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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.

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Shinya Yamamoto, DVM, PhD

Principal Investigator

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Danqing Bei

Laboratory Technician

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Bei is a Laboratory Technician who supports diverse research activities in the Yamamoto lab. Most recently, she has been co-leading the production of transgenic fly lines by performing microinjections. She also supports transgenic fly generation for our collaborators.

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Ling (Hongling) Pan

Research Technician

Ling is a Research technician who supports diverse research activities in the Yamamoto lab. Most recently, she has been co-leading the production of transgenic fly lines by performing microinjections. She also supports transgenic fly generation for our collaborators.

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Kyla Wilwayco

Student Helper

Kyla works in the lab to support multiple projects related to rare and undiagnosed disease as a part time Student Helper while pursuing a MPH degree from Baylor University

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Yoko Fujita, MD, PhD

Research Assistant

Yoko works in the lab  to support multiple projects related to rare and undiagnosed disease as a part-time Research Assistant while pursuing her studies to apply for fellowships to pursue a career in clinical pathology

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Jasmine Brown

Post-Bac Student,

PREP Program

Jasmine is a postbac student in the PREP Progam who is interested in using flies to diagnose and understand the mechanism of rare genetic disorders.

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Pradnya Bhadane

Lab Manager

(Yamamoto & Wangler Labs)

Pradnya serves as is a lab manager for the Yamamoto lab as well as Dr. Michael F. Wangler's laboratory. The two labs operate jointly and Pradnya coordinates their activity, taking care of a variety of tasks.  

Lab Alumni

Former Postdocs

Sheng-An Yang, PhD

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Sumit Saurab, PhD

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Former PhD Students

Jose L. Salazar, PhD

 

J. Michael Harnish, PhD

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Samantha L. Deal, PhD

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Former Post-Bac Students

Samantha L. Deal, PhD

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Brooke Hull

 

Matthew Lagarde, MD

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Former Undergrad Students

Ashley Phillips, MPH (Rice U)

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David Wang, MD (Rice U)

Subsequent Positions

Staff Scientist, ClinGen Project, BCM

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Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Texas Medical Branch

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Technical Services Scientist, Oxford Nanopore Technologies

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Life Science Consultant, Clearview Heathcare Partners

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Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pennsylvania and HHMI

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PhD Student, Baylor College of Medicine

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PhD Student, Princeton University

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Medical Student, McGovern Medical School at UTHeath

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MPH Student, New York University

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Medical Student, McGovern Medical School at UTHeath

Lab Photos

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2016

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2019 (Fly Meeting @ Dallas)

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2021

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