Rising Scientists
Physiology or Medicine
Young Seok Ju
Professor
Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technolo
Education
- Postdoc: Cancer Genomics, Wellcome Sanger Institute (Mike Stratton & Peter Campbell), UK
- PhD: Genomics, Seoul National University College of Medicine, (Jeong-Sun Seo), Korea
- MD: Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea
Professional Experience
- 2015-Present Assistant/Associate/Full Professor, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Korea
Honors and Awards
- 2023 The Kyung-Ahm’s Prizes
- 2023 The 6th Hansung Science Awards
- 2022 (Young Investigators) The 1st Lim Sung-Ki Research Award
- 2020 (Young Investigators) Asan Award in Medicine
- 2018 Y-KAST
Research Interests
- Genomics, Mutation, Somatic Mosaicism, Cancer, Bioinformatics
Publications (Max 5)
- Kim R*, Yu J*, Lim J, Oh BB, Nam SJ, …, Lee J#, Ju YS#, Park YH#. Whole-genome landscapes of 1,364 breast cancers. Nature 2026 Jan; 649(8099):1282-1981. PMID:41339552
- An J, Nam CH, Kim R, Lee Y, Won H, …, Ju YS#. Mitochondrial DNA mosaicism in normal human somatic cells. Nature Genetics 2024 Aug;56(8):1665-1677. PMID:39039280
- Nam CH*, Youk J*, Kim JY, Lim J, Park JW, ..., Kwon HW#, Kim MJ#, Ju YS#. Widespread somatic L1 retrotransposition in normal colorectal epithelium. Nature 2023 May; 617(7961):540-547. PMID:37165195
- Park S*, Mali NM*, Kim R*, Choi J-W, Lee J, …, Oh JW#, Ju YS#. Clonal dynamics in early human embryogenesis inferred from somatic mutation. Nature 2021 Sep;597(7876):393-397. PMID:34433967
- Lee JJ-K, Park S, Park H, Kim S, Lee J, … , Ju YS# & Kim YT#. Tracing oncogene rearrangements in the mutational history of lung adenocarcinoma. Cell 2019 Jun 13;177(7):1842-1857. PMID:31155235.