Myung Kyungjae

Myung Kyungjae
명경재
Born(1968-05-04)May 4, 1968[1]
Seoul
Alma materSeoul National University, Brown University
Scientific career
FieldsDNA repair, DNA replication, DNA recombination and DNA damage response, cancer biology, translational research
InstitutionsNational Human Genome Research Institute, KAIST, POSTECH, UNIST, Institute for Basic Science
Theses
  • A normal Arg- tRNA complements the rad18x mutation in Schizosaccharomyces pome  (1993)
  • Isolation and characterization of KARP-1, a p53-dependent DNA-damage inducible gene  (1999)
Doctoral advisorEric A. Hendrickson
Other academic advisorsSang Dai Park
Korean name
Hangul
명경재
Hanja
Revised RomanizationMyeong Gyeongjae
McCune–ReischauerMyŏng Kyŏngchae
WebsiteCenter for Genomic Integrity

Myung Kyungjae is a biologist researching DNA repair pathways at the molecular level. He is a Distinguished Professor at the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) and the Director of the IBS Center for Genomic Integrity located on the UNIST campus. He is on the editorial board of various peer-reviewed journals and is a member of multiple scientific societies.

Education

Majoring in zoology, Myung received his bachelor's from Seoul National University (SNU) graduating with honors in 1991. Continuing at SNU, he then majored in molecular biology and graduated with a M.S. in 1993 after studying under Professor Sang Dai Park. He completed a Ph.D. in molecular biology, cell biology and biochemistry from Brown University in 1999 under Professor Eric A. Hendrickson. His thesis was recognized with a Barry Jay Rosen Memorial Award.[2]

Career

Myung Kyungjae speaking at Seoul Forum 2023.

Myung did his postdoctoral training at Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research in the University of California, San Diego from 1999 to 2002 under Professor Richard Kolodner.[3][4] He was awarded with a research fellowship from the Damon-Runyon-Winchell Cancer Research Foundation during the post-doc period.[5] His first appointment was as an investigator and section head in the Genetics and Molecular Biology Branch of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) under the National Institutes of Health. He was promoted to a senior investigator[6][7] and section head[8] in 2009, a position he held until 2014.

In addition to his position at the National Human Genome Research Institute, he concurrently held a position at POSTECH in the Division of Molecular and Life Science as an adjunct professor from 2011 until 2014. From 2013, he worked as an adjunct professor at KAIST in the Department of Biological Sciences and at the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) in the School of Nano-Bioscience and Chemical Engineering. The following year he fully relocated to Ulsan City where he became a distinguished professor in the School of Life Sciences at UNIST while also becoming the founding director of the IBS Center for Genomic Integrity, a collaboration with the Institute for Basic Science.

Myung has been a guest associate editor for the journal PLoS Genetics,[9] a guest editor for Mutation Research,[10] and been on the Editorial Board for Genome Instability and Disease, Genomics,[11] Genome Integrity,[12] and Molecular and Cellular Biology. He is also a member of the American Association for Cancer Research, Genetics Society of America, Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association, Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society, Korean Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Korean Society for Integrative Biology.

Honors and awards

  • 2017: Scholar of the Year, Genetic Society of Korea[13]
  • 2014: Scientist of the Year Award, Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA) and Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies (KOFST)[14][15][16]
  • 2013: Outstanding Service Award, KSEA Washington Metro Chapter
  • 2013: US Government Service Award (10 years), NHGRI, NIH[17]
  • 2012: Director of the Year, KSEA
  • 2008: Bea Singer Young Investigator Award (GRC DNA damage, Mutagenesis and Cancer)
  • 2008: US Government Service Award (5 years), NHGRI, NIH
  • 2006: Society of Biomedical Research/Chong Keun Dang Award for achievements in biomedical research
  • 2002: Sewoohue Award for Research Achievement
  • 2002: Leading Korean-American, Chooang ILBO
  • 2001: James Kerr Award for Research Excellence[6]
  • 1999: Travel Grant Award, American Society for Microbiology
  • 1999: Barry Jay Rosen Memorial Award, Brown University[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "네이버 인물검색". Naver (in Korean). Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Student Handbook - Barry Jay Rosen Award". Brown University. Archived from the original on 25 January 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  3. ^ Kolodner, Richard D.; Putnam, Christopher D.; Myung, Kyungjae (26 July 2002). "Maintenance of Genome Stability in Saccharomyces cerevisiae". Science. 297 (5581): 552–557. Bibcode:2002Sci...297..552K. doi:10.1126/science.1075277. PMID 12142524. S2CID 6976371.
  4. ^ Myung, Kyungjae; Datta, Abhijit; Kolodner, Richard D. (9 February 2001). "Suppression of spontaneous chromosomal rearrangements by S phase checkpoint functions in Saccharomyces cerevisiae". Cell. 104 (3): 397–408. doi:10.1016/S0092-8674(01)00227-6. PMID 11239397.
  5. ^ 최, 수영. "제 57회 초청 강연회 개최". BK21생리활성제어기술 (in Korean). Chosun University. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  6. ^ a b "Table of Contents to Candidate Profile" (PDF). KSEA Election 2019. Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association. 2013. p. 10. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  7. ^ "재미한인과학기술자협회 연차보고서" (PDF). 해외한국과학기술자협회 2011 연차보고서 (in Korean). The Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies. p. 65. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  8. ^ "KSEA Letters" (PDF). Journal of the Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association. 45: 10. October 2014. ISBN 978-0-9911337-5-8. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  9. ^ Iraqui, Ismail; Kienda, Guy; Soeur, Jérémie; Faye, Gérard; Baldacci, Giuseppe; Kolodner, Richard D.; Huang, Meng-Er (19 June 2009). Myung Kyungjae (ed.). "Peroxiredoxin Tsa1 Is the Key Peroxidase Suppressing Genome Instability and Protecting against Cell Death in Saccharomyces cerevisiae". PLOS Genetics. 5 (6): e1000524. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1000524. PMC 2688748. PMID 19543365.
  10. ^ Myung, Kyungjae (May 2018). "Eukaryotic 4Rs: DNA replication, repair, recombination, and damage response". Mutation Research. 809: 56–57. doi:10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2018.04.002. PMID 29728263.
  11. ^ "Editorial Board". Genomics. 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  12. ^ "Editorial Board". Genome Integrity. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  13. ^ "[Award] Director Kyungjae Myung selected as the GSK scholar of the Year 2017". Center for Genomic Integrity. 30 October 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  14. ^ "2014 KSEA AWARDS WINNERS HAVE BEEN SELECTED". Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (in Korean). 8 July 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  15. ^ 김, 동연 (7 August 2014). "한미한인 과학자들 한자리에". The Korea Times (in Korean). Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  16. ^ "[재미과협] UKC2014 was held from August 6-9 with a great success". The Union leaders Talent and Reunification Information. Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  17. ^ "Director Prof. Kyungjae Myung". Center for Genomic Integrity. Retrieved 23 July 2019.