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
Rei Yasuda, MD, PhD
Visiting Scientist
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
Samantha L. Deal
PhD Candidate
Developmental Biology Program
Samantha is a graduate student in the Program in Developmental Biology who studies the function of novel genes she identified as novel regulators of dopamine signaling. She was also one of the leaders of our large autism research project
Shelley B. Gibson
PhD Candidate
Genetics & Genomics Program
Shelley is a student in the Genetics & Genomics Graduate Program who is exploring the function of a developmental signaling pathway in regulating dopamine levels in the brain and its impact on behavior
Harim Delgado-Seo
PhD Student
Neuroscience Program
Harim is a student in the Neuroscience Graduate Program who is interested in using flies to study genetic factors that modulate drug addiction and abuse
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
Bei is a research technician who supports diverse research activities in the Yamamoto lab. Most recently, she has been leading the production of transgenic fly lines by performing microinjections
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
Sumit Saurab, PhD
Former PhD Students
Jose L. Salazar, PhD
J. Michael Harnish, PhD
Former Post-Bac Students
Samantha L. Deal
Brooke Hull
Matthew Lagarde, MD
Former Undergrad Students
Ashley Phillips (Rice U)
David Wang, MD (Rice U)
Subsequent Positions
Staff Scientist, ClinGen Project, BCM
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Texas Medical Branch
Technical Services Scientist, Oxford Nanopore Technologies
Life Science Consultant, Clearview Heathcare Partners
PhD Student, Baylor College of Medicine
PhD Student, Princeton University
Medical Student, McGovern Medical School at UTHeath
MPH Student, New York University
Medical Student, McGovern Medical School at UTHeath
Lab Photos
2016
2019 (Fly Meeting @ Dallas)
