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 :
* 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
* 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 :
* 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, pp337-349, 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 :
* 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
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 :
* Homepage : http://www.inhabio.org
* Educational Background :
- Ph. D : Plant ecology/ SeoulNational University/ Republic of Korea
- M.S. : Plant ecology/ SeoulNational University/ Republic of Korea
* Research Area : wetland plant ecology, Stream restoration, Wetlandconservation
* 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)
- 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 :
* Homepage : http://
* 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 Area : Microenvironment of Immune system and cancer, Immune development, Immune response to cancer
* Academic Works :
Deokjae Lee; Hyo S Lee; Soo J Yang, Hanna Jeong, Dong-Young Kim, Sang D Lee, Jae W Oh, Dongeun Park, Moon Gyo Kim (2011) PRSS14/Epithin is induced in macrophages by the IFNgamma/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/blood-2010-03-275289
Hyo Seon Lee, Chungho Kim, Sangbum Kim, Moon Gyo Kim, and Dongeun Park. (2010) Epithin, a target of transforming growth factor- signaling, mediates epithelial–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 :
* 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 :
* 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 :
* 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
- 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 :
* Educational Background :
- Ph. D : Biochemistry /Seoul National University/Korea
- M.S. : Biochemistry /Seoul NationalUniversity/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 chromatin-remodeling 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 :
* Educational Background :
- Ph. D : Zoology /University of Texas, Austin/USA
- M.S. : Physiology /Korea University/Korea
* Research Area : Biology of Aging
* Academic Works :
- 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 / CourseCode / Course / Credit / Taught
in English
Biological sciences / 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
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