Yamamoto Lab@BCM

Current Members
The Team
Diverse members of the Yamamoto Lab work together in a highly collaborative environment. If you are interested in joining our team, please contact the PI.

Jung-Wan Mok, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Jung-Wan obtained his PhD from KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) and joined our group to study the function of genes and variants identified in rare and undiagnosed diseases patients and to pursue mechanistic studies.

Mikiko Oka, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Mikiko obtained her PhD from Tokyo Metropolitan University and joined our group to study the function of a novel Alzheimer's disease (AD) risk gene, TM2D3, its function in the adult nervous system, and its relationship to other AD causing genes.

Kaz (Hirokazu) Hashimoto, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Kaz obtained his PhD from the National Institute for Physiological Sciences in Japan and joined our group to study the neuronal function of SATB2, which causes SATB2-associated syndrome in children. He also leads several projects related to the Undiagnosed Diseases Network and Alzheimer's disease related projects.

Rei Yasuda, MD, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Rei obtained his MD and PhD from Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine and joined our group to identify novel genes that cause adult-onset neurodegenerative disorders or stroke by combining next-generation sequencing and functional studies in flies.

Shelley B. Gibson
PhD Candidate,
Genetics & Genomics Program
Shelley is a PhD student in the Genetics & Genomics Graduate Program who is exploring the function of a developmental signaling pathway in regulating dopamine levels. She is also actively studying a novel syndromic disorder in collaboration with the Undiagnosed Diseases Network related to this pathway.

Harim Delgado-Seo
PhD Candidate,
Neuroscience Program
Harim is a PhD Candidate in the Neuroscience Graduate Program who is interested in using flies to study the precise molecular functions of a novel epigenetic modification in the contexts of innate and addictive behavior.

Haley A. Dostalik
PhD Candidate,
Genetics & Genomics
and CTR-CAQ Programs
Haley is a PhD candidate in the Genetics & Graduate Graduate Program and CTR-CAQ Program who is interested in using flies to diagnose, understand, and treat rare genetic disorders.

Mei-Chu Huang, MS
Research Assistant
Mei-Chu is a staff scientist who manages a large scale resource generation project that aims to create transgenic fly lines that allow expression of human protein coding genes.

Danqing Bei
Laboratory Technician