Dr Kayo Ono (Yamada) (The Howard Elder Prize for Cancer Research 2014)

Research associate

Background

I am a dedicated molecular biologist with expertise in molecular biology, developmental biology, cell cycle regulation, tumor suppressor mechanisms, using state of art technique like mass spectrometry and fluorescent microscopy. I found a novel key component of cell cycle regulation which block/suppress ubiquitination in p53 pathway in cancer cell lines with Prof. Angus I Lamond in GRE, University of Dundee and awarded The Howard Elder Prize (2014). I moved to further ubiquitination study with Prof. Mark Field in Drug Discovery Unit to reveal the ubiquitination and drug intaking mechanisms in Trypanosome from 2017. Currently, I am a part of the Yanick Crow Group at the MRC Human Genetics Unit, University of Edinburgh, where I focus on studying Interferonopathy. With a strong academic background and extensive research experience, I have made significant contributions to the field of molecular biology and have collaborated with esteemed researchers and professors throughout my career.

Qualifications

Doctor of Science, Lifescience, 2007 Kitasato University - Japan

Master of Science, Lifescience, 2004 Kitasato University - Japan

Bachelor of Science, Bioscience, 2002 Kitasato University - Japan

Teaching certificate of secondary school in Japan, Biology and basic science, 2002 Kitasato University - Japan

Current research interests

Interferonopathy

Past research interests

Ubiquitination and drug up-taking mechanisms in Trypanosome brucei Cell cycle regulation and tumour suppressors snoRNA evolution and gene regulation vector development

Affiliated research centres