Colored glass windows at Kamo River Cafe in Kyoto

People

Members of the Tamori Lab at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Current Lab Members

Yoichiro Tamori

Principal Investigator · Assistant Professor

Yoichiro Tamori

Ph.D.

University profile

Academic path

  • Assistant Professor, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
  • Associate Professor, Kyoto University
  • Lecturer, Hokkaido University
  • Assistant Professor, National Institute of Genetics
  • Postdoctoral research, Dartmouth College and Florida State University
  • Ph.D., Hokkaido University

Teaching at UL Lafayette

  • BIOL 434 · Histology
  • BIOL 457 · Advanced Cell Biology
  • BIOL 458 · Advanced Cell Biology Lab
  • BIOL 595 · Genetic Model Systems for Biomedical Research
Josna Mary Pious working in the Tamori Lab

Josna Mary Pious

Ph.D. Student

I am a graduate student in Environmental and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, working in the Tamori Lab. My interest in biology began with how organisms interact, adapt, and coexist. I now explore similar questions at the cellular level: how do tumor cells adapt to their surroundings, interact with neighboring cells, and coordinate their behavior during invasion? Using the fruit fly wing imaginal disc—a larval tissue that develops into the adult wing and nearby body structures—I study how differences among tumor cells and changes in their metabolism may help invasive tumors form and persist.

Research themeCellular cooperation in tumor invasion

Jafar Malahmeh

Master’s Student

Research themeTumor-associated tracheogenesis

Kyle Cormiere

Master’s Student

Research themeStress resilience of polyploid cells

Tasnima Hossain Supty

Lab Technician

Research theme

Grace Johanson

Grace Johanson

Undergraduate Student

I am an undergraduate Biology major with a concentration in Medical and Allied Health Sciences. I joined the Tamori Lab in 2025, where I use Drosophila as a model to study cancer biology, with a particular interest in polyploid cells in retinal and intestinal tissues. Through my research, I am interested in understanding the cellular and molecular drivers involved in cancer development and progression. After graduating in 2027, I plan to attend medical school and pursue a career in medicine while continuing to do research within the specialty I choose. My academic and research interests include medicine, cell and molecular biology, biochemistry, and cancer biology.

Research themePolyploid cells in retinal and intestinal tissues

Bailey Collier

Undergraduate Student

Research theme

Affiliated Researcher

Sheng “Roy” Deng

Ph.D. Student · Kyoto University

Intratumor heterogeneity in tumor invasion

Alumni

Part of our story

Former members from the Tamori Lab in Japan and Louisiana.

Ph.D. Students

  • Rei Kobayashi

Master’s Students

  • Jannatul Mawah
  • Jyunki Ikeguchi
  • Shingo Nara
  • Kenta Morimoto

Undergraduate Students

  • Logan Beebe
  • Caleb Hebert
  • Masanari Otobe
  • Sawako Hayami
  • Hiroaki Takishima
  • Misaki Okawa

Research Students

  • Yuqing Wang

Lab Technicians

  • Ryunosuke Furukawa
  • Hina Nakamura
  • Asuka Ishii