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, MA2014-2018 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