菅研究室｜メンバー紹介

博士3年

City/country of origin: Minneapolis, MN, USA
Hobbies: Playing board/card/video games, coffee, learning Japanese, and sleeping
Places You Like: Anywhere with good coffee and mild weather
Where for a big vacation: Australia, New Zealand, or Scotland
What are your strong points?: Hype man, good listener, and faking it till I make it
Music: what is some intense music for intense lab work?: Early 2000s US pop but NIGHTCORE
What are people in the lab doing?: Pipetting
What was surprising about the suga lab: How much everyone genuinely cares about each other!
Original motivation towards science?: To find unique solutions to difficult problems
A few words for future lab mates: Try to keep a consistent work schedule
Science is…….: Fun but really difficult

2016-2020: B.A. in Chemistry, Biology, and Integrated Science, Northwestern University
2021-2023: M.Sc. in Chemistry, The University of Tokyo
2023-2026: Ph.D. in Chemistry, The University of Tokyo

"De Novo Discovery of α,α-Disubstituted α-amino Acid-Containing α-helical Peptides as Competitive PPARγ PPI Inhibitors.": M. Sigal; M. Egner; C. Okada; D. Merk; T. Sengoku; T. Katoh; H. Suga; Journal of the American Chemical Society, 147, 42607-42617 (2025)
"Engineering tRNAs for the Ribosomal Translation of Non-proteinogenic Monomers.": M. Sigal; S. Matsumoto; A. Beattie; T. Katoh; H. Suga; Chem Rev, 124, 6444-6500 (2024)