Kim Kyu-won

Kim Kyu-won
Born	1952 (age 63–64) Daegu, South Korea
Residence	Seoul, South Korea
Nationality	South Korean
Fields	Bioscience
Institutions	Seoul National University
Alma mater	University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, United States
Doctoral advisor	Robert J. Roon
Known for	Angiogenesis Vascular Biology, Blood-Brain Barrier
Notable awards	Distinguished Science Award of the Month, Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (2003) The Highest Award for Korea Science, the President of Korea (2003) The Role Model Scientists, Korea Science Foundation (2005) Ho-Am Prize in medicine, Ho-Am Foundation (2005) Chungsan Award, Korean Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (2012)

Kim Kyu-won
Hangul	김규원
Revised Romanization	Gim Gyu-won
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Kyuwŏn

Kim Kyu-won is a South Korean biologist.

Education

Kim graduated from Seoul National University in 1976, and the Masters programme at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology in 1978, before going on to study a Ph.D. in Biochemistry at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, United States, concluding in 1985.

Work

Kim's post-doctorate career began as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Cancer Genetics, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School between 1985 and 1987.

• Academic Appointment^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]}
  • Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor, Department of Molecular Biology, Pusan National University, Korea (1987 - 2000)
  • Director, Research Institute of Genetic Engineering, Pusan National University, Korea (1994 - 1998)
  • Professor, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Korea (2000)
  • President, The Korean Society for Vascular Biology (2001 - 2003)
  • Full member, The Korean Academy of Science and Technology (2001)
  • Vice-chairman, The Korean Cancer Association (2011 - 2012)

Technical reports and conference/event proceedings

• 8th Cerebral Vascular Biology International Conference, Invited lecturer, Japan (2008)
• 12th International Symposium Signaling at Blood Brain and Blood Retinal Barrier, Invited lecturer, United Kingdom (2009)
• The Second Pacific Symposium on Vascular Biology, Invited speaker, South Korea (2011)
• 70th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Cancer Association (JCA2011), Chairman/ Organizer, Japan (2011)
• The XXVth International Symposium on Cerebral Blood Flow, Metabolism, and Function, Invited lecturer, Spain (2011)
• Seoul Brain Barrier Symposium, Organizer, South Korea (2012)

References

1. Myoung Sook Kim; Ho Jeong Kwon; You Mie Lee; Jin Hyen Baek; Jae-Eun Jang; Sae-Won Lee; Eun-Joung Moon; Hae-Sun Kim; Seok-Ki Lee; Hae Young Chung; Chul Woo Kim; Kyu-Won Kim (2001). "Histone deacetylases induce angiogenesis by negative regulation of tumor suppressor genes". Nature Medicine. 7 (3): 437–443. doi:10.1038/86507.
2. Joo-Won Jeong; Moon-Kyoung Bae; Mee-Young Ahn; Se-Hee Kim; Tae-Kwon Sohn; Myung-Ho Bae; Mi-Ae Yoo; Eun Joo Song; Kong-Joo Lee; Kyu-Won Kim (2002). "Regulation and destabilization of HIF-1alpha by ARD1-mediated acetylation". Cell. 111: 709–720. doi:10.1016/S0092-8674(02)01085-1. PMID 12464182.
3. Sae-Won Lee; Woo Jean Kim; Yoon Kyung Choi; Hyun Seok Song; Myung Jin Son; Irwin H. Gelman; Yung-Jin Kim; Kyu-Won Kim (2003). "SSeCKS regulates angiogenesis and tight junction formation in blood-brain barrier". Nature Medicine. 9: 900–906. doi:10.1038/nm889.
4. Yoon Kyung Choi; Jeong Hun Kim; Woo Jean Kim; Hae Young Lee; Jeong Ae Park; Sae-Won Lee; Dae-Kwan Yoon; Hyun Ho Kim; Hum Chung; Young Suk Yu; Kyu-Won Kim (2007). "AKAP12 regulates human blood-retinal barrier formation by downregulation of HIF-1a". Journal of Neuroscience. 27: 4472–4481. doi:10.1523/jneurosci.5368-06.2007.
5. Hyo-Jong Lee; Bum Ju Ahn; Min Wook Shin; Joo-Won Jeong; Jeong Hun Kim; Kyu-Won Kim (2009). "Ninjurin1 mediates macrophage-induced programmed cell death during early ocular development". Cell Death and Differentiation. 16 (10): 1395–407. doi:10.1038/cdd.2009.78.
6. Mi-Ni Lee; Shi-Nai Lee; Se-Hee Kim; Bora Kim; Bo-Kyung Jung; Ji Hae Seo; Ji-Hyeon Park; Jae-Hoon Choi; Sun Hee Yim; Mi-Ran Lee; Jong-Gil Park; Ji-Young Yoo; Jeong Hun Kim; Seung-Taek Lee; Hwan-Mook Kim; Sandra Ryeom; Kyu-Won Kim; Goo Taeg Oh (2010). "Roles of arrest-defective protein 1(225) and hypoxia-inducible factor 1 alpha in tumor growth and metastasis". J Natl Cancer Inst. 102: 426–442.
7. Hoetzenecker W, Echtenacher B, Guenova E, Hoetzenecker K, Woelbing F, Brück J, Teske A, Valtcheva N, Fuchs K, Kneilling M, Park JH, Kim KH, Kim KW, Hoffmann P, Krenn C, Hai T, Ghoreschi K, Biedermann T, Röcken M (2011). "ROS-induced ATF3 causes susceptibility to secondary infections during sepsis-associated immunosuppression". Nat Med. 18: 128–34. doi:10.1038/nm.2557.

External links

• NeuroVascular Coordination Research Center