Juntao Yu, Ph.D.

I am a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Yukiko Yamashita’s laboratory at Whitehead Institute and Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). I want to understand the molecular and cellular basis of heritable biological information across cell divisions and generations.

I received my Ph.D. degree from Harvard University under the mentorship of Dr. Danesh Moazed. My Ph.D. thesis uncovered a new mechanism of replisome-mediated parental histone inheritance during DNA replication for epigenetic inheritance of heterochromatin. 

My current research focuses on uncovering novel mechanisms underlying i) the transmission of gene expression patterns across cell divisions and ii) the faithful transmission of genetic information across generations through germ cells. As a scientist, I strongly believe in and am committed to mentoring next-generation scientists by empowering them to contribute to the future of life sciences in the best version of themselves.

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Juntao Yu, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Yamashita Lab

Whitehead Institute, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)

455 Main Street, 

Cambridge, MA 02142

Email: juntao.yu AT wi.mit.edu