Funato, Kosuke

Kosuke Funato
Assistant Professor
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying the formation and progression of brain tumors
Cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying the formation and progression of brain tumors
Novel genomic tools to advance diagnostics of animal infectious diseases; development of next-generation sequencing approaches that can be incorporated into clinical diagnostic workflows; surveillance of antimicrobial resistance of bacterial and fungal pathogens; pathogen discovery in the context of clinical bacteriology, virology, and mycology.
Regeneration of myelin in the mammalian brain, cellular and molecular mechanisms regulating adult neural stem cells, Multiple Sclerosis, Alzheimer’s Disease
My training is in human exposure assessment to environmental chemicals and environmental epidemiology, with current EPA and NIH/NIOSH-funded forest fire research.
We study undergraduate research experiences and inclusive education for under served groups, including students with disabilities and transfer students.
Structural and mechanistic investigation of the GPI-anchor biosynthesis pathway
Ecology and evolution of infectious disease; pollinator health; host-parasite evolution; apiculture; agroecology
Functional movement and motor control following concussion, the biomechanics of head trauma, and clinical concussion management.
Dr. Strauss takes a cognitive and affective neuroscience approach to examining motivational and hedonic deficits in adults with schizophrenia and youth at clinical high risk for psychosis.