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Overview

Hyun Uk Kim is affiliated with the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology in South Korea and focuses their research on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans several subfields including molecular biology, cancer research, pharmacology, computational theory and mathematics, and biomedical engineering.

The scientist's research covers diverse topics such as microbial metabolic engineering and bioproduction, bioinformatics and genomic networks, computational drug discovery methods, microbial natural products and biosynthesis, enzyme catalysis and immobilization, biofuel production and bioconversion, and metabolomics and mass spectrometry studies.

Frequent venues for publishing their research include Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Cancer Research, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Metabolic Engineering, and Natural Product Reports.

Some recent publications by Hyun Uk Kim include:

  • MEMOTE for standardized genome-scale metabolic model testing, 2020, Nature Biotechnology
  • Artificial intelligence for natural product drug discovery, 2023, Nature Reviews Drug Discovery
  • Systems and synthetic biology to elucidate secondary metabolite biosynthetic gene clusters encoded in Streptomyces genomes, 2021, Natural Product Reports
  • High-Level Production of the Natural Blue Pigment Indigoidine from Metabolically Engineered Corynebacterium glutamicum for Sustainable Fabric Dyes, 2021, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
  • Targeted and high-throughput gene knockdown in diverse bacteria using synthetic sRNAs, 2023, Nature Communications

Hyun Uk Kim collaborates frequently with several researchers, including Sang Yup Lee, Sang Mi Lee, GaRyoung Lee, Jae Yong Ryu, and Junhyeok Jeon. Their partnerships have resulted in multiple co-authored publications, reflecting ongoing teamwork within their areas of study.

Best Publications

  • Minimum Information about a Biosynthetic Gene cluster.

    Marnix H. Medema;Marnix H. Medema;Renzo Kottmann;Pelin Yilmaz;Matthew Cummings

  • Systems strategies for developing industrial microbial strains.

    Sang Yup Lee;Hyun Uk Kim;Hyun Uk Kim

  • Deep learning improves prediction of drug-drug and drug-food interactions.

    Jae Yong Ryu;Hyun Uk Kim;Sang Yup Lee

  • A comprehensive metabolic map for production of bio-based chemicals

    Sang Yup Lee;Hyun Uk Kim;Tong Un Chae;Jae Sung Cho

  • MEMOTE for standardized genome-scale metabolic model testing

    Christian Lieven;Moritz Emanuel Beber;Brett G. Olivier;Frank T. Bergmann

  • Artificial intelligence for natural product drug discovery

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  • Microbial production of building block chemicals and polymers

    Jeong Wook Lee;Hyun Uk Kim;Sol Choi;Jongho Yi

  • The secondary metabolite bioinformatics portal: Computational tools to facilitate synthetic biology of secondary metabolite production

    Tilmann Weber;Hyun Uk Kim

  • Application of systems biology for bioprocess development

    Jin Hwan Park;Sang Yup Lee;Tae Yong Kim;Hyun Uk Kim

  • Integrative genome‐scale metabolic analysis of Vibrio vulnificus for drug targeting and discovery

    Hyun Uk Kim;Soo Young Kim;Haeyoung Jeong;Tae Yong Kim

  • Metabolic flux analysis and metabolic engineering of microorganisms

    Hyun Uk Kim;Tae Yong Kim;Sang Yup Lee

  • Systems biology as a foundation for genome-scale synthetic biology

    Christian L Barrett;Tae Yong Kim;Hyun Uk Kim;Bernhard Ø Palsson

  • Current state and applications of microbial genome-scale metabolic models

    Won Jun Kim;Hyun Uk Kim;Hyun Uk Kim;Sang Yup Lee

  • Metabolite-centric approaches for the discovery of antibacterials using genome-scale metabolic networks.

    Tae Yong Kim;Hyun Uk Kim;Sang Yup Lee

  • A safe and sustainable bacterial cellulose nanofiber separator for lithium rechargeable batteries

    Hyeokjo Gwon;Kitae Park;Soon-Chun Chung;Ryoung-Hee Kim

  • Metabolic network modeling and simulation for drug targeting and discovery

    Hyun Uk Kim;Seung Bum Sohn;Sang Yup Lee

  • Production of bulk chemicals via novel metabolic pathways in microorganisms.

    Jae Ho Shin;Hyun Uk Kim;Dong In Kim;Sang Yup Lee

  • Strategies for systems-level metabolic engineering

    Tae Yong Kim;Seung Bum Sohn;Hyun Uk Kim;Sang Yup Lee

  • Bacterial cellulose as an example product for sustainable production and consumption

    Woo Dae Jang;Ji Hyeon Hwang;Hyun Uk Kim;Jae Yong Ryu

  • High-Level Production of the Natural Blue Pigment Indigoidine from Metabolically Engineered Corynebacterium glutamicum for Sustainable Fabric Dyes

    Mohammad Rifqi Ghiffary;Cindy Pricilia Surya Prabowo;Komal Sharma;Yuchun Yan

  • Data integration and analysis of biological networks.

    Tae Yong Kim;Hyun Uk Kim;Sang Yup Lee

  • Memote: A community-driven effort towards a standardized genome-scale metabolic model test suite

    Christian Lieven;Moritz Emanuel Beber;Brett G. Olivier;Frank T. Bergmann

  • Memote: A community-driven effort towards a standardized genome-scale metabolic model test suite

    Christian Lieven;Moritz Emanuel Beber;Brett G. Olivier;Frank T. Bergmann

  • Reconstruction of genome-scale human metabolic models using omics data.

    Jae Yong Ryu;Hyun Uk Kim;Hyun Uk Kim;Sang Yup Lee

Frequent Co-Authors

Sang Yup Lee
Sang Yup Lee Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Woong Sun
Woong Sun Korea University
Bernhard O. Palsson
Bernhard O. Palsson University of California, San Diego
Jens Nielsen
Jens Nielsen Chalmers University of Technology
Marnix H. Medema
Marnix H. Medema Wageningen University & Research
Lars K. Nielsen
Lars K. Nielsen University of Queensland
Adam M. Feist
Adam M. Feist University of California, San Diego
Intawat Nookaew
Intawat Nookaew University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Dong-Yup Lee
Dong-Yup Lee Sungkyunkwan University
Young Hee Lee
Young Hee Lee Sungkyunkwan University

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