Biography:
Dr. Yokouchi studied Biology at Tohoku University, Japan, then joined the research group of Prof. Obinata at the Research Institute for Tuberculosis and Leprosy, Tohoku University. He received his PhD degree in 1992. After postdoctoral fellowships supervised by Dr Kuroiwa at Nagoya University and supervised by Dr Clifford Tabin at Harvard Medical School, he obtained the position of an Professor at Kumamoto University in 2000. After conducting stem cell research at Fukushima Medical University, currently, he is deepening his research on repairing disease-specific stem cell. He has published more than 30 research articles in Developmental Biology and Stem Cell Biology.
Title : Genome editing for precision medicine: Revolutionizing medicine