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김태돈
Tae-Don Kim
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- Campus : Seoul Campus
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Department : Department of Pharmacy
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E-mail : TDKIM@YONSEI.AC.KR
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Tel : 032-749-3544
- Office : 제약바이오융합연구센터 216호
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- Lab. of Gene & Cell Therapeutics (GCT Lab)
Education
Ph.D. Aug. 2005. Dept. of Life Science, POSTECH
M.S. Feb. 1998. Dept. of Life Science, POSTECH
B.S. Feb. 1996. Dept of Genetic Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University
Professional Experience
Adjunct Researcher Apr. 2026 – Present. Immunotherapy Research Center, KRIBB
Professor Mar. 2026 – Present. Dept. of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Yonsei University
Invited Research Fell Jun. 2021 – Present. Biomedical Mathematics Group, iBS
Professor Mar. 2015 – Feb. 2026. Dept. of Functional Genomics and Advanced Bioconvergence Department, KRIBB School, UST
Principal Investigator Mar. 2014 – Feb. 2026. Immunotherapy Research Center and Center for Gene & Cell Therapy, KRIBB
Associate Professor Mar. 2012 – Feb. 2015. Dept. of Functional Genomics, UST
Visiting Scientist Oct. 2009 – Sep. 2011. Medical School, University of Washington, USA
Assistant Professor Sep. 2009 – Aug. 2010. Dept of Functional Genomics, UST
Senior Researcher Feb. 2008 – Feb. 2014. Immunotherapy Research Center, KRIBB
PostDoc. Fellow Sep. 2005 – Jan. 2008. Dept. of Life Science, POSTECH
Research Interests
Immune cell biology (Basics)
• NK/T cell development/activation
• Mathematical modeling and controlling for NK activation
• Regulation of immune synapse in immunity
RNA Biology (Basics)
• mRNA metabolism: translation initiation and termination
• Noncoding RNAs: miRNA, lncRNA
• RNA methylation (m6A)
• miR-150/FTO KO animal model
Gene-cell therapy (Applications)
• Agentic AI-based RNA design
• Platform for CAR-X engineering: in vivo CAR-T and cancer mRNA vaccine
• RNA-based gene therapeutics
