John Kim is an associate professor in Biology whose research focuses on deciphering the biological function of microRNAs and other small RNAs expressed in the genome.
Academic Appointments
07/2015 | Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University |
09/2013 | Associate Professor, Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan |
09/2006 | Assistant Professor, Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan |
Education and Training
2001—2006 | Postdoctoral research: RNAi and microRNA mechanisms in C. elegans. Advisor: Gary Ruvkun Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston Department of Molecular Biology, MGH, Boston |
1994—2000 | Ph.D., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Doctoral research: Genetic dissection of autophagy in S. cerevisiae. Advisor: Daniel J. Klionsky Department of Microbiology, University of California, Davis |
1990—1994 | Staff Research Associate, Hormone Research Institute, UCSF Research: Autoantigenicity of glutamic acid decarboxylase in type I diabetes. Advisor: Steinunn Baekkeskov |
1986—1990 | B.S., Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven Senior Research Advisor: George Palade |
Honors and Awards
2013 | Frederick C. Neidhardt Endowed Professorship, University of Michigan |
2009—2013 | Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences |
2003—2006 | Helen Hay Whitney Postdoctoral Fellow |