| Name | Shiro Suetsugu |
| Birth Date | 1974.7 |
| Education | B. Sc: March 1997, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, School of Sciences, The University of Tokyo. M. Sc.: Cell Biology, March 1999, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Graduate school of Sciences, The University of Tokyo. Ph.D.: Cell Biology, March 2002, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Graduate school of Sciences, The University of Tokyo. |
| PhD Thesis | Regulation of actin polymerization for cytoskeleton formation through Arp2/3 complex and WASP family proteins |
| Working Experiences | 1999-2002: JSPS Research Fellowships for Young Scientists (DC1) 2002-2006: Research associate (Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo) Prof Takenawa lab 2006-2010: JST researcher of PRESTO program 2007-2009: Assistant Professor (“Lecturer”), Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, The University of Tokyo. 2009-2014 : Associate Professor, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, The University of Tokyo. 2014- :Professor, Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology |
| Awards | 2011 FEBS Letters Young Group Leader Awardー＞Interview for FEBS letters 2012 The Young Scientists’ Prize, The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology 2013 Young Investigator Award, the Japanese Biochemical Society 2015 Kazato Prize, The Kazato Research Foundation (Chairman: Nobutaka Hirokawa) |