Research Director

Atsushi Kaneda

The University of Tokyo
Associate Professor
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Outline

Epigenome plays a central role in regulation of cellular behaviors. Cells undergo a programmed, physiological epigenomic alteration under stress, and we will find out modifiers of this “normal” epigenomic alteration. Or, cells must resist induction of aberrant epigenomic alteration that may cause cancer, and we will also discover such resistant factors. We will clarify epigenomic mechanism of life regulation through identification of these modifiers and resistant factors, and disease risk by their aberration.