Education
2015 Ph.D. Graduate School of Bioscience, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan.
2012 M.S. Graduate School of Bioscience, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan.
2010 B.S. Department of Bioscience, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan.
Research Experience
2024-present, Assistant professor (PI) at School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University
2022-2024, Research associate at Cornell University
Mentor: Scott D. Emr, Ph.D.
Project focus: Defining the role of ER-endosome contact sites in endosomal sorting
2015-2022, Postdoctoral fellow at Cornell University
Mentor: Scott D. Emr, Ph.D.
Project focus: Molecular mechanism of endosomal sorting
2012-2015, Doctoral thesis research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan.
Mentor: Yoshinori Ohsumi, Ph.D.
Thesis: Defining the principle of autophagy induction
2010-2012, Master thesis research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan.
Mentor: Yoshinori Ohsumi, Ph.D.
Thesis: Analysis of autophagosome formation
2006-2010, Doctoral thesis research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan.
Mentor: Yoshinori Ohsumi, Ph.D.
Thesis: Analysis of the physiological role of starvation-induced autophagy
Conference and Seminar Presentation
Suzuki SW. The role of lipid transfer proteins in ESCRT-mediated sorting. The endoplasmic reticulum: The master regulator of membrane trafficking, EMBO Workshop, Lucca, Italy, October 2022. (Selected as a talk).
Suzuki SW. The role of lipid transfer proteins in ESCRT-mediated sorting. Lysosomes and Endocytosis, Gordon Research Conference, October 2022. (Selected as a talk).
Suzuki SW. Endosomal membrane dynamics: coat proteins and lipid transfer proteins. Keck Biomembrane Retreat, Ithaca, NY, June 2022. (Selected as a talk).
Suzuki SW. Endosomal membrane dynamics: coat proteins and lipid transfer proteins. Zoom mini-symposium at Max Perutz lab, Online, March 2022. (Invited seminar)
Suzuki SW. Endosomal membrane dynamics: coat proteins and lipid transfer proteins. Zoom mini-symposium on “Lipid and Membrane Biology” at ETH Zurich, Online, January 2022. (Invited seminar).
Suzuki SW. Discovery of a novel endosomal recycling pathway. Research Seminar at Nanyang Technological University, Online, January 2022. (Invited seminar).
Suzuki SW. Molecular basis of endolysosomal membrane dynamics. Cell Biology Center Colloquium at Tokyo Institute of Technology., Online, August 2021. (Invited seminar).
Suzuki SW. Molecular basis of endolysosomal membrane dynamics. Colloquium at the University of Tokyo., Online, August 2021. (Invited seminar).
Suzuki SW. A PX-BAR protein Mvp1/SNX8 and a dynamin-like GTPase Vps1 drive endosomal recycling. Online Molecular Membrane Biology Meeting 2021., Online, July 2021. (Talk)
Suzuki SW and Emr SD. Identification a novel vesicle trafficking pathway driven by BAR domain-containing proteins and dynamin-like GTPase. The 73rd Annual Meeting of the Japan Society for Cell Biology., Online, June 2021. (Talk).
Suzuki SW, and Emr SD. Retromer- and Snx4- independent endosomal recycling in yeast. CELL BIO virtual 2020., Online, December, 2020. (Poster)
Suzuki SW, Chuang YS, Li M, Seaman MNJ, and Emr SD.A bipartite sorting signal ensures specificity of retromer complex in membrane protein recycling. Keck Retreat, Ithaca, NY, June, 2019. (Poster).
Suzuki SW, and Emr SD. Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology Retreat, Geneva, NY, Auguest, 2018. (Poster)
Suzuki SW, Yamamoto H, Fujioka Y, Inagaki F, Nobuo NN, and Ohsumi Y. Analysis of molecular mechanism of autophagy initiation. The 15th IUBMB-24th FAOBMB-TSBMB International Conference., Taiwan, October, 2014. (Poster)
Suzuki SW, Fujioka Y, Yamamoto H, Noda NN, and Ohsumi Y. Analysis of Molecular Mechanism of Autophagy Induction. The 66th annual meeting of the Japan society for cell biology., Japan, June, 2014. (Talk)
Suzuki SW, Characterization of Atg13. Research seminar for autophagy., Japan, April, 2012. (Talk)
Suzuki SW, and Ohsumi Y. Starvation induced cell death in autophagy-defective yeast mutants is caused by mitochondria dysfunction. The 34th annual meeting of the molecular biology society of Japan., Japan, December, 2011. (Invited Talk)
Suzuki SW, and Ohsumi Y. Starvation induced cell death in autophagy-defective yeast mutants is caused by mitochondria dysfunction. Cold spring harbor laboratory meeting for yeast cell biology., NY, August, 2011. (Poster)
Suzuki SW, Starvation induced cell death in autophagy-defective yeast mutants is caused by mitochondria dysfunction. The 6th society for Autophagy., Japan, January, 2011. (Talk)
Suzuki SW and Ohsumi Y. Mitochondria maintenance via autophagy is crucial for cell survival during starvation conditions. The 62th annual meeting of the Japan society for cell biology., Japan, October, 2010. (Poster)
Fellowships and Awards
2024 NRF fellowship
2021 The best Young Investigator Award from the Japan Society for Cell Biology
2019-2020 Postdoctoral Fellowship for the Osamu Hayaishi Memorial Scholarship for Study Abroad
2017-2019 JSPS Fellowship for Research Abroad
2015 AKAIKE journal awards
2015-2018 JSPS Fellowship (SPD)
2012-2015 JSPS Fellowship (DC1)
2008 Gold awards at iGEM 2008
Competitive Research Funding
2024-2029: NRF fellowship [SGD 3,129,100 for 5 years]
2015-2018: Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows (SPD) [11,700,000 yen for 3 years]
2012-2015: Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows (DC1) [3,000,000 yen for 3 years]