2023 Fellows
LIFE SCIENCE
- 2023 fellow lists
Peng Du, Ph.D.
Peking University, China
Research areas: RNA biology; Stem cells; Embryo development; Cancer
Citation: The AYSF Committee acknowledges his breakthrough contribution in elucidating the relationship between spliceosomal repression and stem cell fate and would like to support his exploration in the direction of generating totipotent cells that can generate both embryonic and extra-embryonic tissues.
Daishi Fujita, Ph.D.
Kyoto University , Japan
Research areas: Material science; Molecular self-assembly; Protein engineering; Structural biology
Citation: The AYSF Committee acknowledges his pioneer works in autonomous assembly of artificial structures with multiple molecular subunits and would like to support his exploration in applying this method to trap the transiently interacting proteins or their active form for structural analysis.
Takaaki Yasuhara, Ph.D.
Kyoto University, Japan
Research areas: Genomic instability, Gene Fusion; DNA repair; Transcription; Nucleolar condensate; Cancer
Citation: The AYSF Committee acknowledges his fundamental contribution in elucidating biochemical mechanisms driving chromosomal translocations and would like to support his exploration in defining how, when and where in the cell cycle, the first events of chromosomal translocations happen.
Ho Ko, Ph.D.
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
Research areas: Translational neuroscience; Systems neuroscience; Imaging methods and tools
Citation: The AYSF Committee acknowledges his pioneer works on uncovering the fundamental rules governing the functional organization of synaptic connections and would like to support his exploration in targeting a brainstem-hypothalamus neural circuit to extend health-span.