CURRICULUM VITAE

 

 

Name:           Ssang-Goo Cho

Date of Birth:  September 15, 1968

Family:       Wife, one son

Nationality:    Republic of Korea

Address:      National Creative Research Initiative (CRI) Center for Cell Death,

              Graduate school of Biotechnology, Korea University, Anam-1-Ka,

              Sungbuk-Gu, Seoul, Korea, 136-701

Tel : (02) 3290-4285      E-mail    : ssangoo@kuccnx.korea.ac.kr, ssangoo@orgio.net

 

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUNDS

 

Jan. 1998 - Present   : Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in National CRI Center for Cell Death,

                     Graduate school of Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul, Korea

Mar. 1993 - Feb. 1998 : Ph.D. in Department of Genetic Engineering, Korea University,

                      Seoul, Korea

Mar. 1991 - Feb. 1993 : M.S. in  Department of Genetic Engineering, Korea University,

                      Seoul, Korea

Mar. 1987 - Feb. 1991 : B.A. in  Department of Genetic Engineering, Korea University,

                      Seoul, Korea

                       

CAREER

 

Jan. 1998 - Present  :   Senior Research Scientist, National CRI Center for Cell Death,

                     Graduate school of Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul, Korea

Mar. 1995 - Present  :  Researcher, Institute of Biotechnology, Korea University,

                     Seoul, Korea

 

PRESENTATIONS AT CONFERENCES

 

1. ¡¯99 The 11th Annual Meeting of the Korean Society for Molecular Biology : Oct. 25-26, 1999 in

Seoul, Korea

A Novel Protein, ASKIP (ASK1 Interacting Protein), Interacts with ASK1 and Inhibits Its

Kinase Activity and ASK1-Dependent Apoptosis

2. ¡¯99 Spring Meeting of the Korean Society for Applied Microbiology : April 23-24, 1999 in

          Seoul, Korea

          Regulation of xynA gene in Bacillus stearothermophilus No. 236 and B. subtillis.

3. '98 Fall  The 10th Annual Meeting of the Korean Society for Molecular Biology : Oct.

          1998 in Seoul, Korea

          Catabolite repression of xylanase gene (xynA) expression in Bacillus stearothermophilus and

          B. subtilis

4. '97 Fall The 9th Annual Meeting of the Korean Society for Molecular Biology : Oct. 16-18,

         1997 in Seoul, Korea

         Catabolite repression of the Bacillus stearothermophilus b-xylosidase gene (xylA) 

5. The International Symposium and 1996 Spring Meeting of the Korean Society for Applied

         Microbiology : April 25-26, 1996 in Seoul, Korea

          Pentose utilization by the xylanolytic bacterium Bacillus stearothermophilus

6. '95 Fall Conference on Biochemistry and Molecular Biology : Oct., 1995 in Seoul, Korea

         Nucleotide sequence analysis of an endo-xylanase gene (xynA) from Bacillus stearothermophilus

7. '94 Fall Conference on Biochemistry and Molecular Biology : Oct., 1994 in Seoul, Korea

          Sequence analysis of b-D-xylosidase gene from Bacillus stearothermophilus

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EXPERIMENTAL EXPERIENCES

 

1.   General Recombinant DNA Techniques including RT-PCR, RACE-PCR, Site-directed mutagenesis, Northern Blotting, Shotgun cloning

2.   General Cell Culture

3.   Immunological techniques including immunoprecipitation, receptor binding assay, ELISA immunohistochemistry, Immunoblotting

4.   Immuno complex kinase assay

5.   Yeast and Mammalian Two Hybrid System

6.   Differential Display PCR

7.   Cell Death detection Tests (DNA fragmentation assay, TUNEL assay, etc)

8.   Protein Expression and Purification

9.   HPLC, FPLC, GC etc.

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

- Articles

 

 1. Cho, S-. G., Lee, Y. H., Park, H-. S., Eom, S-. J., Kim, M. J., and Choi, E. J. (1999).   Regulation of apoptosis by ####. Nature Cell Biology. In preparation. (Presentation in the 6th IUBMB conference, Seoul, Korea)

 2. Shim, J., Kim, M. J., Eom, S-. J., Cho, S-. G., Joe, C. O., and Choi, E. J. (1999). ## protein downregulates the stress-activated signals through inhibiting JNK/SAPK. Science. Submitted.

 3. Cho, S-, G., Lee, Y. H., Park, H-. S., and Choi, E. J. (1999). #####, a novel protein Inhibiting a kind of MAPKKK, ### and ###-dependent apoptosis. In preparation.

 4. Kim, Y., Ryu, K. H., Lee. Y. H., Cho, S-. G., and Choi, E. J. (1999). ##3 associates with #### and inhibits a kind of MAPK. In preparation.

 5.Cho, S-. G. and Choi, Y. J. (1999). Catabolite repression of xylanase gene (xynA) expression in Bacillus stearothermophilus No. 236 and B. subtilis. Biosci. Biotechnol.Biochem. 63:2053-2058.  

 6. Chang, U. J., Cho, S-. G., and Choi, Y. J. (1998). Purification and characterization of b-xylosidase B of Bacillus stearothermophilus No.236. Kor.J. Appl. Microbiol. Biotech. 26:297-302.

 7. Cho, S-. G. and Choi, Y. J. (1998). Characterization of xaiF gene encoding a novel xylanase-activity-increasing factor, XaiF. J. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 8:378-387.

 8. Cho, S-. G. and Choi, Y. J. (1998). Catabolite repression of the Bacillus stearothermophilus b-xylosidase gene (xylA) in Bacillus subtilis. J. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 8:21-27.

 9. Cho, S-. G. and Choi, Y. J. (1998). Regulation of b-xylosidase (XylA) synthesis in Bacillus stearothermophilus. J. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 8:14-20.

10. Kim, S. H., Cho, S-. G., and Choi, Y. J. (1997). Purification of CMCase from Bacillus

       stearother mophilus No.236. J. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 7: 305-309.

11. Suh, J. H., Eom, S. J., Cho, S-. G., and Choi, Y. J. (1996). Molecular cloning and expression of the b-xylosidase gene (xylB) of Bacillus stearothermophilus in Escherichia coli,J. Microbiol. Biotechnol 6: 331-335.

12. Lee, H. S., Cho, S-. G., and Choi, Y. J. (1996). Pentose utilization by the xylanolytic bacterium Bacillus stearothermophilus. K. J. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 24: 385-392.

13. Suh, J. H., Cho, S-. G., and Choi, Y. J. (1996). Synergic effects among endo-xylanase, b-xylosidase, and a-L-arabinofuranosidase from Bacillus stearothermophilus. J. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 6: 179-183.

14. Cho, S-. G., Suh, J. H., and Choi, Y. J. (1996). Overproduction, purification, and characterization of Bacillus stearothermophilus endo-xylanase A (XynA). J. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 6: 79-85.

15. Cho, S-. G. and Choi, Y. J. (1995). Nucleotide sequence analysis of an endo-xylanase gene (xynA) from Bacillus stearothermophilus. J.Microbiol.Biothchnol. 5: 117-124

16. Eom, S. J., Cho, S-. G., and Choi, Y. J. (1995). Purification and characterization of the a-L-arabinofuranosidase from Escherichia coli cells harboring the recombinant plasmid pKMG11. Kor .J. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 23: 446-453

17. Eom, S. J., Kim, H. S., Cho, S-. G., and Choi, Y. J. (1994). Molecular cloning and expression of the a-L-arabinofuranosidase gene of Bacillus stearothermophilus in Escherichia coli. Kor. J. Appl. Micorbiol. Biotechnol. 22:607-613.

18. Kim, H. S., Eom, S. J., Cho, S-. G., and Choi, Y. J. (1994). Molecular cloning and expression of the acetyl xylan esterase gene (estII) of Bacillus stearothermophilus in Escherichia coli. Kor. J. Appl. Micorbiol. Biotechnol. 22: 599-606.

19. Kim, I. S., Cho, S-. G.,and Choi, Y. J. (1993). Molecular cloning and expression of the acetyl xylan esterase gene of Bacillus stearothermophilus in Escherichia coli. Kor.J.Appl. Microbiol. Biotech. 21: 542-548.

20. Cho, S-. G., Park, S. S., Park, Y. I., and Choi, Y. J. (1992). Molecular cloning and   expression of an endo-xylanase gene from Bacillus stearohermophilus into Escherichia coli. Kor.J. Appl. Microbiol. Biotech. 20: 271-279.

 

-          Proceedings

 1. Cho, S-. G. and Y. J. Choi. 1999. Regulation of xynA gene in Bacillus stearothermophilus No. 236 and B. subtillis. the Korean Society for Applied Microbiology: April 23-24.

 2. Cho, S-. G. and Y. J. Choi. 1998. Catabolite repression of xylanase gene (xynA) expression in Bacillus stearothermophilus and B. subtilis. Proc. Mol. Biol. & Genet. 13:43-45.

 3. Cho, S-. G. and Y. J. Choi. 1997. Catabolite repression of the Bacillus stearothermophilus b-xylosidase gene (xylA). . Proc. Mol. Biol. & Genet. 12:49-50.

 4. Cho, S-. G. and Y. J. Choi. 1995. Nucleotide sequence analysis of an endo-xylanase gene (xynA) from Bacillus stearothermophilus. Proc. Mol. Biol. & Genet. 10:65-66.

 5. Oh, H. J., S-. G. Cho, and Y. J. Choi. 1994. Sequence analysis of b-D-xylosidase gene from Bacillus stearothermophilus . Proc. Mol. Biol. & Genet. 9:59-60.

 

Gene Registration

Bacillus stearothermophilus endo-xylanase gene (xynA) : U15985

 

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