Name

Etsuko Miyamoto-Sato,Ph.D

Birthday

December 12th

Affiliations

Founder & Chief Executive Officer
FuturedMe Inc.

Professor
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Division of Molecular Biology
Department of Medicinal and Life Sciences
Tokyo University of Science

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Specialized Field

Chemical biology, interactome medical science, 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. After working on the JST-START Miyamoto Project at Tokyo University of Science from October 2014, in June 2018, established FuturedMe Co., Ltd. based on CANDDY technology, a new drug discovery modality, concurrently serving as a professor and director. In June 2021, she won the 2021 Women's Challenge Award (Cabinet Office Gender Equality Conference, Female Entrepreneur Award), and on April 1, 2022, she was appointed CEO. She is also a visiting professor at the Tokyo University of Science (Faculty of Pharmacy)..

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Prizes

June 1992	Patent prize for encouragement (Toshiba IT president Prize)
June 2010	SHISEIDO 3rd Woman Researcher Science Grant Prize
May 2014	Acadimic prize for encouragement (Tokyo University of Science Alumni Association)
June 2021	2021 Women's Challenge Award (Cabinet Office Gender Equality Conference, Female Entrepreneur Award)

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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 the Society of Japanese Women Scientists.

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Hobbies

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