Yu Sugihara
Team Leader
The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich, UK
yu.sugihara@tsl.ac.uk
Research focus: crop evolution, plant–pathogen interactions, NLR immune receptors.
Education
- 2023 — Ph.D., Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Japan
- 2020 — M.Sc., Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Japan
- 2018 — B.Sc., Department of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Japan
Supervisor: Prof. Ryohei Terauchi
Research Experience
- Team Leader, The Sainsbury Laboratory, UK — Jan. 2025–present
- Postdoctoral Researcher, Iwate Biotechnology Research Center, Japan — Apr. 2024–Nov. 2024
- Postdoctoral Researcher, The Sainsbury Laboratory, UK (Sophien Kamoun group) — Apr. 2023–Mar. 2024
- Intern, The Sainsbury Laboratory, UK (Sophien Kamoun group) — Oct. 2021–Mar. 2023
- Visiting Researcher, Iwate Biotechnology Research Center, Japan — Apr. 2019–Sep. 2021
Awards
- Postdoctoral oral presentation award — The 26th Annual Meeting of Society for Evolutionary Studies, Japan (Aug. 2024)