The 59th annual meeting of the Biophysical Society of Japan (BSJ) will be organized as an on-line event from Nov. 25th to Nov. 27th, 2021. The progress in biophysics requires a close collaboration of researchers based on the multiple scientific fields. The annual meeting is an invaluable chance where the heterogeneous researchers discuss their latest progress, and hence is the most important event for the members of BSJ. I would like to strongly invite you to participate in the event.
　The 59th annual meeting will be organized by the Executive Committee (EC) composed of the local society members mainly based in Tohoku and Yamagata Universities. We once sought to have the meeting to be held as a face-to-face event, but now judged that we should have the event in the on-line format due to the spread of COVID-19. We would greatly appreciate your understanding on this decision.
　The EC plans to organize the 59th annual meeting to stimulate active discussions and to create a sense of unity among the participants of the event. All General Presentation will be video recorded talks; however, we plan to have the real-time discussion session in the meeting schedule. The invited talks will be given as the real-time on-line talks, which will also be accessible as the on-demand lectures during the annual meeting. We will encourage the use of SNSs so that the participants can interact through multiple media. We also plan to have an on-line meeting banquet to cerebrate awardees of the Early Career Award in Biophysics and to promote the networking among the participants.
　Let us enjoy science and biophysics by attending the 59th annual meeting of the Biophysical Society of Japan!!