional pretreatment techniques are not appropriate for JBB.

The cell and tissue engineering section covers research on cell culture engineering as it relates to regenerative medicine. Topics include the technologies for stem cell culture such as mass production, differentiation control, and tissue reconstruction. Studies in the field of pure cell biology and embryology are not appropriate for JBB.

The biomedical engineering section covers topics related to bioprocess engineering in the field of medicine, including biomaterials, scaffolds, artificial organs, drug delivery systems, microfluidics, and micro-fabrication, but not deals with the topics mainly focusing on mechanical engineering. Studies in the field of basic medicine, pharmaceutical sciences, dentistry, and surgical technique are not suitable for JBB. The journal does not consider pathological, clinical, and epidemiological research.

Regular papers, Reviews, Letters to the editor

Editor-in-Chief
Noriho Kamiya
Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
Editorial Board
Ryoichi Arai
Kyoto Institute of Technology School of Science and Technology, Kyoto, Japan
Atsushi Arakaki
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Fuchu, Japan
Ryutaro Asano
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology Faculty of Engineering Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo, Japan
Virendra Swarup Bisaria
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India
Lars Blank
RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
Jo-Shu Chang
National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
Howard Chase
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Toshiaki Fukui
Tokyo Institute of Technology School and Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Yokohama, Japan
Hisakage Funabashi, PhD
Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima, Japan
Kiyotaka Hara
University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan
Tomoyuki Hori
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology Tsukuba Center Tsukuba Central, Tsukuba, Japan
Wei-Shou Hu
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Jun Ishii
Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
Nobutada Kimura
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology Tsukuba Center Tsukuba Central, Tsukuba, Japan
Masaaki Konishi
Kitami Institute of Technology, Kitami, Japan
Yoichi Kumada
Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto, Japan
Sang Yup Lee
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Daejeon, Korea, Republic of
Jun-ichi Maruyama
The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, Japan
Kazuo Masaki
National Research Institute of Brewing, Hiroshima, Japan
Yozo Okazaki
Mie University, Tsu, Japan
Watanalai Panbangred
Mahidol University Departement of Biotechnology, Bangkok, Thailand
Chit-Laa Poh
Sunway University, Bandar Sunway, Malaysia
Andreas Schmid
Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
Francesco Secundo
Institute of Chemistry of Molecular Recognition National Research Council, Milano, Italy
Kazunori Shimizu
Nagoya University Graduate School of Engineering School of Engineering Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Nagoya, Japan
Takayuki Takei
Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan
Wen-Song Tan
East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
Yukihiro Tashiro
Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
Akihiko Terada
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology Faculty of Engineering Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Koganei, Japan
Yew-Min Tzeng
National Taitung University, Taitung, Taiwan
Susumu Uchiyama
Osaka University, Suita, Japan
Kazuya Yamanaka
Kansai University, Suita, Japan
Oskar Zelder
BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany
Jian-Jiang Zhong
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China