In cooperation, the Society for Mathematical Biology and the Japanese Association for Mathematical Biology have established the Okubo Prize, in memory of Akira Okubo, the late professor of the State University of New York, who passed away in February, 1996. (See detailed announcement in this issue.) The JAMB elected Dr. Yoh Iwasa, Dr. Masayasu Mimura, and Dr. Nanako Shigesada as members of the Awards Committee.

I hope that this joint project will help to promote the close relationship between the two societies. In order to facilitate the contact and the collaboration between members of our two societies, I provide the list of current board members and their e-mail addresses.

Awards Committee of the Okubo Prize

Dr. Yoh Iwasa Department of Biology, Kyushu University, Fukuoka	1998-2001
Dr. Masayasu Mimura Department of Mathematics, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima
Dr. Nanako Shigesada Department of Information and Computer Sciences, Nara Women's University, Nara	1998-1999

Secretariat

Dr. Toshiyuki Namba Department of Natural Science, Osaka Women's University, Sakai	Secretary-General, 1996-1998
Dr. Hideo Ezoe Department of Natural Science, Osaka Women's University, Sakai	Treasurer, 1996-1998
Dr. Yasuhiro Takeuchi Department of Systems Engineering, Shizuoka University, Hamamatsu	Secretary-General-elect , 1998-2000

Publication Committee

Dr. Yasuhiro Takeuchi Department of Systems Engineering, Shizuoka University, Hamamatsu	Chair, 1997-1999
Dr. Ichiro Aoki Department of Systems Engineering, Shizuoka University, Hamamatsu	1997-1999
Dr. Jin Yoshimura Department of Systems Engineering, Shizuoka University, Hamamatsu	1997-1999
Dr. Kazunori Sato Department of Systems Engineering, Shizuoka University, Hamamatsu	1997-1999
Dr. Rinko Miyazaki Department of Systems Engineering, Shizuoka University, Hamamatsu	1998-1999