Department of Biological Sciences
Office : 5N517
Tel : +82-32-860-7690
Fax : +82-32-874-6737
1. Introduction :
The Graduate Program in Biological sciences was established in 1982 and has earned a
reputation for excellence in research and teaching in the biological sciences. The
Program offers graduate study leading to the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees, with
concentration in Molecular Biology, Genetics, Physiology, Morphology, Systematics,
Microbiology, and Ecology. Our faculty members have been recruited for their
outstanding academic and research accomplishments and perspectives and have a
strong record of obtaining competitive research grants from KOSEF, KRF, and other
government agencies as well as from private companies. The Program is well equipped
with fine modern facilities for every field of biological sciences.
2. Major :
Biological Sciences
3. Faculty Members
1) Yu, Chai Hyeock (유재혁) [Professor emeritus]
* Office : 5N524
* Tel : +82-32-860-0000
* E-mail : chyu@inha.ac.kr
* Homepage : http://biology.inha.ac.kr
* Educational Background :
- Ph. D : Zoology / Korea University / Korea
- M.S. : Zoology / Korea University / Korea
* Research Area : Cell Biology, Entomology
Biological Sciences - 1
* Academic Works :
-
Ultrastructure of Rectum Epitherial Cells in the Mosquito Larvae, Anopheles sinensis
Wiedemann/Korean J. Entomol., 32(3) : pp.175-183, 2002.
- Ultrastructure of the Malpighian Tubule Cells in the Mosquito Larvae, Anopheles
sinensis/Korean J. Entomol., 33(3) : pp.151-159, 2003.
2) Choi, Byoung Hee (최병희)
* Office : 5N423
* Tel : +82-32-860-7695
* E-mail : bhchoi@inha.ac.kr
* Educational Background :
- Ph. D : Plant Systematics/ Tohoku University/ Japan
- M.S. : Plant Systematics/ Korea University/ Korea
* Research Area : Systematics of
Leguminosae/ Molecular systematics/ Flora
* Academic Works :
- Phylogenetic analysis of eastern Asian and eastern North American disjunct Lespedeza
(Fabaceae) inferred from nuclear ribosomal ITS and plastid region sequences, BOT. J. LINNEAN
SOCIETY, 164, pp221-235, 2010
- Molecular Phylogeny of Vicia Sect. Amurense (Leguminosae), J. JPN. BOT., 85, pp337349, 2010
- Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci in Quercus acuta (Fagaceae),
J. PL. BIOLOGY, 53, pp201-204, 2010
- FLORA OF CHINA 10(FABACEAE), Missouri Botanical Garden Press, 2010
3) Cho, Sung Ho (조성호)
* Office : 5N417
* Tel : +82-32-860-7696
* E-mail : shcho@inha.ac.kr
* Homepage : http:// iws.inha.ac.kr/~shcho/lab6.htm
* Educational Background :
- Ph. D : Plant Physiology / University of Texas / America
- M.S. : Plant Biology / Seoul National University / Korea
* Research Area :
Development of High Quality Rice Cultivars by Metabolic Engineering of Fatty Acid
Signal Transduction Pathway
Biological Sciences - 2
Cellular Membrane Lipid Metabolism
* Academic Works :
- Appreciation of Plants (2006) World Science
- Appreciation of Biochemistry (2007) World Science
- Tae Hyun Kim, Jong Ho Park, Moon Chul Kim, Sung Ho Cho(2008) Cutin
monomer induces expression of the rice OsLTP5 lipid transfer protein gene. Journal of
Plant Physiology 165: 345-349
4) Lee, Chang Joong (이창중)
* Office : 5N524
* Tel : +82-32-860-7697
* E-mail : changlee @inha.ac.kr
* Educational Background :
- Ph. D : Neurophysiology / University of North Carolnia at Chapel Hill/ USA
- M.S. : Cell Biology/ Seoul National University/ Korea
* Research Area : Brain Plasticity, Zebrafish, Neurotransmitter
* Academic Works :
- Park EJ, Lee YK, Kim YJ, Lee CJ, Cholinergic modulation of neural activity in the
telencephalon of the zebrafish, Neuroscience Letters 439 (2008) 79-83
- Yoo YM, Lee CJ, Lee U, Kim YJ. Mitochondrial DNA in patients with essential tremor.
Neurosci Lett. 434 (2008) :29-34
5) Cho, Kang Hyun (조강현)
* Office : 5N430
* Tel : +82-32-860-7698
* E-mail : khcho@inha.ac.kr
* Homepage : http://www.inhabio.org
* Educational Background :
- Ph. D : Plant ecology/ Seoul National University/ Republic of Korea
- M.S. : Plant ecology/ Seoul National University/ Republic of Korea
* Research Area : wetland plant ecology, Stream restoration, Wetland conservation
* Academic Works :
- The Plant Community of Nanjido, a Representative Nonsanitary Landfill in South Korea:
Implications for Restoration Alternatives. WATER AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION
154: 167-185
(2004)
Biological Sciences - 3
- Responses of riparian vegetation to flooding disturbance in a sand stream. KSCE
JOURNAL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING 9: 49-53 (2005)
- Relationships between Methane Production and Sulfate Reduction in Reclaimed Rice Field
Soils. KOREAN JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 8:281-288 (2004)
6) Kim, Jeong Ho (김정호)
* Office : 5N426
* Tel : +82-32-860-7691
* E-mail :
jhokim @inha.ac.kr
* Homepage : http://elegans.inha.ac.kr/~jhokim
* Educational Background :
- Ph. D : Genetics/ KAIST/ Korea
- M.S. : Genetics/KAIST/ Korea
* Research Area : Energy homeostasis in C. elegans
Aging in C. elegans
Kimchi fermentation
* Academic Works :
- You, Youngjai*, Jeongho Kim, Raizen, D, Avery, L.
Insulin, cGMP, and TGF-beta signals regulate food intake and quiescence in C. elegans:
a model for satiety.
Cell Metabolism 7, 249-257 (March 2008)
- You, Youngjai*, Jeongho Kim, Cobb, M, Avery, L.
Starvation activates MAP kinase through the muscarinic acetylcholine pathway in
Caenorhabditis elegans pharynx.
Cell Metabolism 3, 237-245 (April 2006)
- Cho, Jinhee, Lee, Dongyun, Yang, Changnam, Jeon, Jongin, Jeongho Kim*, Han,
Hongui.
Microbial population dynamics of kimchi, a fermented cabbage product.
FEMS Microbiol Lett 257, 262-267 (April 2006)
7) Min, Gi Sik (민기식)
* Office : 5N428
* Tel : +82-32-860-7692
* E-mail : mingisik@inha.ac.kr
* Homepage : http://
Biological Sciences - 4
* Educational Background :
- Ph. D : Molecular phylogenetics and Evolution / Seoul National University / Korea
- M.S. : Zoological taxonomy / Seoul National University / Korea
* Research Area : Molecular phylogenetics, Speciation and Evolution, and Conservation
Biology
* Academic Works :
- Kim SJ, Choochote W, Jitpakdi A, Junkum A, Ahn DA, Baek JA, Park MH, Kim MS, Chung
KW, Min GS. Reproductive isolation between Anopheles sinensis and Anopheles pullus in Korea. J
Am Mosq Control Assoc. 2005 Jun;21(2):147-53.
- Dong-Ha Ahn, Tadashi Kawai, Se-Joo Kim, Hyun Soo Rho, Jong Woo Jung, Won Kim,
Byung Jin Lim, Min Seop Kim and Gi-Sik Min. 2006. Phylogeny of Northern Hemisphere
freshwater crayfishes based on 16S rRNA gene analysis. Korean J. Genetics 28(2): 185-192.
- Park, Mi-Hyun, Chung-Ja Sim, Jina Paek, Gi-Sik Min. 2007. Gene selection suitable for
DNA barcoding morphologically indistinguishable Korean Halichondriidae sponges. Mol. Cells 23
(2): 220-227.
7) Kim, Moon Gyo (김문교)
* Office : 5N412
* Tel : +82-32-860-7728
* E-mail :
mgkim @inha.ac.kr
* Homepage : http://labmci.org
* Educational Background :
- Ph. D : Genetics, State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA
- M.S. : Cell Biology, Seoul National University
*
Research
development,
Area
:
Microenvironment
of
Immune
system
and
cancer,
Immune
Immune response to cancer
* Academic Works :
Deokjae Lee; Hyo S Lee; Soo J Yang, Hanna Jeong, Dong-Young Kim, Sang D Lee, Jae W O
h, Dongeun Park, Moon Gyo Kim (2011) PRSS14/Epithin is induced in macrophages by the IF
Ngamma/JAK/STAT pathway and mediates transendothelial migration. Biochem Biophys Res
Commun. in press.
Chungho Kim1, Hyo Seon Lee1, Deokjae Lee1, Sang Don Lee, Eun-Gyung Cho, Soo Jung Yang2,
Sang Bum Kim, Dongeun Park, and Moon Gyo Kim (2010) Epithin/PRSS14 Proteolytically
Regulates Angiopoietin Receptor Tie2 during Transendothelial Migration, Blood. DOI 10.1182/blo
od-2010-03-275289
Hyo Seon Lee, Chungho Kim, Sangbum Kim, Moon Gyo Kim, and Dongeun Park. (2010) Epithin, a
Biological Sciences - 5
target of transforming growth factor-
–mesenchymal transition.
Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 395: 553-559
Sang Bum Kim1, Deokjae Lee1, Joo-Won Jeong, Chungho Kim, Dongeun Park, and Moon Gyo Kim.
Soluble epithin/PRSS14 secreted from cancer cells contains active angiogenic potential. (2010)
Mol. Cells 29(6):617-23.
Sejin Ahn1, Gwang Hee Lee1, Soo Jung Yang1, Deokjae Lee1, Seunghyuk Lee, Hyosun Shin, Min
Cheol Kim, Kee Nyung Lee, Douglas C. Palmer, Marc R. Theoret, Eric J. Jenkinson, Graham
Anderson, Nicholas P. Restifo, and Moon G. Kim.
(2008) TSCOT+ Thymic Epithelial Cell
Mediated Sensitive CD4 Tolerance by Direct Presentation.
PLOS Biol. 6(8) e191 doi:10.1371
9) Bae, Sung-Ho (배성호)
* Office : 5N434
* Tel : +82-32-860-7712
* E-mail :
sbae@inha.ac.kr
* Educational Background :
- Ph. D : Biochemistry/KAIST/Korea
- M.S. : Biochemistry/Seoul National University/Korea
* Research Area : DNA replication
DNA damage checkpoint
DNA metabolism
Cell cycle
RNA binding proteins
* Academic Works :
- D.H. Choi, Y.M. Oh, S.H. Kwon, and S.H. Bae (2008) The mutation of a novel
Saccharomyces cerevisiae SRL4 gene rescues the lethality of rad53 and lcd1 mutations by
modulating dNTP levels. J. Microbiol. 46, 75-80
- S.H. Kwon, I.H. Lee, N.Y. Kim, D.H. Choi, Y.M. Oh, and S.H. Bae (2007) Translation
initiation factor eIF1A possesses RNA annealing activity in its oligonucleotide-binding fold.
Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 361, 681?686
- S.H. Bae, K.H. Bae, J.A. Kim, and Y.S. Seo (2001) RPA governs endonuclease switching
during processing of Okazaki fragments in eukaryotes. NATURE 412, 456-461
10) Cho, Jang-Cheon (조장천)
* Office : 5N538
* Tel : +82-32-860-7711
* E-mail : chojc@inha.ac.kr
Biological Sciences - 6
* Homepage : http://blog.naver.com/ockeanus
* Educational Background :
- Ph. D : Seoul National University (Microbiology), 2000
- M.S. : Seoul National University (Microbiology), 1994
* Dissertation : Molecular ecological study on the microbial community structure and the
survival of pathogens in groundwater environment
* Research Area :
- Marine Microbiology, Uncultured Ocean Microbe, Marine Prokaryotic Diversity, Culturing
the Uncultured. Environmental Genomics & Proteomics. Anoxygenic Phototrophy,
Community Genomics
- Cultivation of uncultured-and-dominant marine microbes from the East Sea and Yellow
Sea.
- Cultivation of Oligotrophic marine Gammaproteobacteria and their phototrophy.
- Prteorhodposin photrophy in the SAR11 clade.
- Isolation of phage-host systems from the surface seawater
* Academic Works :
- Giovannoni, S. J, L. Bibbs, J. C. Cho, M. D. Stapels, R. Desiderio, K. L. Vergin, M. S.
Rappe, S. Laney, L. J. Wilhelm, H. J. Tripp, E. J. Mathur, D. F. Barofsky. 2005.
Proteorhodopsin in the ubiquitous marine bacterium SAR11. Nature 438(7064): 82-85.
- Cho, J.-C., K. L. Vergin, R. M. Morris, and S. J. Giovannoni. 2004. Lentisphaera araneosa
gen. nov., sp. nov, a transparent exopolymer producing marine bacterium, and the
description of a novel bacterial phylum, Lentisphaerae. Environ. Microbiol. 6:611-621
- Cho, J.-C., and S.-J. Kim. 2000. Increase in bacterial community diversity in subsurface
aquifers receiving livestock wastewater input. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 66(3): 956-965.
11) Lee, Hansol (이한솔)
* Office : 5S472
* Tel : +82-32-860-7694
* E-mail : hlee@inha.ac.kr
* Educational Background :
- Ph. D : Genetics / Seoul National University / Korea
- M.S. : Genetics / Seoul National University / Korea
* Research Area : Differentiation, Epigenetic Regulation
* Academic Works :
- PIASI confers DNA binding specificity on the Msxl homeoprotein.(2006) Genes and
Development, 20:784-794
Biological Sciences - 7
- Msxl cooperates with histone Hib for inhibition of transcription repression and
myogenesis (2004), Science, 304:1675-1678
-
Msx homeobox genes inhibit differentiation by upregulation of Cyclin Dl, Development
128:2373-2384
12) Kim, Jung Hwa (김정화)
* Office : 5N429
* Tel : +82-32-860- 8192
* E-mail : jhkim4@inha.ac.kr
* Educational Background :
- Ph. D : Biochemistry / Seoul National University / Korea
- M.S. : Biochemistry / Seoul National University / Korea
* Research Area : Cancer Metastasis, Post-translational modification
* Academic Works :
- Jung Hwa Kim, Ji Min Lee, Hye Jin Nam, Jung Woo Yang, Jason Lee, Mi Hyang Ki, Su Il Ki,
Chin Ha Chung, Keun Il Kim and Sung Hee Baek (2007) SUMOylation of pontin chromatinremodeling complex reveals a signal integration code in prostate cancer cells. Proc. Natl. Acad.
Sci USA 104, 20793-20798
- Jung Hwa Kim, Hee June Choi, Bogyou Kim, Mi Hyang Ki, Ji Min Lee, Ik Soo Kim, Moon
Hee Lee, Soo Joon Kim, Keun Il Kim, Su Il Kim, Chin Ha Chung, and Sung Hee Baek (2006) Roles
of sumoylation of a reptin chromatin-remodelling complex in cancer metastasis. Nature Cell
Biology 8, 631-639
- Jung Hwa Kim, Bogyou Kim, Ling Cai, Hee June Choi, Kenneth A.Ohgi, Chris Tran, Charlie
Chen, Chin Ha Chung, Otmar Huber, David W. Rose, Charles L.Sawyers, Michael G. Rosenfeld and
Sung Hee Baek (2005) Transcriptional regulation of a metastasis suppressor gene by Tip60 and β
-catenin complexes. Nature 434, 921-926
13) Min, Kyung-Jin (민경진)
* Office : 5S171
* Tel : +82-32-860-8193
* E-mail : minkj@inha.ac.kr
* Educational Background :
- Ph. D : Zoology / University of Texas, Austin / USA
- M.S. : Physiology / Korea University / Korea
* Research Area : Biology of Aging
* Academic Works :
Biological Sciences - 8
- Curcumin Extends Lifespan, Improves Healthspan, and Modulates the Expression of
Age-Associated Aging Genes in Drosophila melanogaster (2010) Rejuvenation Research
13, 561-570.
- Testing how diet restriction extends Drosophila life span with metabolic stable isotopes
(2008) Current Biology 18(4). R155-156.
- Drosophila life span control by dietary restriction independent of insulin-like signaling
(2008) Aging Cell 7. 199-206
4. Course List
Major
Biological
sciences
Course
Code
Course
Credit
Taught
in English
BIO6001
Critical readings on the issues of current biologyⅠ
3
X
BIO6002
Critical readings on the issues of current biologyⅡ
3
X
BIO6003
Advanced Practice in the English Biological Report
3
O
BIO6004
Ultrastructure of the Cell
3
X
BIO6005
Neurophysiology
3
O
BIO6006
Advanced Biochemistry
3
X
BIO6007
Advanced Genetics
3
X
BIO6008
Modern Practical Immunological Technology
3
O
BIO6009
Cell and Molecular Biology
3
X
BIO6010
Advanced developmental genetics
3
X
BIO6011
Advanced Cell Biology
3
X
BIO6012
Molecular Phylogenetics
3
X
BIO6013
Advanced Environmental Biology
3
X
BIO6014
Speciation
3
X
BIO6015
Special Topics in Field Biology
3
X
BIO6016
Advanced Environmental Microbiology
3
X
BIO6017
Advanced Molecular Cell Biology
3
X
BIO6018
Advanced Aging Biology
3
X
BIO7001
Advanced Morphogenesis
3
X
BIO7002
Special Topics in Biochemistry
3
O
BIO7003
Molecular Neurobiology
3
X
BIO7004
Signal Transduction
3
X
BIO7005
Topics in Immune Development and Diseases
3
O
Biological Sciences - 9
BIO7006
Research Method in Biology
3
X
BIO7007
Mechanisms of Eukaryotic transcription
3
O
BIO7008
Advanced Plant Systematics
3
X
BIO7009
Community Ecology
3
X
BIO7010
Advanced Zoological Systematics
3
X
BIO7011
Biogeography
3
X
Biological Sciences - 10