Research
Developmental Biology
Genetics
Genomics
Molecular Biology
Neurobiology
The topics that we are interested in include:
- Biology of animal dispersal strategy: nictation behavior of nematodes
- Developmental plasticity of the nervous system as a wholein C. elegans
- Alternative lengthening of telomeres in the nematode and mouse embryonic stem cells/ chromosome evolution
- Korean nematode collection for studying phenotypic diversity and novelty in evolution
- Establsihment of a new Caenorahditis genetics model using a new Korean nematode species
- Hippo signaling and premature neuronal aging
- RFX isoforms and a subrouine regulatory module for specific ciliated neuron sets
- Biological significance of Htt (Huntingtin) in the nematode
Education/Career
Education
1989. 9 – 1994. 6
Ph.D., Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology
1987 – 1989
- M.S., Department of Microbiology, Seoul National University
1980 – 1986
- B.S., Department of Microbiology, Seoul National University
Career
2018. 6 – present
President, The Research Institute of Basic Sciences, National Alliance of Research institutes of Basic Sciences
2018. 6 – 2022. 6
Dean, College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University
2016. 8 – 2017. 4
Dean of Student Affairs, Seoul National University
2014. 6 – 2016. 6
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University
2012. 4 – 2015. 3
Director of Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Seoul National University
2009. 10 – present
Professor, School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University
2007 – 2011
Director of Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Seoul National University
2004. 9 – 2009. 9
Associate Professor, School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University
1995 – 2004
- Assistant Professor / Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Yonsei University
1994 – 1995
- Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of California, Berkeley
Publications
Publications
- Eunkyeong Kim, Jun Kim, Chuna Kim and Junho Lee (2021). Long-read sequencing and de novo genome assemblies reveal complex chromosome end structures caused by telomere dysfunction at the single nucleotide level. Nucleic Acids Research
- Heeseung Yang, Bo Yun Lee, Hyunsoo Yim and Junho Lee (2020). Neurogenetics of nictation, a dispersal strategy in nematodes. Journal of Neurogenetics
- Chuna Kim, Sanghyun Sung, Jun Kim and Junho Lee (2020). Repair and Reconstruction of Telomeric and Subtelomeric Regions and Genesis of New Telomeres: Implications for Chromosome Evolution. BioEssays
- Hanee Lee, Junsu Kang, Soungyub Ahn and Junho Lee (2019). The Hippo Pathway Is Essential for Maintenance of Apicobasal Polarity in the Growing Intestine of Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetics
- Chuna Kim, Jun Kim, Sunghyun Kim, Daniel E. Cook, Kathryn S. Evans, Erik C. Andersen, and Junho Lee (2019). Long-read sequencing reveals intra-species tolerance of substantial structural variations and new subtelomere formation in C. elegans. Genome research
