Yasuhiko Kawakami
Yasuhiko Kawakami, PhD
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Yasuhiko Kawakami, PhD

Yasuhiko Kawakami
Professor, Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development
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Professor, Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development

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321 Church St. SE
6-160 Jackson Hall
Minneapolis, MN. 55455

515 Delaware St. SE
5-245G Moos Tower
Minneapolis, MN. 55455

About

We study the mechanisms that regulate development of the limb and trunk axial skeleton using mouse and zebrafish models, which could contribute to understanding mechanisms underlying human congenital malformations. In collaboration with physicians/physician scientists, we also study how the mis-regulation of select developmental programs causes human tumors using comparative analyses between mouse models and human patient samples. Finally, we investigate how developmental programs are regulated during regeneration of the fin and heart in zebrafish models.