Professor
Kim, Jae Bum
Research
Cell Biology
Genetics
Molecular Biology
1. Mechanism of Adipocyte Differentiation
2. Gene Expression Regulation of Lipogenesis and Insulin-dependent Genes
3. Molecular Mechanisms for Obesity and Diabetes
2. Gene Expression Regulation of Lipogenesis and Insulin-dependent Genes
3. Molecular Mechanisms for Obesity and Diabetes
Education/Career
Education
- - 1984 - 1988 B.S. Dept. of Zoology, Seoul National University
- - 1988 - 1990 M.A. Cell & Molecular Biology, Seoul National University
- - 1991 - 1996 Ph.D. Dept. of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, Harvard University, U.S.A
Career
- - 1996- 1997 Postdoctoral Fellow. Dana-Farber Cancer Inst., Harvard Medical School, U.S.A.
- - 1997 - 2000 Postdoctoral Fellow. Cancer Research Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S.A.
- - 2000 - Present Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor, School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University
- - 2004 - Present Associate Member of Korean Academy of Science and Technology
- - 2005 - 2008 Member of National Bioethics Evaluation, Ministry of Health & Welfare
- - 2007 - 2008 Visiting Professor, Dept. of Medicine, Univ. of California, San Diego, U.S.A.
- - 2009 - 2011 Director, Institute of Laboratory Animal Research, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
- - 2011 - 2012 Director, Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
- - 2011 - 2020 Director, Center for Adipose Tissue Remodeling, Creative Research Initiatives
- - 2013 -2014 Member of Presidential Advisory Council on Science & Technology
- - 2014 - 2015 Visiting Professor/ Project Scientist, Dept. of Pathology, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, U.S.A
- - 2020 - Present Director, Center for Studies on Structure-Function in Adipocyte
- - 2021 - 2023 Editor-in-Chief, Molecules and Cells
- - 2021 - 2023 Chair of School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Publications
- J. Kong, Y. Ji, Y. G. Jeon, J. S. Han, K. H. Han, J. H. Lee, G. Lee, H. Jang, S. S. Choe, M. Baes, and J. B. Kim*. Spatiotemporal contact between peroxisome and lipid droplet regulates fasting-induced lipolysis via PEX5. Nat Commun., 11(1):578, 2020. 01.
- Y. J. Park, S. Lee, S. Lim, H. Nahmgoong, Y. Ji, J. Y. Huh, A. A. Alfadda, S. Kim, and J. B. Kim*. Dnmt1 maintains metabolic fitness of adipocytes through acting as an epigenetic safeguard of mitochondria dynamics. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 118(11): e2021073118, 2021. 03. (This paper is highlighted in the ‘Commentary’ in Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 2021 118 (15) e2102944118)
- J. H. Sohn, Y. Ji, C. Cho, H. Nahmgoong, S. Lim, Y. G. Jeon, S. M. Han, J. S. Park, I. Rhee, H. Kim, S. Kim, and J. B. Kim*. Spatial regulation of reactive oxygen species via G6PD in nrown adipocytes Supports thermogenic function. Diabetes, 70:22756-70, 2021. 12. (In the same issue, cover figure is selected from this paper.)
- H. Nahmgoong, Y. G. Jeon, E. S. Park, Y. H. Choi, S. M. Han, J. Park, Y. Ji, J. H. Sohn, J. S. Han, Y. Y. Kim, I. J. Hwang, Y. K. Lee, J. Y. Huh, S. S. Choe, T. J. Oh, S. H. Choi, J. K. Kim, and J. B. Kim*. Distinct properties of adipose stem cell subpopulations determine fat depot-specific characteristics. Cell Metab., 34:458-472, 2022. 03. (This study is highlighted on the cover figure. This paper is highlighted in Nat. Rev. Endocrinol. 18:133 [2022])
- G. Lee, Y. Y. Kim, H. Jang, J. S. Han, H. Nahmgoong, Y. J. Park, S. M. Han, C. Cho, S. Lim, J. Noh, W. K. Oh, C. Lee, S. Kim, and J. B. Kim*. SREBP1c-PARP1 axis tunes anti-senescence activity of adipocytes and ameliorates metabolic imbalance in obesity. Cell Metab., 34:702-718, 2022. 05. (This paper is introduced as ‘research highlights’ in Nat. Cell Biol. 24:601 [2022])
- J. S. Han, Y. G. Jeon, M. Oh, G. Lee, H. Nahmgoong, S. M. Han, Y. Y. Kim, K. C. Shin, J. Kim, K. Jo, S. S. Choe, E. J. Park, S. Kim, and J. B. Kim*. Adipocyte HIF2alpha functions as a thermostat via PKA Cα regulation in beige adipocytes. Nat. Commun., 13:3268, 2022. 06.
- J. Park, D. H. Lee, S. Ham, J. Oh, J. Noh, Y. K. Lee, Y. J. Park, G. Lee, S. M. Han, J. S. Han, Y. Y. Kim, Y. G. Jeon, H. Nahmgoong, K. C. Shin, S. M. Kim, S. H. Choi, C. Lee, J. Park, T. Y. Roh, S. Kim, and J. B. Kim*. Targeted erasing of DNA methylation drives adipogenic reprogramming. Nat. Metab., 4(7):918-931, 2022.07.
- Y. G. Jeon, Y. Y. Kim, G. Lee, J. B. Kim*. Physiological and pathological roles of lipogenesis. Nat. Metab., 5:735-759, 2023.05
- S. M. Han, E. S. Park, J. Park, H. Nahmgoong, Y. H. Choi, J. Oh, K. M. Yim, W. T. Lee, Y. G. Jeon, K. C. Shin, J. Y. Huh, S. H. Choi, J. Park, J. K. Kim, and J. B. Kim*. Unique adipose tissue invariant natural killer T cell subpopulations control adipocyte turnover in mice. Nat. Commun. 14:8512, 2023.12.
- Y. G. Jeon, H. Nahmgoong, J. Oh, D. Lee, D. W. Kim, J. E. Kim, Y. Y. Kim, Y. Ji, J. S. Han, S. M. Kim, J. H. Sohn, W. T. Lee, S. W. Kim, J. Park, J. Y. Huh, K. Jo, J-Y Cho, J. Park, and J. B. Kim*. Ubiquitin Ligase RNF20 Coordinates Sequential Adipose Thermogenesis with Brown and Beige Fat-Specific Substrates. Nat. Commun, 15:940, 2024.01.