Dr. Hiroki Yokota

Areas of Research: Mechanical Loading of Bone, Treatment of Bone Diseases

Projects:

  • Mechanical Loading of Bone: Mechanical loading can strengthen bone by stimulating bone formation and inhibiting bone degradation not only locally at a loaded site but also globally at non-loaded sites. We are studying the mechanism of local and global effects.
  • Treatment of Bone Diseases: Many bone diseases such as bone metastasis from breast cancer, osteoarthritis, and brittle bone diseases need novel therapeutic strategies. We are interested in developing pharmacological agents using computational biology as well as molecular and cell biology techniques.

Recruitment Needs:

  • Not recruiting for Fall 2015 grad students.