Yukiko Yamashita
| Yukiko Yamashita | |
|---|---|
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| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Developmental biology |
| Institutions | University of Michigan |
| Alma mater | Kyoto University, Stanford University |
| Academic advisors | Margaret T. Fuller |
Yukiko Yamashita (born 1971) is an American developmental biologist. She is a faculty member of the University of Michigan Life Sciences Institute and associate professor for the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology at the University of Michigan Medical School.[1] She was appointed an HHMI Investigator in 2013. In November 2013 she received a 5-year appointment as the James Playfair McMurrich Collegiate Professor of the Life Sciences at the University of Michigan Medical School.
She received a Keck Foundation Award in 2012. She is a 2011 MacArthur Fellow[2] and a 2008 Searle Scholar.[3]
Life
She graduated from Kyoto University with a BS and PhD in Biophysics, and was a postdoctoral fellow with Margaret T. Fuller at Stanford University from 2001 to 2006.[4]