Yumiko Taguchi

Research Interests: My thesis work is focused on the relationship between Gaucher disease, a lysosomal storage disease, and Parkinson's disease, a progressive neurodegenerative disease. The two diseases share known genetic risk factors, but the molecular links between Gaucher and Parkinson's disease are still not well understood.

Hometown: Tempe, Arizona, USA

Hobbies: Outside of science, I enjoy hiking up East Rock, playing flute, and sampling the New Haven cuisine.