Kazuyoshi Ishigaki

Kazuyoshi Ishigaki

Group Leader, Riken Center for Integrative Medical Science

- Education
2014   Ph.D., Allergy and Rheumatology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (Thesis: T-cell receptor diversity in rheumatoid arthritis patients)
2005   M.D., The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

 

- Professional history

2018-2019   Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Divisions of Genetics, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
2014-2018   Postdoctoral Researcher, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama, Japan

 

- Board certification
2012   Board Certified Membership of the Japanese Society of Rheumatology
2008   Board Certified Membership of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine
2008   The Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) Certification
2005   Japan Medical License

 

- When you joined the Raychaudhuri lab

June 2018


- Interests

The etiology of autoimmune diseases especially antigen-specific reactions

 

- Current projects

Genetic influences on T cell receptor

eQTL analysis using single cell RNA-seq data

Trans-ethnic GWAS of rheumatoid arthritis

 

- Past projects

eQTL analysis of immune cells using bulk RNA-seq data

GWAS of diseases in Biobank Japan

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