Nano-Bioscience and Chemical Engineering
Tae Joo Park
Assistant professor / UNIST

Publication
Selected publications 1. Kim SK, Shindo A, Park TJ, Ghosh S, Wallingford JB, 2010, Septin organization by the PCP effector Fritz is essential for both convergent extension and ciliogenesis. 2010 Jul 29. [Epub ahead of print], Science – This paper was highlighted in Science. 2. McGary KL*, Park TJ*, Woods JO, Cha HJ, Wallingford JB, Marcotte EM, 2009, Systematic discovery of non-obvious human disease models through orthologous phenotypes. Proc Natl Acad…..
1. Kim SK, Shindo A, Park TJ, Ghosh S, Wallingford JB, 2010, Septin organization by the PCP effector Fritz is essential for both convergent extension and ciliogenesis. 2010 Jul 29. [Epub ahead of print], Science
– This paper was highlighted in Science.
2. McGary KL*, Park TJ*, Woods JO, Cha HJ, Wallingford JB, Marcotte EM, 2009, Systematic discovery of non-obvious human disease models through orthologous phenotypes. Proc Natl Acad Sci, 107(14):6544-9 -Equal contribution
– This paper was highlighted in NY Times, Nature news, Faculty of 1000, Scientist, and Genome Biology.
– This paper was rated as “Exceptional” in Faculty of 1000
3. Park TJ, Mitchell B, Abitua PB, Chris Kintner, Wallingford JB, 2008. Dishevelled controls apical docking and planar polarization of basal bodies in a mucociliary epithelium. Nature Genetics, 40(7):871-879
– This paper was rated as “Must Read” in Faculty of 1000
– This paper was cited 52 times in prestigious journals including Science, Nature, Nature genetics and Nature cell biology.
4. Park TJ, Haigo SL. Wallingfor JB. 2006. Ciliogenesis defects in embryos lacking inturned or fuzzy function are associated with failure of planar cell polarity and Hedgehog signaling. Nature Genetics, 38, 303-11
– This paper was selected as a cover story.
– This paper was cited 102 times in many prestigious journals including Science, Nature, Nature genetics and Nature cell biology.
5. Park TJ, Gray RS, Sato A, Habas R, Wallingford JB. 2005. Subcellular localization and signaling properties of Dishevelled in developing vertebrate embryos. Current Biology, 15, 1039-44
– This paper was selected in Faculty of 1000 as a “Hidden Jewel”
– This paper was cited 36 times in other prestigious journals including Nature, Nature genetics and Nature cell biology.
-PhD (2003-2008), Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Texas at Austin, PI; Dr. John B. Wallingford
-MS (1999-2001), Life science, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, Korea, PI; Dr. Nikolaus A. Spoerel
-BS (1993-1999), Biology, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea