Yasuo Yoshikuni
Biologist Staff Scientist
Divisions
- Science Programs
Secondary Affiliations:
Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology
- Molecular EcoSystems Biology
Biological Systems and Engineering
- BioEngineering & BioMedical Sciences
- Biodesign
Recent Publications
Related News
Biosciences FY25 LDRD Projects
The projects of 23 Biosciences Area scientists and engineers received funding through the FY25 Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) program.
An Enzyme Family that Helped Shape Nitrogen Metabolism on Our Planet
Researchers looked across many organisms to see that aminotransferase enzymes have evolved mix-and-match characteristics — creating many different ways of processing nitrogen.
Biosciences Researchers Launching Biopreparedness Projects
Two scientists in the Area, Greg Hura and Vivek Mutalik, are heading up research projects that are part of the Department of Energy's Biopreparedness Research Virtual Environment (BRaVE) initiative. Yasuo Yoshikuni, a scientist at the Joint Genome Institute, is part of a third project that is being led by Brookhaven National Laboratory. These projects will leverage bioimaging expertise to develop better therapies and vaccines for viruses, develop a high-throughput platform to rapidly design countermeasures to drug-resistant pathogens, and unlock the molecular basis of plant-pathogen interactions to create resilient bioenergy crops.
