Kyoko Yokomori

Kyoko Yokomori is a Professor in the Department of Biological Chemistry and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at UCI School of Medicine. Her research focuses on chromatin organization, DNA repair mechanisms, and genome stability.

Key research areas:

• Chromatin dynamics during DNA repair
• Cohesin complex functions
• Epigenetic regulation in disease
• Single-cell genomics approaches

Her recent work utilizes advanced genomic technologies to investigate facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy pathogenesis, chromatin responses to DNA damage, and epigenetic regulation of muscle development. She leads research on nuclear architecture and its implications for genome integrity and disease mechanisms.