Kyoko Yokomori
We study the mechanism and function of heterochromatin dynamics in human cells using muscular dystrophy FSHD and DNA damage response […]
We study the mechanism and function of heterochromatin dynamics in human cells using muscular dystrophy FSHD and DNA damage response […]
The Weiss Lab invents new technologies to dissect how life’s molecules work and then work to control, improve, and fix
The lab uses modern molecular and genetic approaches in Drosophila to study the regulation of proteoglycan synthesis and related questions
Translational human immunology, adaptive immunity, organoids, vaccines and infectious diseases
Sensing mechanisms of the cellular microenvironment, ion channel physiology and pharmacology, development of new biosensors
Infectious Disease and Bacterial Pathogenesis Research on the intracellular bacterium Chlamydia: focus on gene regulation, host-pathogen interactions
We are studying the obligate intracellular bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis, which causes wide-spread STI, with focus on its developmental cycle and
Bacterial pathogenesis, host-microbe interactions, antimicrobials, and biofilm development