Hui-Chia Yu-Kemp

Hui-Chia Yu-Kemp is a Senior Scientist at Life Edit Therapeutics since April 2021, previously holding the position of Scientist II in Protein Chemistry. Prior experience includes a role as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from March 2017 to April 2021, where research focused on the mechanisms by which epithelial cells alter shape while maintaining tissue integrity, utilizing tissue culture and Drosophila models to explore the uncharacterized role of myosin in actin cytoskeleton organization. Hui-Chia Yu-Kemp earned a Doctor of Philosophy in Cell and Developmental Biology from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, a Bachelor of Science in Life Science from National Taiwan University, and a Master's degree in Structural Biology and Biochemistry from National Yang Ming University.