| Hiromichi Suzuki | Kyoto University |
| Hiroko Tanaka | Human Genome Center, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo |
| Satoru Miyano | Human Genome Center, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo |
| Seishi Ogawa | Kyoto University, Japan Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Biology (WPI-ASHBi), Center for Hematology and Regenerative Medicine, Karolinska Institute |