Dr. Jae Bum Kim

Degrees

BS, Seoul National University, Korea.
PhD, Harvard University, USA.

Current position
Professor, School of Biological Sciences, Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Seoul National University, Korea

Appointments
Director, Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Seoul National University
Director, Institute of Laboratory Animal Research, Seoul National University
Associate Editor, Molecules and Cells
Editorial Board, Experimental and Molecular Medicine
Editorial Board, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Consulting experience
Amore-Pacific Inc.
Negex Inc.
King Saud University, Saudi Arabia

Biography
Dr. Jae B. Kim is a director of National Creative Research Initiative Program, Center for Adipose Tissue Remodeling, and a Professor of Biophysics and Chemical Biology, School of Biological Sciences at the Seoul National University. He received his B.S. and M.S. at Seoul National University in 1990. And he obtained his Ph. D. from Harvard University in 1996, where he cloned and characterized ADD1/SREBP1c, a key lipogenic transcription factor, under the guidance of Dr. Bruce Spiegelman. Then he continued his postdoctoral fellowship to elucidate the transcriptional elongation process in Dr. Phillip Sharp’s laboratory at MIT. In 2000, he joined the faculty at the School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University. Dr. Kim’s research group has been working on the regulation of gene expression and signal transduction for the understanding of “lipid and glucose metabolism”, which is crucial to resolve the prevailing health issues such as obesity and diabetes. In last several years, his research group has investigated the molecular mechanisms of adipose tissue inflammation and insulin resistance, governed by adipose tissue and immune systems.