Young-Su Yi

Education

1. Ban-Po High School, Seoul, Korea 1991-1994

2. BS, Department of Genetic Engineering, SungKyunKwan University, Suwon, Korea, 1994 - 2001

3. MS, School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, 2001 – 2003

4. Graduate student, PULSe (Purdue University Life Science) program, Purdue University, IN, USA, 2004, Aug – Present

Experiences

Researcher, Korea Institute of Radiological & Medical Sciences (KIRAMS), Seoul, Korea 2003-2004

Research Assistantship, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea 2001-2003

Teaching Assistantship, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, 2001-2002

Undergrad. Research Assistantship, SungKyunKwan University, Suwon, Korea, 1998 - 1999

Military Service, 62-FA Bravo FDC, Army the 2^nd Division, Won-Tong, Kang-Won Province, Korea 1996-1998

 

Current Project(s)

1. Folate receptor-mediated immunotherapy of rheumatoid arthritis (RA)

2. Folate receptor-mediated immunotherapy of multiple sclerosis (MS)

3. Crystallization of Folate receptor-beta

Publications

1. Yi YS, Park SG, Byeon SM, Kwon YG, Jung G. Hepatitis B virus X protein induces TNF-alpha expression via down-regulation of selenoprotein P in human hepatoma cell line, HepG2. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2003 Jul 30;1638(3):249-56.