Education

• Postdoctoral Fellow: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, UCLA (Utpal Banerjee), USA
• Ph.D.: Biological Sciences, Seoul National University (이준호), Korea
• M.S.: Biology, Yonsei University, Korea
• B.S.: Biochemistry, Yonsei University, Korea

Professional Experience

• 2025-Present Professor, Seoul National University, Korea
• 2014-2025 Assistant, Associate Professor, Hanyang University, Korea
• 2009-2014 Postdoctoral Fellow, UCLA, USA

Honors and Awards

• 2025 Hansung Science Award, Hansung Sohn Jae-Han Foundation
• 2025 Gongwoo Nature Award, Korean Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• 2017, 2024 Samsung Science and Technology Foundation Investigator
• 2015 TJ Park Science Fellow, POSCO
• 2014 L’Oreal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Life Science Fellowship, Women’s Bioscience Forum

Research Interests

• Investigating blood cell functions beyond immunity, focusing on how Drosophila hemocytes communicate with organs to regulate metablism, development, and physiological adaptation under changing environmental conditions

Publications (Max 5)

• M Shin*, E Chang*, D Lee*, N Kim, B Cho, N Cha, F Koranteng, JJ Song, and J Shim (2024) Drosophila immune cells transport oxygen through PPO2 protein phase transition, Nature, 631, 350-359
• B Cho, M Shin, E Chang, S Son, I Shin, and J Shim (2024) S-nitrosylation-triggered unfolded protein response maintains hematopoietic progenitors in Drosophila, Developmental Cell, 59(8), 1075-1090
• B Cho*, SH Yoon*, D Lee, F Koranteng, SG Tattikota, N Cha, M Shin, H Do, Y Hu, SY Oh, SJ Moon, N Perrimon, JW Nam*, and J Shim* (2020) Single-cell transcriptome maps of myeloid blood cell lineages in Drosophila, Nature Communications, 11(1), 4483 (*Co-corresponding authors)
• B Cho, CM Spratford, S Yoon, N Cha, U Banerjee* and J Shim* (2018) Systemic control of immune cell development by integrated hypoxia chemosensation in Drosophila, Nature Communications, 9(1):2679(*Co-corresponding authors)
• Shim J*, Mukherjee T*, Mondal BC, Liu T, Young G, Wijewarnasuriya D and Banerjee U (2013) Olfactory control of blood progenitor maintenance. Cell, 155(5): 1141-1153 (*co-first authors)