Professor Park's achievements on apoptosis mechanism research are internationally recognized
He has made Outstanding research achievements such as publishing over 40 SCI theses in the past three years and selection of 'Top 1' in impact factor by the US National Institutes of Health
[November 8, 2012]

 Professor Park, Hyun-ho (School of Biotechnology, 38, photo) was recently appointed as a member of the editing committee for <Apoptosis>, a prominent international academic journal in the molecular biology sector. Thus, Professor Park will judge papers applied to the journal and act as an advisor for the academic journal starting from January 2013.

 This shows that his excellence in 'Research on Apoptosis Mechanism', which his major field of study, was internationally recognized. Apoptosis is a mechanism in which cells destroy itself when receiving certain signals. It is a core field of studies in biology and is deeply related to many diseases including cancer, immune diseases, and degenerative diseases.

 Also, Professor Park became the first in the world to reveal the tri-structure of the Death Domain compound and was published as the primary author in one of the top three science journals <Cell> (IF 32.4) and <Annual Review of Immunology> (IF 49.2) receiving attention from the academic world as a young scholar in his 30s. After complete his doctorates at Cornell University and his post-doc at Stanford University, he was appointed as a professor of YU in September 2008. Since then, he has been very active in research publishing over 40 SCI class papers in prominent international journals in the molecular biology and biochemistry sectors such as <Nucleic Acids Research> and <Journal of Biological Chemistry>.

 Recently, the research papers on apoptosis-related-domain published on <Nucleic Acids Research> and <Apoptosis> was selected as 'Impact Factor Top 1' by the National Library of Medicine medical database search engine (BioMedLiB), which is overseen by the US National Institutes of Health.

 BioMedLib selects the top 20 theses for each field from over 20 million bio-medical related books and papers possessed by the US National Library of Medicine. Theses selected from here are automatically recognized for its value and excellence.