Sung-Yon Kim, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry
Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Seoul National University
Invited Investigator, Korea Brain Research Institute
Member of Young Korean Academy of Science and Technology (Y-KAST)
E-mail: sungyonkim@snu.ac.kr
Youtube: https://youtube.com/@neuralcircuitry
Sung-Yon received his bachelor’s degree in Chemistry and Biological Sciences, summa cum laude, from Seoul National University in 2009 and earned his Ph.D. in Neurosciences from Stanford University in 2013 with Professor Karl Deisseroth. His thesis work was supported by Samsung Scholarship and recognized with the Lindsley Prize in Behavioral Neuroscience by the Society for Neuroscience. He completed his postdoctoral training with Professor Kwanghun Chung at MIT in 2015, with supports from Simons Center for the Social Brain and Life Sciences Research Foundation. He then started his own lab at Seoul National University in 2015, focusing on the neural circuits underlying behavioral regulation of homeostasis. He has since been recognized with Asan Award in Medicine, Hanseong Science Award, and the Commendation from the Ministry of Health and Welfare and has been named a member of Young Korean Academy of Science and Technology.
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Web of Science ResearcherID (AAO-8405-2020)
ORCID ID (0000-0003-0791-7308)
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EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2013 – 2015
Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, Chung Laboratory
Stanford University 2009 – 2013
Ph.D. in Neurosciences, Deisseroth Laboratory
Seoul National University 2003 – 2009
B.S. in Chemistry and Biological Sciences (double major), summa cum laude
(2004 – 2005) Military service in South Korea
FACULTY APPOINTMENTS
University of California, San Diego 2022 – 2023
Visiting Scholar, Division of Biological Sciences
Seoul National University 2021 – present
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry
Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics
Korea Brain Research Institute 2020 – present
Invited Investigator
Seoul National University 2017 – 2021
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry
Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics
Seoul National University 2015 – 2017
Assistant Professor, Department of Biophysics and Chemical Biology
Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics
Other affiliations at Seoul National University:
Program in Neuroscience (2015 – current)
Program in Molecular Biology and Genetics (2015 – current)
Program in Biophysics and Chemical Biology (2017 – current)
Department of Biological Sciences (2020 – current)
HONORS & AWARDS (selected)
2022 Hanseong Science Award in Life Sciences, Hanseong Foundation
2022 Asan Award in Medicine, Asan Foundation
2020 Commendation for the Promotion of Healthcare Technology, Ministry of Health and Welfare
2020 Member of Y-KAST (Young Korean Academy of Science and Technology)
2020 Scitech Korea Young Neuroscientist Award, Korean Society for Brain and Neural Sciences
2019 Young Scientist, World Economic Forum Annual Meeting of New Champions
2018 Young Researcher Award, National Research Foundation of Korea
2015 Chung-am Science Fellowship (for Junior Faculty), POSCO TJ Park Foundation
2015 Life Sciences Research Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship
2014 Donald B. Lindsley Prize in Behavioral Neuroscience, Society for Neuroscience
2013 – 2014 Simons Postdoctoral Fellowship
PUBLICATIONS (selected)
1. Pac J, Koo DJ, Cho H, Jung D, Choi M, Choi Y, Kim B, Park JU*, Kim SY*, Lee Y*. (2022). Three-dimensional imaging and analysis of pathological tissue samples with de novo generation of citrate-based fluorophores. Science Advances. 8(46):eadd9419. *Co-correspondence
2. Kim M, Heo G, Kim SY. (2022). Neural signaling of gut mechanosensation for the control of ingestion and digestion. Nature Reviews Neuroscience. 23(3):135-156.
3. Jung S, Lee M, Kim DY, Son C, Ahn BH, Heo G, Kim M, Park HE, Koo DJ, Park JH, Lee JW, Kim SY. (2022). A forebrain neural substrate for behavioral thermoregulation. Neuron. 110(2):266-279.
4. Lee S, Kim S, Koo DJ, Yu J, Cho H, Lee H, Song JM, Kim SY*, Min DH*, Jeon NL*. (2021). 3D microfluidic platform and tumor vascular mapping for evaluating anti-angiogenic RNAi-based nanomedicine. ACS Nano. 15(1):338-350. *Co-correspondence
5. Kim DY, Heo G, Kim M, Kim H, Jung S, An M, Ahn BH, Park JH, Park HE, Lee M, Lee JW, Schwartz GJ, Kim SY. (2020). A neural circuit mechanism for mechanosensory feedback control of ingestion. Nature. 580(7803):376–380.
6. Park HE, Choi D, Park JS, Sim C, Park S, Kang S, Lim H, Lee M, Kim J, Pac J, Rhee K, Lee J, Lee Y, Lee Y, Kim SY. (2019). Scalable and isotropic expansion of tissues with simply tunable expansion ratio. Advanced Science. 6:1901673. *Featured as the front cover
7. Kim SY, Cho JH, Murray E, Bakh N, Choi H, Ohn K, Ruelas L, Hubbert A, McCue M, Vassallo SL, Keller PJ, Chung K. (2015). Stochastic electrotransport selectively enhances the transport of highly electromobile molecules. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 112: E6274-E6283.
8. Kim SY, Adhikari A, Lee SY, Marshel JH, Kim CK, Mallory CS, Lo M, Pak S, Mattis J, Lim BK, Malenka RC, Warden MR, Neve R, Tye KM, Deisseroth K. (2013). Diverging neural pathways assemble a behavioural state from separable features in anxiety. Nature. 496(7444):219-23.
9. Tye KM*, Prakash R*, Kim SY*, Fenno LE, Grosenick L, Zarabi H, Thompson KR, Gradinaru V, Ramakrishnan C, Deisseroth K. (2011). Amygdala circuitry mediating reversible and bidirectional control of anxiety. Nature. 471(7338):358-62. *Equal contribution
PATENTS (selected)
1. Ahn HJ, Kim SY. (2023). Automated apparatus for stereotactic surgical device. KR102525496, USUS20220287791A1
2. Chung K, Kim SY, Ohn K, Murray E, Cho JH. (2015). Active transport of charged molecules into, within, and/or from charged matrices. WO2015154000A1, US10416116B2, EP3126037B1, CN106211762B
3. Kim SY, Deisseroth K, Adhikari A. (2014). Optogenetic control of behavioral state. WO2014144409A1, US20160038764A1, EP2968997B1, CN105246550A, JP6594854B2, CA2906756A1, ES2742492T3
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
2022 Nanosymposium Chair, Neuroscience 2022, Society for Neuroscience (SfN)
2022 – Trainee Professional Development Awards Selection Committee, SfN
2022 – Diversity Committee, Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB)
2022 – Research Committee, Korean Diabetes Association
2021 – Program Committee, China-Japan-Korea Neuroscience Meeting
2021 – Program Committee, SSIB
2021 – Founding Member, Homeostasis Section in KSBNS
2021 – Program Manager (Neurobiology RB), National Research Foundation of Korea
2021 – Editorial Board, Molecules and Cells
2021 – Member, Young Korean Academy of Science and Technology (Y-KAST)
2021 – Academic Committee, Korean Society for Brain and Neural Science (KSBNS)
2021 – Academic Committee, Korean Endocrine Society
2019 – Member, Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB)
2018 – Education Committee, Korean Society for Molecular and Cellular Biology (KSMCB)
2016 Planning Committee, Korea Brain Society
2015 – Member, Korean Society for Brain and Neural Science (KSBNS)
2015 – Member, Korean Society for Molecular and Cellular Biology (KSMCB)
2009 – Member, Society for Neuroscience
Reviewing of manuscripts
ad-hoc reviewer for Nature, Cell, Nature Biotechnology, Nature Neuroscience, Science Advances, Nature Methods, Nature Communications, Biological Psychiatry, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A., Cell Reports, Neuropsychopharmacology, Nanoscale, ACS Chemical Neuroscience, iScience, Molecular Brain, Scientific Reports, Cells, Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, Experimental Neurobiology, Analytical Methods
Reviewing of grant proposals
National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF), Samsung Science & Technology Foundation, Foundation European Research Council (ERC)
Invited talks (international only)
Ascona Conference on Gut-Brain Communication (2022), Brain-Body Interactions Seminar Series (2023), International College of Neuropsychopharmacology (2016), Japan Neuroscience Society (2020, 2013), Gastronauts Seminar Series (2022), Gordon Research Conference on Hypothalamus (2022), Gordon Research Conference on Optogenetics (2018), Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (2021), Caltech (2023),
Columbia U (2021), Harvard U (2023), HHMI Janelia Research Campus (2023), Icahn School of Medicine (2023), MIT Picower Institute (2022, 2014), Monell Chemical Senses Center (2023), NIH Neuroscience Seminar Series (2023), Northwestern U (2023), RIKEN (2013), Rutgers U (2023), U Calgary (2022), UC Berkeley (2022), UC Davis (2015), UCLA (2023), UCSB (2022), UCSF (2023), USC (2023), UT Austin (2023), UTHealth Houston (2023), UTSW (2023), Weizmann Institute (2019)