Prof. Kim wins the NAS Award
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Prof. Kim wins the NAS Award
The National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Korea (President Dongki Kim) nominated prof. Jihyun F. Kim at Yonsei University as a winner of the NAS Awards in Natural Sciences – Basic, and held the 64th awards ceremony on Sep. 17, 2019 at the auditorium of the Academy. Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Education Eunhye Yu, academy members, and friends and families of the winners participated in the ceremony. The NAS awards, the most prestigious prizes with the oldest history and the highest authority in Korea, have been granted to scholars who contributed to the advancement of the humanity by accomplishing outstanding academic achievements in a specific subject of research.
With his dedication to microbial genome research, prof. Kim analyzed the genomes of Escherichia coli, which has evolved in the laboratory for a long time, to reveal that the relationship between genetic variation and environmental adaptation is not proportional and occurs much more complex and dynamically than is known. He contributed greatly to the identification of the evolutionary principles of life. The findings, published as an Article in the journal Nature in 2009 (Genome evolution and adaptation in a long-term experiment with Escherichia coli), have been cited more than 1,000 times over the past decade. In addition to being rated as "Exceptional (FFa 19)" by F1000 Prime, it has been featured as an excellent paper in Nature sister journals and others. He has published a number of excellent papers on microbial genomics and evolutionary research, and was given the On-BIT Award from the Korean Society for Bioinformatics and Biology in 2009, KRIBB Award – Grand Prize from Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology in 2010, and Grand Prize for Academic Achievement from the Microbiological Society of Korea in 2018 among others.
Furthermore, prof. Kim has contributed to systems/synthetic biology and microbiome research and development. His efforts have been focused on understanding the interactions among biomolecules, among microbes, and/or between microbes and plant/human hosts at the systems level using genomics and multi-omics technologies. Also, he made efforts to establish the foundation for bioeconomy by utilizing synthetic biology and other biotechnological platforms aimed at modulating microbes and microbiomes to maintain health and prevent, diagnose, and/or treat disease, and has reported results to Genome Biology and Nature Biotechnology.
The National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Korea (President Dongki Kim) nominated prof. Jihyun F. Kim at Yonsei University as a winner of the NAS Awards in Natural Sciences – Basic, and held the 64th awards ceremony on Sep. 17, 2019 at the auditorium of the Academy. Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Education Eunhye Yu, academy members, and friends and families of the winners participated in the ceremony. The NAS awards, the most prestigious prizes with the oldest history and the highest authority in Korea, have been granted to scholars who contributed to the advancement of the humanity by accomplishing outstanding academic achievements in a specific subject of research.
With his dedication to microbial genome research, prof. Kim analyzed the genomes of Escherichia coli, which has evolved in the laboratory for a long time, to reveal that the relationship between genetic variation and environmental adaptation is not proportional and occurs much more complex and dynamically than is known. He contributed greatly to the identification of the evolutionary principles of life. The findings, published as an Article in the journal Nature in 2009 (Genome evolution and adaptation in a long-term experiment with Escherichia coli), have been cited more than 1,000 times over the past decade. In addition to being rated as "Exceptional (FFa 19)" by F1000 Prime, it has been featured as an excellent paper in Nature sister journals and others. He has published a number of excellent papers on microbial genomics and evolutionary research, and was given the On-BIT Award from the Korean Society for Bioinformatics and Biology in 2009, KRIBB Award – Grand Prize from Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology in 2010, and Grand Prize for Academic Achievement from the Microbiological Society of Korea in 2018 among others.
Furthermore, prof. Kim has contributed to systems/synthetic biology and microbiome research and development. His efforts have been focused on understanding the interactions among biomolecules, among microbes, and/or between microbes and plant/human hosts at the systems level using genomics and multi-omics technologies. Also, he made efforts to establish the foundation for bioeconomy by utilizing synthetic biology and other biotechnological platforms aimed at modulating microbes and microbiomes to maintain health and prevent, diagnose, and/or treat disease, and has reported results to Genome Biology and Nature Biotechnology.
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