Prof. Shigehiko Yumura is a Professor at the Graduate School of Sciences and Technology for Innovation, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan. He obtained a Doctor of Science at Osaka University in 1985. His research themes are the molecular mechanism of cell movement, the molecular mechanism of cytokinesis, and the molecular mechanism of chemotactic movement. He mainly studies how cytoskeletal proteins and molecular motors drive cell movement. Recently, he has started conducting experiments on wound repair in the cell membrane.