Education
- PhD, Molecular Genetics, University of Wisconsin — Madison (WI)
- MS, Molecular Microbiology, Chonnam National University, South Korea
- BS, Agrobiology, Chonnam National University, South Korea
Biography
Dr. Kim is a cell and molecular biologist with nearly 30 years of teaching and research experience. He earned his Ph.D. in Molecular Genetics from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and has held academic and research appointments at Washington University in St. Louis, The George Washington University, the University of Southern Mississippi, and Liberty University. He joined Columbia International University in July 2024.
Dr. Kim’s research explores how nutrients and metabolites regulate cellular functions, shedding light on the molecular mechanisms underlying metabolic disorders such as diabetes and cancer. He views scientific inquiry as a way to appreciate the order and complexity of God’s creation and is deeply committed to mentoring undergraduate students, guiding them to integrate faith, learning, and research in the pursuit of truth.
Dr. Kim is passionate about involving undergraduate students in authentic scientific research. Through laboratory investigations in molecular and cellular biology, he mentors students who seek deeper training in scientific inquiry and preparation for graduate study and research careers.
Selected Publications & Presentations
- Jeong-Ho Kim, Levi Mailloux, Daniel Bloor, Haeun Tae, Han Nguyen, Morgan McDowell, Jaqueline Padilla & Anna DeWaard. 2024. Multiple roles for the cytoplasmic C-terminal domains of the yeast cell surface receptors Rgt2 and Snf3 in glucose sensing and signaling. Sci. Rep. 14:4055.
- Jeong-Ho Kim, Levi Mailloux, Daniel Bloor, Bradley Maddox, and Julia Humble. 2023. The role of salt bridge networks in the stability of the yeast hexose transporter 1. Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 1867: 130490.
- Jeong-Ho Kim, Daniel Bloor, Rebeca Rodriguez, Emma Mohler, Levi Mailloux, Sarah Melton, and Daejeong Jung. 2022. Casein kinases are required for the stability of the glucose sensing receptor Rgt2 in yeast. Sci. Rep. 12:1598.
- Jeong-Ho Kim and Rebeca Rodriguez. 2021. Glucose regulation of the paralogous glucose sensing receptors Rgt2 and Snf3 of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 1865: 129881.
- Kyu Hong Cho, Grant Tryon and Jeong-Ho Kim. 2020. Screening for Diguanylate Cyclase (DGC) Inhibitors Mitigating Bacterial Biofilm Formation. Front. Chem. 8:264.
- Adhiraj Roy, Salman Hashmi, Zerui Li, Angela D. Dement, Kyu Hong Cho and Jeong-Ho Kim. 2016. The glucose metabolite methylglyoxal inhibits expression of the glucose transporter genes by inactivating the cell surface glucose sensors Rgt2 and Snf3 in yeast. Mol. Biol. Cell. 27:862–871.
- Leslie Brown, Jeong-Ho Kim and Kyu Hong Cho. 2016. Presence of a prophage determines temperature-dependent capsule production in Streptococcus pyogenes. Genes (Basel) 7:74.
- Adhiraj Roy, Angela D. Dement, Kyu Hong Cho and Jeong-Ho Kim. 2015. Assessing glucose uptake through the yeast hexose transporter 1 (Hxt1). PLoS ONE 10(3):e0121985.
- Yong-Bae Kim, Yong Jae Shin, Adhiraj Roy and Jeong-Ho Kim. 2015. The role of the pleckstrin homology domain-containing protein CKIP-1 in activation of p21-activated kinase 1 (PAK1). J. Biol. Chem. 290:21076–21085.
- Kyu Hong Cho and Jeong-Ho Kim. 2015. Cis-encoded non-coding antisense RNAs in streptococci and other low GC Gram (+) bacterial pathogens. Front. Genet. 6:1–10.
- Adhiraj Roy, Yong-Bae Kim, Kyu Hong Cho and Jeong-Ho Kim. 2014. Glucose starvation-induced turnover of the yeast glucose transporter Hxt1. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1840:2878–2885.
- Adhiraj Roy, David Jouandot II, Kyu Hong Cho and Jeong-Ho Kim. 2014. Understanding the mechanism of glucose-induced relief of Rgt1-mediated repression in yeast. FEBS Open Bio. 4:105–111.
- Jeong-Ho Kim, Adhiraj Roy and Kyu Hong Cho. 2013. The glucose signaling network in yeast (review). Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 1830:5204–5210.
- Adhiraj Roy, Yong Jae Shin, Kyu Hong Cho and Jeong-Ho Kim. 2013. Mth1 regulates the interaction between the Rgt1 repressor and the Ssn6-Tup1 corepressor complex by modulating PKA-dependent phosphorylation of Rgt1. Mol. Biol. Cell. 24:1493–1503.
- Adhiraj Roy, Yong Jae Shin and Jeong-Ho Kim. 2013. Construction of yeast strains useful for screening drugs that inhibit glucose uptake and glycolysis. Anal. Biochem. 436:53–54.
- Yong Jae Shin, Eun Hye Kim, Adhiraj Roy and Jeong-Ho Kim. 2013. Evidence for a novel mechanism of the PAK1 interaction with the Rho-GTPases Cdc42 and Rac. PLoS ONE 8:e71494.
- Rafael A. Tesorero, Ning Yu, Jordan O. Wright, Juan P. Svencioni, Qiang Cheng, Jeong-Ho Kim and Kyu Hong Cho. 2013. Novel Regulatory Small RNAs in Streptococcus pyogenes. PLoS ONE 8:e64021.
- Kyu Hong Cho, Jordan O. Wright, Juan P. Svencioni, Qiang Cheng and Jeong-Ho Kim. 2013. The prince and the pauper: Which one is real? The problem of secondary mutation during mutagenesis in Streptococcus pyogenes. Virulence 4:1–2.
- Yong Jae Shin, Yong-Bae Kim and Jeong-Ho Kim. 2013. Protein kinase CK2 phosphorylates and activates p21-activated kinase 1 (PAK1). Mol. Biol. Cell. 24:2990–2999.
Recognitions & Awards
- National Institutes of Health, Co-Investigator, RR016476, $340,000 (2005–2010)
- National Institutes of Health, Principal Investigator, R01 GM087470, $1,116,992 (2009–2014)
- The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Principal Investigator, Medical Center, $668,195 (2010–2016)
- Liberty University, Principal Investigator $7,500 (2022)
- National Institutes of Health, Principal Investigator, R15 GM134447, $697,595 (2019–2027)
- National Institutes of Health, Principal Investigator, 3R15GM134447-02S1, $250,000 (2025–2027)
