UC Irvine Medical Scientist Training Program

Tritia Yamasaki

Undergraduate	Yale
Year of Entry into UCI MSTP	2001
Graduation Year	2009
Department	Neurobiology and Behavior
Ph.D Advisor	Frank LaFerla
Thesis	Transgenic model of inducible and targeted neuronal loss: stem cell-mediated improvement of cognition
Postgraduate Training	UC Irvine Med Ctr - Medicine (Preliminary) UCLA Medical Center - Neurology
Last Known Position	UC Irvine Med Ctr - Medicine (Preliminary) UCLA Medical Center - Neurology
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Research Interests	neurodegenerative disease, learning and memory, stem cell therapeutics, neurogenesis

PUBLICATIONS

Sugarman MC, Yamasaki TR, Oddo S, Echegoyen JC, Murphy MP, Golde TE, Jannatipour M, Leissring MA, LaFerla FM, Inclusion body myositis-like phenotype induced by transgenic overexpression of beta APP in skeletal muscle. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2002), Apr 30;99(9):6334-9.
Leissring MA, Yamasaki TR, Wasco W, Buxbaum JD, Parker I, LaFerla FM, Calsenilin reverses presenilin-mediated enhancement of calcium signaling. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2000), Jul 18;97(15):8590-3.