Director, Center for Cognition and Sociality, IBS, Daejeon, Korea
Education
MD, Seoul National University (1974)
PhD, Cornell University (1983)
Major Experience
1978 - 1980Postdoctoral Fellow in Immunology, Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer research
1983 - 1985Research Associate in Genetics, Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research
1985 - 1991Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biology, MIT/Associate Member, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
1991 - 2001Associate Professor, Professor, Dept. Life Science, POSTECH
1996 - 1998Director, Biotechnology Research Center, POSTECH
1997 - 2003Director, National CRI Center for Calcium and Learning
2001 - 2012Principal Research Scientist, KIST
2005 - 2011Director, Center for Neural Science, KIST
2011 - 2012Director-General, Brain Science Institute, KIST
2012 - Director, Center for Cognition and Sociality, IBS
Honors
2018American Association for Advancement of Science Fellow
2010National Academy of Science, Korea, Member
2009National Academy of Science, USA, Foreign Associate
2006National Honor Scientist, Korea
2004Hoam prize
2004Order of Civil Merit(Dongbaeg Medal), Korea
Major Publication
Neural circuits underlying a psychotherapeutic regimen for fear disorders, Nature. (2019)
Neural Basis of Observational Fear Learning: A Potential Model of Affective Empathy. Neuron. (2019, An invited review)
A missense variant at the Nrxn3 locus enhances empathy fear in the mouse. Neuron. (2018) (This article has been highlighted in Neuron by a Preview Article by Dr. Gloria Choi.) (This article has been recommended in F1000Prime as being of special significance in its field by F1000 Faculty Member Louis F Reichardt.)
Mice in conflict show rule-observance behavior enhancing long-term benefit. Nature Communications. (2017) (This article has been highlighted in Nature by a NEWS & VIEWS article by Scott M. Rennie and Michael Platt.)
Bidirectional modulation of fear extinction by mediodorsal thalamic firing in mice. Nature Neuroscience (2012)
Observational fear learning involves affective pain system and Cav1.2 Ca2+ channels in ACC. Nature Neuroscience. (This article has been highlighted in Nature by a News & Views article by Andrea Luethi.)
Thalamic control of visceral nociception mediated by T-type Ca2+ channels. Science. (2003)