Sota Yamaguchi
- PhD Postgraduate Student
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Sota Yamaguchi is a PhD Postgraduate Student at the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge.
Qualifications
2025 - MSc in Biology – Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Japan
2023 - BSc in Biology – Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo, Japan
Awards & Fellowships
2025 - Goodhart Fund - Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge, England
2025 - R.O Whyte Fund - Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge, England
2025 - JASSO student exchange support program (graduate scholarship for degree seeking students)
2025 - Watanabe Toshizo international Fellowship 2025 - The Watanabe foundation
2025 - JSPS Research Fellowships for Young Scientists (DC1)
2024 - Young Best Poster award 2024 - The 96th Annual Meeting of the Genetics Society of Japan
Research
Research Group
Genetic and Epigenetic Inheritance in Plants
Research Overview
My research focuses on the somatic evolution of ancient oak trees, particularly on centromeres, which are essential genome regions that ensure faithful chromosome segregation during cell division.