S. T. grew up in Kyoto, Japan.
His parents gave him an elementary microscope when he was 10 years old.
Since then, he has tried to pick up surprises and beauties in the microscopic world which we cannot experience in our daily life.
He learned basic and applied microbiology at Osaka University,
was taught evolutionary biotechnology by Dr. Tetsuya Yomo,
complex systems biology by Dr. Kunihiko Kaneko,
biotechnology in systems biology by Dr. Mark Isalan,
microfabrication by Dr. Hiroaki Suzuki.
Ph.D. Osaka University (Dec 2009, short-term completion)
Specially Appointed Assistant Professor (特任助教) at Osaka University (2010-2012)
Assistant Professor (助教) at Osaka University (2012-2017)
Specially Appointed Assistant Professor (特任助教) at the University of Tokyo (2017-)
He belongs to
the Society of Evolutionary Studies, Japan (SESJ, 日本進化学会),
the Biophysics Society of Japan (BSJ, 日本生物物理学会, H28年度分野別専門委員, ゲノム解析).
He received
Young Scientist Initiative Award from SESJ (2025).
External funding:
KAKENHI, Grant-in-Aid for Encouragement of Young Scientists (B), 科研費・若手B
"変動環境に適応する大腸菌の一細胞レベルの解析"
2012-04-01 – 2014-03-31
as Principal Investigator
KAKENHI, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), 科研費・基盤C
"実験室耐熱進化系を用いた新規相互作用の出現・消失機構の解明"
2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
as Co-investigator of Dr. Toshihiko Kishimoto
KAKENHI, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), 科研費・基盤A
"生物の進化速度の環境適応性に基づく大規模複雑情報ネットワークの設計制御手法"
2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
as Co-investigator of Dr. Masayuki Murata
KAKENHI, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), 科研費・基盤B
"変異に対して頑強なゲノムの進化的構築"
2015-07-10 – 2018-03-31
as Principal Investigator
KAKENHI, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas (Research in a proposed research area), 科研費・新学術領域
"進化の制約と方向性 ~微生物から多細胞生物までを貫く表現型進化原理の解明~"
2017-07-10 – 2022-03-31
as Co-investigator of Dr. Chikara Furusawa
KAKENHI, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), 科研費・基盤B
"遺伝子発現の環境応答量は発現量ゆらぎを用いて予想できるか?"
2018-04-01 – 2022-03-31
as Principal Investigator
KAKENHI, Challenging Research (Exploratory), 科研費・挑戦的研究(萌芽)
"発現量の進化しやすさを調節する非コーディング領域の探索"
2024-04-01 – 2026-03-31
as Principal Investigator
He was a faculty adviser of team OSAKA at igem2012.