Woo-yang Kim
Associate Professor
Developmental Neuroscience
University of Nebraska Medical Center
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Kim is an Associate Professor of Developmental Neuroscience in the Munroe-Meyer Institute at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. He received postdoctoral training studying neural development with Dr. William Snider at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The goal of Dr. Kim's research is to understand how the developing brain forms and establishes complex yet specific neural circuits. Abnormal formation of the brain and neural circuits is linked to neurodevelopmental and psychiatric diseases including autism spectrum disorders, intellectual disability, and schizophrenia. Thus identifying molecules and signaling mechanisms of neural circuits may lead to a better understanding of the pathogenic mechanisms underlying neurodevelopmental disorders affecting cognitive and social behavior.
Research Interest
Autism spectrum disorders, Axon/dendrite development, Intellectual disability, Neural stem cells/progenitors, neurogenesis, Neurodevelopmental disorders, Neuronal migration/positioning and Schizophrenia
Publications
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Ka M, Kook YH, Liao K, Buch S, Kim WY. Transactivation of TrkB by Sigma-1 receptor mediates cocaine-induced changes in dendritic spine density and morphology in hippocampal and cortical neurons. Cell death & disease. 2016 Oct;7(10):e2414.
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Ka M, Moffat JJ, Kim WY. MACF1 Controls Migration and Positioning of Cortical GABAergic Interneurons in Mice. Cerebral cortex. 2016 Oct 1:1-4.
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Chen C, Kim WY, Jiang P. Humanized neuronal chimeric mouse brain generated by neonatally engrafted human iPSC-derived primitive neural progenitor cells. JCI insight. 2016 Nov 17;1(19).
