Name

Etsuko Miyamoto-Sato

Birthday

December 12th

Affiliations

Associate Professor
Head of Miyamoto-Sato Laboratory
Interactome Medical Sciences
The Institute of Medical Science
The University of Tokyo

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Specialized Field

Molecular biology, biochemistry, evolutionary molecular engineering, genomics, system biology

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Educational Background

April 1995	Yokohama National University Graduate School of Engineering: Doctoral Degree Course Student
April 1995	Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. life Sciences Institute: Visiting Research Fellow (- March, 2000)
June 1997	Carnegie Mellon University Department of Biological Sciences: Visiting Research Fellow (- March, 1999)
March 2000	Yokohama National University Graduate School ofEngineering: Graduate Course Completion

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Employment Record

From April 1991, She studied high functional material in the Institute for Toshiba information and communication for approximately four years. From April 2000, She participated in the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and a genome network project as an associate professor of Keio University (Grad. Sch. Sci. & Tech.; Adv. Res. Cent.) for approximately ten years. In April 2011, She began working as Head of the Division of Interactome Medical Sciences, the Institute of Medical Science, the University of Tokyo.

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Prizes

June 1992	Patent prize for encouragement (Toshiba IT president Prize)
June 2010	SHISEIDO 3rd Woman Researcher Science Grant Prize

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Qualifications

March, 2000	Ph.D. (Doctor of Engineering)
June, 2007	Japan Automobile Federation Country Class A license

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Society Memberships

The Molecular Biology Society of Japan, the Japanese Biochemical Society, the Chemical Society of Japan, a Japanese protein department society, the Society for the Study of the Origin and Evolution of Life (Japan), and Japanese RNA society.

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Hobbies

Driving, squash, classical music, movies, drawing, and reading.