The Editorial Board is led by Editor-in-Chief Michiyuki Matsuda who is Professor at the University of Kyoto. He is supported by a number of Associate Editors and an Editorial Board.
The role of the Associate Editors is to engage peer reviewers, assess their reviews and recommend a decision to the Editor-in-Chief. The Editorial Board provides ongoing advice and support. More details about the peer review process at the journal are available on the About page.
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2025-2026 Editorial Board | 2025-2026 International Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief |
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| Michiyuki MATSUDA | Kyoto University and University of Yamanashi | Fluorescent imaging, Siganl transduction |
Associate Editor |
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| Kazuhiro AOKI | Kyoto University | Signal transduction |
| Yasuyuki FUJITA | Kyoto University | Cell competition, cell-cell adhesions, cell-cell communication |
| Mitsunori FUKUDA | Tohoku University | Membrane traffic, small GTPase Rab, organelle |
| Mikio FURUSE | NIPS | Cell-cell junction, tight junction |
| Gohta GOSHIMA | Nagoya University | Cytoskeleton and cell motility |
| Satoshi GOTO | Rikkyo University | Intracellular traffic and organelles, Drosophila, development |
| Yoko HAMAZAKI | Kyoto University | Immunology |
| Tetsuya HIGASHIYAMA | University of Tokyo | Advanced technology, plant cell biology, reproduction, cell-cell communication |
| Koji IKEGAMI | Hiroshima University | Microtubule, cilia, flagella, imaging, genome editing |
| Junichi IKENOUCHI | Kyushu University | Cell adhesion and extracellular matrix、cytoskeleton and cell motility |
| Naotada ISHIHARA | Osaka University | Intracellular traffic and organelles |
| Tohru ISHITANI | Osaka University | Signal transduction |
| Toshiki ITOH | Kobe University | Signal transduction |
| Masato KANEMAKI | NIG | Biotechnology, chromosome biology and cell cycle |
| Hiroyasu KIDOYA | University of Fukui | Cell growth, differentiation and death |
| Etsuko KIYOKAWA | Kanazawa Medical University | Cytoskeleton and cell motility |
| Yuko KIYOSUE | Kansai Medical University | Cytoskeleton and cell motility |
| Hidetaka KOSAKO | Tokushima University | Advanced technology |
| Akiko KUMA | Osaka University | Intracellular traffic and organelles |
| Erina KURANAGA | Tohoku University and Kyoto University | Morphogenesis, cell migration, cell death |
| Kazuhiro MAESHIMA | NIG and SOKENDAI | Nuclei, chromosomes, chromatin |
| Noriyuki MATSUDA | Science Tokyo | Membrane traffic, organelles, and intracellular degradation |
| Hiroaki MIKI | Kyoto University | Signal transduction |
| Atsushi MOCHIZUKI | Kyoto University | Theoretical biology, ,mathematical biology, modeling |
| Fumio MOTEGI | Hokkaido University | Cell polarity, cytoskeleton, embryogenesis , gametogenesis, mechanobiology |
| Shigeo MURATA | University of Tokyo | Life of protein |
| Fubito NAKATSU | Niigata University | Intracellular traffic and organelles |
| Kazuhisa NAKAYAMA | Kyoto University | Intracellular traffic and organelles |
| Yukako ODA | Kyoto University | Cell adhesion and extracellular matrix |
| Kazumasa OHASHI | Tohoku University | Cytoskeleton and cell motility |
| Yusuke OHBA | Hokkaido University | Signal transduction |
| Shizue OHSAWA | Nagoya University | tissue growth regulation, cell death |
| Miho OHSUGI | University of Tokyo | Chromosome, cell division, nucleus |
| Chitose ONEYAMA | Aichi Cancer Center | Signal transduction, tyrosine kinase, extracellular vesicles, microRNA |
| Akiko SATO | Hiroshima University | Membrane traffic |
| Ken SATO | Gunma University | Intracellular traffic and organelles |
| Miyuki SATO | Gunma University | Intracellular traffic and organelles |
| Shiro SUETSUGU | NAIST | Cellular shaping and transport |
| Asako SUGIMOTO | Tohoku University | Chromosome and cytoskeleton |
| Hideki TAGUCHI | Science Tokyo | Life of proteins |
| Tomohiko TAGUCHI | Tohoku University | intracellular traffic and organelles |
| Kenta TERAI | Tokushima University | Advanced technology, signal transduction, intravital fluorescence imaging, mice, intercellular communication |
| Fumiko TOYOSHIMA | Science Tokyo | stem cell biology |
| Satoshi WAGURI | Fukushima Medical University | Intracellular traffic and organelles |
| Naoki WATANABE | Kyoto University | Cell motility, cytoskeleton, Imaging |
| Sawako YAMASHIRO | Kyoto University | Cytoskeleton, cell motility, mechanobiology |
Editorial Board |
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| Toshiya ENDO | Kyoto Sangyo University | Molecular cell biology, structural biology |
| Akihiro HARADA | Osaka University | Intracellular traffic and organelles |
| Tatsushi IGAKI | Kyoto University | Cell growth, differentiation and death |
| Naoko IMAMOTO | Jikei University of Health Care Sciences | Nucleocytoplasmic transport, nuclear pore complex, nuclear envelope, stress response |
| Kozo KAIBUCHI | Fujita Health University | Neuroscience, Signal transduction |
| Eisuke MEKADA | Jikei University of Health Care Sciences | Growth factor, extracellular matrix and bacteria toxin |
| Noboru MIZUSHIMA | University of Tokyo | Autophagy, lysosome, proteolysis |
| Kazutoshi MORI | Kyoto University | Life of proteins |
| Kazuhiro NAGATA | Biohistory Research Hall | Cell biology (Molecular chaperone, Proteostasis) |
| Akihiko NAKANO | RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics and Science Tokyo | Membrane traffic, endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus, endosomes, live cell imaging |
| Hiroshi OHNO | RIKEN | Immunology, microbiology |
| Yasushi OKADA | RIKEN and University of Tokyo | Cytoskeleton, cell motility, advanced technology |
| Sachiko TSUKITA | Teikyo University | Epithelial barrier, tight junction |
| Yoshihiro YONEDA | BIKEN | Chromosome, nucleus, gene expression |
| Shigenobu YONEMURA | Tokushima University | Cell adhesion, extracellular matrix |
| Hiderou YOSHIDA | University of Hyogo | Life of proteins |
| Tamotsu YOSHIMORI | Osaka University | Intracellular traffic and organelles, life of proteins |
CSF International Editorial Board |
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| Dominic De Nardo | Monash University | Australia |
| Andrew J. Ewald | Johns Hopkins University | USA |
| Alexis Gautreau | CNRS | France |
| Hiroshi Hamada | Ashoka University/National Centre for Biological Sciences | India |
| Tsuyoshi Hirashima | National University of Singapore | Singapore |
| Eduard Hurt | Heidelberg University | Germany |
| Takanari Inoue | Johns Hopkins University | USA |
| Yoichi Kosodo | Korea Brain Research Institute | Korea |
| Michael Lazarou | Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research | Australia |
| Shoichiro Ono | Emory University, School of Medicine, USA | USA |
| Justin Parreno | University of Delaware, Dept of Biological Science | USA |
| Steffen Scholpp | Exeter University | UK |
| Yuki Shindo | The University of Texas at Dallas | USA |
| Yusuke Toyama | National University of Singapore | SIngapore |
| Jerrold R. Turner | Harvard Medical School | USA |
| Michael Way | Francis Crick Institute | UK |
| Haguy Wolfenson | Israel Institute of Technology | Israel |
| Hong Zhang | Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences | China |