Kim Kwang-soo

Kim Kwang-soo (born 1954) is a South Korean neuroscientist.

For the chemist, see Kwang Soo Kim. For the filmmaker, see Kim Jho Kwang-soo. For the singer, see Supernova (South Korean band).
Kim Kwang-soo
Born1954 (age 65–66)
NationalitySouth Korean
Alma materSeoul National University Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Known forMolecular Neurobiology and stem cell biology
AwardsFirst Award Grant from NIMH (1992)
NARSAD Independent Award (2000)
NARSAD Independent Award II (2003)
NIH Director’s RO1 Award(2010)
Ilchon Science Award (2012)
Scientific career
FieldsNeuroscience and Stem cell biology
InstitutionsMcLean Hospital Harvard Medical School
Doctoral advisorDewey D Ryu
Kim Kwang-soo
Hangul
Revised RomanizationGim Gwang-su
McCune–ReischauerKim Kwangsu

Education

Postdoctoral Training

  • Postdoc. Fellow, MIT, Dept. of Biology (Molecular Genetics; Lenny Guarente, 1983–1985)
  • Postdoc. Associate, MIT, Dept. of Biology (Molecular Genetics; Lenny Guarente, 1987–1989)

Work

Kim is a Professor and Director at the Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory, McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School. He has over 20 year experiences to investigate molecular neurobiology of midbrain dopamine neuronal system in health and disease, focusing on elucidating the genetic network of intrinsic signaling molecules and extrinsic transcription factors for development and maintenance of dopamine neurons. He is also investigating stem cell biology and has pioneered to generate human induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells by protein-based reprogramming methods and demonstrated that these protein-iPS cells can efficiently generate functional dopamine neurons. He is currently focused on translating his neuroscience and stem cell research to potential therapeutic development for brain disorders such as Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, and inflammatory diseases.[1]

Awards



  • Scholarship from Seoul National University (1974–1977)
  • Graduated with the highest departmental honor (Department of Microbiology, Seoul National University) (1977)
  • Graduated with the highest departmental honor (Department of Biological Science and Technology, KAIST) (1979)
  • National Full Scholarship for Graduate Study at KAIST (1977–1982)
  • National Scholarship and Travel Award for the Study in U.S. (1983–1984)
  • First Award Grant from NIMH (1992–1998)
  • NARSAD Independent Award (2000–2005)
  • Society of Bioscience Research (SBR) Bioscience Award (2003)
  • Lead Reviewer Award from Stem Cells (2006)
  • NIH Director’s Opportunity Grant (top 3%) (2010–2013)
gollark: - you should tell people when you find some information on them, not then decide to go hunting for yet more information and not telling them in the meantime- you should stop gathering data on them when they ask you to, and not try and deliberately stop them from knowing you're doing it
gollark: Fine, I'll try and restate my views less ambiguously.
gollark: You did say something about not stopping if someone asked you to?
gollark: Ah, no, I'm not against the telling bit ~~as much as~~ but the refusing to stop bit.
gollark: What? Where am I considering not telling good?

References
  1. Vasudevan A, Won C, Li S, Erdélyi F, Szabó G, Kim KS. Development. 2012 Sep;139(17):3136-41. doi: 10.1242/dev.078394.
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