Yong Kim
Associate Professor
Oral Biology
University of California los Angeles
United States of America
Biography
Yong Kim, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor-in-Residence in the Section of Oral Biology in the Division of Oral Biology & Medicine at the UCLA School of Dentistry.
Research Interest
"Study on the cellular and molecular function of cell cycle regulator in embryonic stem cell differentiation and embryo development. Molecular determinants in the effects of teratogen in human stem cells. Epigenetic regulation in embryonic stem cell differentiation and cancer development. Role of CDK2AP1 in cell cycle regulation and the significance of its differential expression in cellular transformation in relation to checkpoint regulation and apoptosis. Translational application of cell cycle regulatory mechanism for head and neck/oral cancer treatment."
