Shuji Shigenobu is a professor of National Institute for Basic Biology (NIBB). His research interests include symbiosis, genomics, evolutionary biology and bioinformatics. He leads the Laboratory of Evolutionary Genomics in Center for the Development of New Model Organisms. He is also responsible for the management of NIBB Core Facilities as a head of Fanctional Genomics Facility, where he promotes collaborative research projects on genomics working with scientists in the world.

Dr. Shigenobu teaches bioinformatics at the Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI). He also organizes Genome Informatics Training Course (GITC) at NIBB. He is an Editorial Board Member of Scientific Reports.