Kim Kwang-soo

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Kim Kwang-soo
Born

1954 (age 6162)

Residence United States
Nationality South Korean
Fields Neuroscience and Stem cell biology
Institutions

McLean Hospital

Harvard Medical School
Alma mater

Seoul National University

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Doctoral advisor Dewey D Ryu
Known for Molecular Neurobiology and stem cell biology
Notable awards First Award Grant from NIMH (1992)
NARSAD Independent Award (2000)
NARSAD Independent Award II (2003)
NIH Director’s RO1 Award(2010)
Ilchon Science Award (2012)
Kim Kwang-soo
Hangul 김광수
Revised Romanization Gim Gwang-su
McCune–Reischauer Kim Kwangsu

Kim Kwang-soo (born 1954) is a South Korean neuroscientist.

Education

Postdoctoral Training

Work

Kim is a Professor and Director at the Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory, McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School. He has over 20 year experiences to investigate molecular neurobiology of midbrain dopamine neuronal system in health and disease, focusing on elucidating the genetic network of intrinsic signaling molecules and extrinsic transcription factors for development and maintenance of dopamine neurons. He is also investigating stem cell biology and has pioneered to generate human induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells by protein-based reprogramming methods and demonstrated that these protein-iPS cells can efficiently generate functional dopamine neurons. He is currently focused on translating his neuroscience and stem cell research to potential therapeutic development for brain disorders such as Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, and inflammatory diseases.[1]

Awards

References

  1. Vasudevan A, Won C, Li S, Erdélyi F, Szabó G, Kim KS. Development. 2012 Sep;139(17):3136-41. doi: 10.1242/dev.078394.
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