Dr Yoo Koung (Y.K.) Ko

University position

Research Associate

Departments

Department of Medical Genetics

Institutes

Alzheimer’s Research UK Cambridge Drug Discovery Institute and Cambridge Institute for Medical Research (CIMR)

Email

ykk22@medschl.cam.ac.uk

Home page

https://cambridge-ddi.alzheimersresearchuk.org/

Research Theme

Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

The Cambridge Neuroscience Community

Interests

I am a molecular neuroscientist interested in elucidating molecular and cellular mechanisms behind disorders of brains and translating this understanding to novel therapies. My current research focuses on finding drugs that are beneficial to the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Hungtington's diseases.

Research Focus

Keywords

Proteostasis

Drug Discovery

Autophagy

Dementia

Clinical conditions

Alzheimer's disease

Dementia

Huntington's disease

Parkinson's disease

Equipment

Cell culture

Cellular Thermal Shift Assay

Flow Cytometry

Gene knockdown

Microscopy

Western blot

Collaborators

No collaborators listed