{"firstName":"Ko, Hyuk","lastName":"Wan","position":"Professor","department":"Department of Biochemistry, College of Life Science and Biotechnology","homepages":["https://dglab.yonsei.ac.kr/"],"homepage":"https://dglab.yonsei.ac.kr/","orcid":"","googleScholar":"https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=vZtD7W0AAAAJ&hl=ko&oi=ao","emails":["kohw@yonsei.ac.kr"],"email":"kohw@yonsei.ac.kr","phoneOffice":"82-2-2123-2699","phoneNumbers":["82-2-2123-7286"],"phoneLab":"82-2-2123-7286","thumbAlt":"HyukWanKo","listDescription":"","listThumbAlt":"HyukWanKo","visibility":"public","researchKeywords":["metabolic disorder","obesity","fibrosis","rare disease","primary cilia"],"researchInterest":["Elucidating the molecular mechanisms of obesity with a focus on obesity-inducing ciliary genes","Identification of novel therapeutic target genes for liver fibrosis using mouse disease models","Investigating the molecular mechanisms of human rare diseases using mouse models"],"education":[{"period":"1998-2004","content":"Ph.D. in Neuroscience, Rutgers University/University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersery, NJ, USA"},{"period":"1989-1996","content":"B.S. in Biochemistry, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea"}],"career":[{"period":"2025-present","content":"Professor, Yonsei University"},{"period":"2018-2025","content":"Associate Professor, Yonsei University"},{"period":"2012-2018","content":"Assistant/Associate Professor, Dongguk University"},{"period":"2010-2012","content":"Assistant Professor, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea"},{"period":"2005-2009","content":"Post-doc fellow, Princeton University, NJ, USA"}],"patents":[{"year":"2023","content":"Composition for preventing, improving or treating an inflammatory disease (Patent registered)"},{"year":"2023","content":"Compositions comprising a nature-derived compound that inhibits the function of the Exocyst complex (Patent application)"},{"year":"2016","content":"Novel compound having SMO-inhibitory activity and composition for preventing or treating cancer comprising the same as an active ingredient (Patent registered)"}],"awards":[{"period":"2020-2024","content":"Excellence in Teaching Award, Yonsei University"}]}