Yongku Cho

Associate Professor

Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

Dr. Cho’s research group aims to develop technologies to control and observe biological processes, with the ultimate goal of understanding the function of proteins in complex neural circuits and identifying the root cause of brain disorders. His research group is particularly interested in engineering light-activated proteins to develop optogenetic tools, and engineering specific binding proteins to detect protein localization and function. Currently, the group is working on the following areas:

• Microtubule-associated protein tau
• RNA-binding proteins
• Antibody engineering and validationz