Organizing Committees

Preparations are under way for the 22nd International Society of Magnetic Resonance Conference, the 9th Asia-Pacific NMR Symposium, the 60th Annual Meeting of the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Society of Japan (2021), and the 60th Annual Meeting of the Society of Electron Spin Science and Technology, to be jointly held under the ISMAR-APNMR-NMRSJ-SEST 2021 banner at the Osaka International Convention Center over six days from August 22–27, 2021. ISMAR-APNMR-NMRSJ-SEST 2021 is among the largest international conferences of its kind, and will be attended by around 1,000 front-line researchers in these fields from Japan and abroad, who will hear presentations on basic and applied research in the magnetic resonance domain.

At the 20th ISMAR Conference held in Quebec in 2017, a proposal to host the 2021 conference in Japan was approved, and this prompted the decision to hold a joint conference of related academic societies. Since the first conference in the series took place in Tokyo in 1965, ISMAR conferences have been held biennially in the Americas, Europe, and Asia-Australia in turn. In 2021, the ISMAR conference will return to Japan for the first time in 56 years.

In recent years there have been remarkable developments in magnetic resonance methods including nuclear magnetic resonance, electron spin resonance, and imaging. In fundamental fields such as physics, chemistry, and life sciences, research results spanning a wide range of scales from the atomic and molecular levels to the entire human body have made significant contributions to society through applications including molecular structure analysis and MRI diagnosis. It should be noted that, more than 70 years since the discovery of the magnetic resonance phenomenon, advances in the magnetic resonance field still continue as science and technology advance in a broad range of fields including materials, chemistry, and life sciences. Many innovative technologies have been developed, including hyperpolarization and single-spin measurement, and the scope of magnetic resonance application continues to grow in areas such as drug design, medical treatment, and materials development. In this highly dynamic environment, ISMAR, the Asia-Pacific NMR Symposium, the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Society of Japan, and the Society of Electron Spin Science and Technology will collaborate, pool their strengths, and strive to make ISMAR-APNMR-NMRSJ-SEST 2021 a forum that will spark further developments in magnetic resonance research in academic and industrial spheres.

In light of diverse developments in magnetic resonance over recent years, we hope that this joint conference will encourage participation by academic and industrial researchers and engineers working in the widest possible range of related fields both in Japan and abroad, as well as the next generation of young researchers, including students, who will shape the future of magnetic resonance. We also hope that interaction with researchers at the forefront of global magnetic resonance developments will offer the ideal opportunity to sense the wonder of lively research activity in this field. We extend a warm invitation to attend this joint conference in Osaka and make the most of the valuable opportunities it presents.

Toshimichi Fujiwara: Chair, Organizing Committee for the 22nd International Society of Magnetic Resonance
Conference
ISMAR-APNMR-NMRSJ-SEST 2021

Akira Naito: Chair, Organizing Committee for the 9th Asia-Pacific NMR Symposium

Masato Katahira: Chair, 60th Annual Meeting of the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Society of Japan (2021)

Ikuko Akimoto: Chair, Organizing Committee for the 60th Annual Meeting of the Society of Electron Spin Science and Technology

International scientific program committee for the 2021 ISMAR

Stephan Grzesiek (Chair)
Ikuko Akimoto
Elena Bagryanskaya
Lucia Banci
Lynette Cegelski
David Craik
Jiangfeng Du
Toshimichi Fujiwara
Masato Katahira
Igor Koptyuk
Weontae Lee
Anne Lesage
Michal Leskes
Malcolm Levitt
Ping-Chiang Lyu
Hassane Mchaourab
Carlos Meriles
Klaas Prüssmann
Monika Schoenhoff
Mark Sherwin
Nagaraja Rao Suryaprakash
Lawrence Wald

ISMAR Executive Committee

Robert Tycko
Stephan Grzesiek
Alexej Jerschow
Rachel Martin
Daniella Goldfarb

APNMR Council Member

Ho Sup Yoon
Weontae Lee
Hanudatta Atreya
Masatsune Kainosho
Yangmee Kim
Mali Liu
Ping-Chiang Lyu
Suryaprakash Nagarajarao
Raymond Norton
Martin Scanlon
Ichio Shimada
Daiwen Yang
Mingjie Zhang

NMRSJ Council Member

Makoto Demura
Toshimichi Fujiwara
Takahisa Ikegami
Yutaka Ito
Masato Katahira
Koichi Kato
Gota Kawai
Takanori Kigawa
Daisuke Kohda
Chojiro Kojima
Ichio Shimada
Kiyonori Takegoshi
Kaori Wakamatsu
Yasuhiko Yamamoto

SEST Council Member

Hiroshi Hirata
Tadaaki Ikoma
Osamu Inanami
Akio Kawai
Yasuhiro Kobori
Kiminori Maeda
Kazuhiro Marumoto
Hiroyuki Mino
Toshikazu Nakamura
Ikuo Nakanishi
Hiroyuki Nojiri
Hitoshi Ohta
Kazunobu Sato
Kunihiko Tajima
Kenichi Yamada

National Advisory Board

Kazuyuki Akasaka
Hideo Akutsu
Isao Ando
Kazunori Anzai
Yosinori Fujiyoshi
Mitiko Go
Itaru Hamachi
Toshiro Inubushi
Masatsune Kainosho
Midori Kamimura
Maki Kawai
Kiyoshi Kita
Masahiro Kitagawa
Susumu Kitagawa
Yuji Kobayashi
Katsumi Kose
Kosuke Morikawa
Yo-ichi Nabeshima
Kyosuke Nagata
Atsushi Nakagawa
Haruki Nakamura
Kazumi Nishijima
Seiji Ogawa
Tairo Oshima
Toshihiko Ozawa
Hazime Saito
Takeji Takui
Keiji Tanaka
Takehiko Terao
Norihiro Tokitoh
Tomitake Tsukihara
Hideo Utsumi
Soichi Wakatsuki
Jun Yamauchi

Organizing Committee

Toshimichi Fujiwara
Tomoyasu Aizawa
Naoki Asakawa
Tetsuo Asakura
Atsushi Asano
Motoko Asano
Makoto Demura
Yutaka Fujii
Yuji Goto
Hideyuki Hara
Aki Hirayama
Masaki Horitani
Yuko Hosokoshi
Fuminori Hyodo
Takahisa Ikeue
Tadaaki Ikoma
Mitsuhiko Ikura
Rieko Ishima
Koichiro Ishimori
Tomohiro Ito
Yuji Kamatari
Katsuichi Kanemoto
Hikomitsu Kikuchi
Naohiro Kobayashi
Kenji Komaguchi
Hiroyuki Koshino
Kazuo Kuwata
Masaki Mishima
Fumiyuki Mitsumori
Toshikazu Miyoshi
Motohiro Mizuno
Michio Murata
Takashi Nagata
Takashi Nakamura
Makoto Negoro
Chiaki Nishimura
Katsuyuki Nishimura
Kaoru Nomura
Shinya Ohki
Toru Sakai
Wataru Sakai
Kazumasa Sakurai
Hajime Sato
Yoshiteru Seo
Aiko Shimada
Masahiro Shirakawa
Ei-ichiro Suzuki
Yu Suzuki
Mika Tada
Kiyonori Takegoshi
Hidekazu Tanaka
Yoshiyuki Tanaka
Masaru Tanokura
Yoshio Teki
Hiroaki Terasawa
Naoya Tochio
Takuya Torizawa
Koichi Ute
Kaori Wakamatsu
Yusuke Wakikawa
Tomoaki Yago
Kazuhiko Yamada
Hideyuki Yamaguchi
Takumi Yamaguchi
Yoshiki Yamaguchi
Yasuhiko Yamamoto
Toshimasa Yamazaki
Hiroshi Yasuda
Koji Yazawa
Shigeyuki Yokoyama
Takuya Yoshida
Hiroaki Yoshimizu

Local Organizing Committee

Hitoshi Ohta (Chair)
Toshimichi Fujiwara
Ikuko Akimoto
Toshiaki Arata
Masato Katahira
Koichi Kato
Chojiro Kojima
Akira Naito
Toshikazu Nakamura

General Affairs Committee

Chojiro Kojima (Chair)
Toshikazu Nakamura (Co-Chair)
Toshiaki Arata
Ko Furukawa
Hidekazu Hiroaki
Takahisa Ikegami
Osamu Inanami
Akio Kawai
Gota Kawai
Ryo Kitahara
Daisuke Kohda
Kiminori Maeda
Kazuhiro Marumoto
Hiroyuki Mino
Yohei Miyanoiri
Tadayasu Ohkubo
Eiji Ohmichi
Kazunobu Sato
Koh Takeuchi
Atsushi Tani
Hidehito Tochio
Hironobu Yasui

Program Committee

Masato Katahira (Chair)
Ikuko Akimoto (Co-Chair)
Toshiaki Arata
Atsushi Asano
Kazuma Gotoh
Hiroshi Hirata
Hidekazu Hiroaki
Kazuhiro Ichikawa
Takahisa Ikegami
Yoshitaka Ishii
Yutaka Ito
Hironori Kaji
Akio Kawai
Izuru Kawamura
Jun Kikuchi
Yasuhiro Kobori
Kazuhiro Marumoto
Yoh Matsuki
Seitaro Mitsudo
Motohiro Mizuno
Norikazu Mizuochi
Miwa Murakami
Akira Naito
Yusuke Nishiyama
Hiroyuki Nojiri
Tomohide Saio
Kazunobu Sato
Yoshiteru Seo
Kazuyuki Takeda
Koh Takeuchi
Shin-ichi Tate
Ken-ichi Yamada
Chihiro Yamanaka

Fund-raising Committee

Koichi Kato (Chair)
Hitoshi Ohta (Co-Chair)
Hiroyuki Hanzawa
Yoshitaka Ishii
Hironori Kaji
Takanori Kigawa
Yasunari Kusaka
Yoshifumi Nishimura
Susumu Okubo
Mitsuhiko Onda
Masanori Osawa
Ichio Shimada
Kenji Sugase
Kunihiko Tajima
Hideo Takahashi
Toshikazu Takahashi
Saeko Yanaka

APNMR Committee

APNMR Committee
Akira Naito (Chair)
Toshimichi Fujiwara
Masato Katahira
Koichi Kato
Chojiro Kojima