Sumio Sugano / Professor / Division of Biosciences Department of Medical Genome Sciences / / Genome Science, Transcriptome Analysis, Medical Genomics http://ssmgs.net/lab/ Career Summary 1978: Bachelor of Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University 1982: Doctor of Medical Science, University of Tokyo 1982: Post doctoral fellow, Department of Virology, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo 1983: Assistant Professor, Department of Virology, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo 1992: Associate Professor, Department of Virology, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo 2000: Associate Professor, Human Genome Center, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo 2004: Professor at Department of Medical Genome Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo Educational Activities Graduate school:Advanced Medical Genomics, Introduction of Medicine and Medical Ethics Research Activities 1978-1990:Tumor Virus and Oncogene (see Literatures 1) and 2) ) 1990-present:Genome Science, Transcriptome Analysis, Medical Genomics ( 3) to 5) ) Literature 1) Sugano, S., Yamaguchi, N. Two classes of transformation-deficient, immortalization-positive simian virus 40 mutants constructed by making three-base insertions in the T antigen gene. J. Virol. 52: 884-891, 1984. 2) Sugano, S., Stoeckle, M. Y., Hanafusa, H. Transformation by Rous sarcoma virus induces a novel gene with homology to a mitogenic platelet protein. Cell 49: 321-328, 1987. 3) Maruyama, K., Sugano, S. Oligo-capping: a simple method to replace the cap structure of eukaryotic mRNAs with oligoribonucleotides. Gene 138: 171-174, 1994. 4) Suzuki, Y., Yoshitomo, K., Maruyama, K., Suyama A., Sugano, S. Construction and characterization of a full length-enriched and a 5�f -end-enriched cDNA library. Gene 200: 149-156, 1997. 5) Ota T et al. Complete sequencing and characterization of 21,243 full-length human cDNAs. Nat Genet. 36:40-45, 2004 Other Activities Council of Human Genome Organization (HUGO) Council of Japan Society of Gene Therapy Member of Japanese Cancer Association Member of The Molecular Biology Society of Japan Member of The Japan Society of Human Genetics Future Plan Currently, the strength of our lab is in the analysis of transcripts, RNAs that are transcribed from genome. I wish to use this strength to characterize and understand human diseases. Messages to Students Japanese speaking and listening abilities can make your social life in Japan much easier. Enjoy Japan, as you enjoy science.