Nano-Bioscience and Chemical Engineering
Byoung Heon Kang
Associate Professor / UNIST
Nano-Bioscience and Chemical Engineering
Associate Professor / UNISTProfile
Department: School of Life Sciences(생명과학부)
Research Interests: Nano-bio materials based on protein engineering, Protein Engineering, Drug/diagnostics delivery nanoplatform, Protein-base vaccine delivery systems, Protein mass spectrometry
Lab: Cancer Biology Lab
E-Mail: kangbh@unist.ac.kr
Website: https://sites.google.com/site/mitomed/
Research
Cancer, Mitochondrial biology, Drug development
Publications
1. Compartmentalized cancer drug discovery targeting mitochondrial Hsp90 chaperones.
Kang BH, Altieri DC.
Oncogene. 2009 Oct 22;28(42):3681-8. Epub 2009 Aug 3. Review.
2. Combinatorial drug design targeting multiple cancer signaling networks controlled by mitochondrial Hsp90.
Kang BH, Plescia J, Song HY, Meli M, Colombo G, Beebe K, Scroggins B, Neckers L, Altieri DC.
J Clin Invest. 2009 Mar;119(3):454-64. doi: 10.1172/JCI37613. Epub 2009 Feb 23.
3. Hsp60 regulation of tumor cell apoptosis.
Ghosh JC, Dohi T, Kang BH, Altieri DC.
J Biol Chem. 2008 Feb 22;283(8):5188-94. Epub 2007 Dec 17.
4. Regulation of tumor cell mitochondrial homeostasis by an organelle-specific Hsp90 chaperone network.
Kang BH, Plescia J, Dohi T, Rosa J, Doxsey SJ, Altieri DC.
Cell. 2007 Oct 19;131(2):257-70.
5. Regulation of survivin stability by the aryl hydrocarbon receptor-interacting protein.
Kang BH, Altieri DC.
J Biol Chem. 2006 Aug 25;281(34):24721-7. Epub 2006 Jun 27.
Education
1991 – 1995: B.S. Department of Life Science KAIST, South Korea
1995 – 1997: M.S. Department of Life Science (Biochemistry) POSTECH, South Korea
1999 – 2004: Ph.D. Department of Life Science (Biochemistry) POSTECH, South Korea
Byoung Heon Kang
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