Education

• Research Fellow: Research Professor, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, USA / Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, USA / / Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Molecular Biology, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea(Advisor: Prof. Jin Ha Chung)
• PhD: Science, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea (Advisor: Prof. Jin Ha Chung)
• MSc: Science, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea
• BSc: Science, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea

Professional Experience

• 2020-present Fellow, Department of Science, The Korean Academy of Science and Technology (Hanlimwon)
• 2020-2021 Advisory Member, Presidential Advisory Council on Science & Technology
• 2013-present Professor, School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University
• 2008-2012 Associate Professor, School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University
• 2003-2007 Assistant Professor, School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University

Honors and Awards

• 2020 The 65th National Academy of Sciences Award (Natural Sciences Division), National Academy of Sciences, Republic of Korea
• 2020 The 26th HumanTech Paper Award Silver prize (Bio Engineering & Life Science), Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
• 2019 The 2019 Presidential Lecture Award, Korean Society for Molecular and Cellular Biology
• 2019 The 8th Dissertation of the Year Awards, S-OIL Science Prodigy and Culture Foundation
• 2018 The 24th HumanTech Paper Award Life Science), Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
• 2016 The 2016 Official Commendation of Minister(Basic Research Project), Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning
• 2016 The 6th Dissertation of the Year Awards, S-OIL Science Prodigy and Culture Foundation
• 2015 The 11th Kyung-Ahm Prize in Arts & Sciences(Academic Award of Bioscience), Kyung-Ahm Education & Culture Foundation
• 2014 The Female Creative Award, Samsung Happiness for Tomorrow Awards, Samsung Foundation (Ministry of Family Republic of Korea)
• 2012 The Women in Science and Technology Award 2012, Korea Science and Engineering Foundation
• 2012 The Cancer Research Award 2012 of Park Byung Kyu-Kim Byung Soo, Yonsei University
• 2011 The 10th L’OREAL-UNESCO for Women in Science Award
• 2010 The 12th Seoul National University, Award for the Best Research of Natural Sciences
• 2009 The 12th Young Scientist Award, Korea Science and Engineering Foundation
• 2007 The 3rd Amore Pacific New Investigator Award
• 2007 The 3rd Macrogen for Women in Science Award
• 2006 The 1st Jin-Pok Kim’s Award for the Best Cancer Research
• 2005 The 2nd Macrogen New Investigator Award
• 2005 The 4th L’OREAL-UNESCO for Women in Science Award

Research Interests

• Studies on spatiotemporal regulation of epigenetic factors in tissue regeneration, cancer, and autophagy using mouse and organoid models for novel therapeutic development.

Publications (Max 5)

• Kim, Y.R.*, Joo, J.G.*, Lee, H.J., Kim, C.L., Park, J.-C., Yu, Y.S., Kim, C.R., Lee, D.H., Cha, J.W., Kwon, H.M., Hanssen, K.M., Grünewald, T.G.P., Choi, M.R., Han, I.K., Baek, S.S., Jung, I.K.#, Shin, Y.D.#, and Baek, S.H.# (* co-first authors, # co-corresponding authors) (2024). Prion-like domain mediated phase separation of ARID1A promotes oncogenic potential of Ewing’s sarcoma. Nature Communications, 15(6569), doi:10.1038/s41467-024-51050-0.
• Shin, H-J., Kim, H.K., Oh, S.R., Lee, J-G., Kee, M.J., Ko, H-J., Kweon, M-N., Won, K.J., and Baek, S.H. (2016). AMPK-Skp2-CARM1 Signaling Cascade in Transcriptional Regulation of Autophagy. Nature, 534(7608), 553–557.
• Kim, H.K., Lee, J.M., Lee, G.N., Bhin, J.H., Oh, S.K., Kim, K.K., Pyo, K.E., Lee, J.S., Yim, H.Y., Kim, K.I., Hwang, D.H., Chung, J.K.,and Baek, S.H. (2011). DNA Damage-Induced RORa is Crucial for p53 Stabilization and Increased Apoptosis. Molecular Cell (Molecular Cell Cover) , 44(5), 797-810.
• Lee, J.M., Kim, I.S., Kim, H.K., Lee, J.S., Kim, K.K., Yim, H.Y., Jeong, J.Y., Kim, J.H., Kim, J.Y., Lee, H.N., Seo, S.B., Kim, H.G., Rosenfeld, M., Kim, K.I., and Baek, S.H. (2010). ROR alpha Attenuates Wnt/beta-Catenin Signaling by PKC alpha-Dependent Phosphorylation in Colon Cancer. Molecular Cell (Top Ranking 2nd), 37(2), 183-195.
• Kim, J.H., Kim, B., Ling, C., Choi, H.J., Ohgi, K.A., Tran, C, Chen, C., Chung, C.H., Huber, O., Rose, D.W., Sawyers, C.L., Rosenfeld, M.G., and Baek, S.H. (2005) Transcriptional regulation of a metastasis suppressor gene by Tip60 and beta-catenin complexes. Nature 434, 921-926.