- Source: Eunjoon Kim
Eunjoon Kim is a professor of KAIST and director of Center for Synaptic Brain Dysfunctions within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS). His current research focuses on molecular mechanisms underlying autism spectrum disorders and synaptic brain dysfunctions. With over 200 publications to his name, his research has been cited over 29,000 times giving him an h-index of 83. He graduated from Busan National University in 1986, received master's degree at KAIST in 1988, received PhD degree at Michigan State University in 1994, and worked at Harvard Medical School as a postdoctoral fellow during 1995-1996. His current research focuses on molecular organization of neuronal synapses and synapse dysfunction-related psychiatric disorders.
Education
1982. 3 – 1986. 2 B.S., Dept of Pharmacology, Busan National University, Korea
1986. 3 – 1988. 2 M.S., Dept of Biological Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Korea
1991. 9 – 1994. 12 Ph.D., Dept of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Michigan State University
Work
1988. 3 – 1991. 8 Research Associate, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon, Korea
1995. 1 – 1997. 2 Postdoc, Dept of Neurobiology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School.P.I.: Morgan Sheng
1997. 3 – 2000. 2 Assistant Professor, Dept of Pharmacology, Busan National University, Korea
2000. 3 – 2014 Assistant, Associate, & Full Professor, Dept of Biol. Sci., KAIST, Korea
2003. 7 – 2012.5 Director, National Creative Research Initiative Center for Synaptogenesis, Korea
2012. 6 – present Director, Center for Synaptic Brain Dysfunctions, Institute for Basic Science, KAIST, Korea
Awards
2018: Asan Award in Medicine, ASAN Foundation
2014: KAISTian of the Year, KAIST
2013: POSCO TJ Park Prize, POSCO TJ Park Foundation
2012: Life Science Award, Korean Society for Molecular Cell Biology
2012: Inchon Award, The Dong-a Ilbo
2012: Life Science Award, Korean Society for Molecular and Cell Biology
2011: Best Research Award, KAIST
2005: BPS Award, Korean BioPharmacal Society
2004: Young Scientist Award, Korean Academy of Science and Technology
2003: Academic Award, KAIST
1991: Korean Government Overseas Scholarship, Ministry of Education
Selected publications
Kim, Eunjoon; Sheng, Morgan (1 October 2004). "PDZ domain proteins of synapses". Nature Reviews Neuroscience. 5 (10): 771–781. doi:10.1038/nrn1517. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
Doyle, Declan A.; Lee, Alice; Lewis, John; Kim, Eunjoon; Sheng, Morgan; MacKinnon, Roderick (28 June 1996). "Crystal structures of a complexed and peptide-free membrane protein–binding domain: molecular basis of peptide recognition by PDZ". Cell. 85 (7). Elsevier: 1067–1076. doi:10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81307-0.
Kim, Eunjoon; Niethammer, Martin; Rothschild, Adam; Jan, Yuh Nung; Sheng, Morgan (2 November 1995). "Clustering of Shaker-type K+ channels by interaction with a family of membrane-associated guanylate kinases". Nature. 378 (6552). Nature Publishing Group UK: 85–88. doi:10.1038/378085a0. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
Naisbitt, Scott; Kim, Eunjoon; Tu, Jian Cheng; Xiao, Bo; Sala, Carlo; Valtschanoff, Juli; Weinberg, Richard J.; Worley, Paul F.; Sheng, Morgan (1 July 1997). "Shank, a novel family of postsynaptic density proteins that binds to the NMDA receptor/PSD-95/GKAP complex and cortactin" (PDF). Neuron. 23 (3). Elsevier: 569–582. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
Niethammer, Martin; Kim, Eunjoon; Sheng, Morgan (1996). "Interaction between the C terminus of NMDA receptor subunits and multiple members of the PSD-95 family of membrane-associated guanylate kinases". Journal of Neuroscience. 16 (7). Society for Neuroscience: 2157–2163. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.16-07-02157.1996. PMC 6578538. PMID 8601796.
See also
Morgan Sheng
Roderick MacKinnon
Yuh Nung Jan
References
External links
Synaptic Brain Dysfunctions Lab
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Eunjoon Kim
- Morgan Sheng
- Asian Science Camp
- Inchon Award
- POSCO TJ Park Prize
- Young Scientist Award
- Asan Award in Medicine
- List of IBS Centers
