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Seung K. Kim is a researcher affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their work primarily focuses on Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions to Medicine. Within these fields, their research spans Molecular Biology, Surgery, Genetics, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, and Immunology.

The scientist's research topics cover areas such as Pancreatic function and diabetes, Diabetes and associated disorders, Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Neurobiology, and Insect Physiology Research, as well as Diabetes Management and Research.

Frequent coauthors include Yan Hang, Romina J. Bevacqua, Xueying Gu, Patrick E. MacDonald, and Charles Chang.

The researcher has published extensively, with notable publications appearing in several key scientific venues. Frequent venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature
  • Cell Metabolism
  • Genes & Development
  • Nature Genetics

Selected recent papers include:

  • A single-cell transcriptomic atlas characterizes ageing tissues in the mouse, 2020, Nature
  • Fly Cell Atlas: A single-nucleus transcriptomic atlas of the adult fruit fly, 2022, Science
  • Ageing hallmarks exhibit organ-specific temporal signatures, 2020, Nature
  • Patch-Seq Links Single-Cell Transcriptomes to Human Islet Dysfunction in Diabetes, 2020, Cell Metabolism
  • Single-Nucleus and In Situ RNA-Sequencing Reveal Cell Topographies in the Human Pancreas, 2020, Gastroenterology

Best Publications

  • The Human Cell Atlas

    Aviv Regev;Aviv Regev;Aviv Regev;Sarah A Teichmann;Sarah A Teichmann;Sarah A Teichmann;Eric S Lander;Eric S Lander;Eric S Lander;Ido Amit

  • Extensive and coordinated transcription of noncoding RNAs within cell-cycle promoters

    Tiffany Hung;Yulei Wang;Michael F. Lin;Michael F. Lin;Ashley K. Koegel

  • A single-cell transcriptomic atlas characterizes ageing tissues in the mouse

    Nicole Almanzar;Jane Antony;Ankit S. Baghel

  • NFAT dysregulation by increased dosage of DSCR1 and DYRK1A on chromosome 21

    Joseph R. Arron;Monte M. Winslow;Alberto Polleri;Ching Pin Chang

  • Notochord repression of endodermal Sonic hedgehog permits pancreas development

    Matthias Hebrok;Seung K. Kim;Douglas A. Melton

  • Novel cysteine-rich motif and homeodomain in the product of the Caenorhabditis elegans cell lineage gene lin-II

    Freyd G;Kim Sk;Kim Sk;Horvitz Hr

  • Growth inhibitors promote differentiation of insulin-producing tissue from embryonic stem cells.

    Yuichi Hori;Ingrid C. Rulifson;Bernette C. Tsai;Jeremy J. Heit

  • Conserved mechanisms of glucose sensing and regulation by Drosophila corpora cardiaca cells

    Seung K. Kim;Eric J. Rulifson

  • Intercellular signals regulating pancreas development and function

    Seung K. Kim;Matthias Hebrok

  • Calcineurin/NFAT signalling regulates pancreatic β-cell growth and function

    Jeremy J. Heit;Åsa A. Apelqvist;Xueying Gu;Monte M. Winslow

  • Menin regulates pancreatic islet growth by promoting histone methylation and expression of genes encoding p27Kip1 and p18INK4c.

    Satyajit K. Karnik;Christina M. Hughes;Xueying Gu;Orit Rozenblatt-Rosen

  • Notochord to endoderm signaling is required for pancreas development

    Seung K. Kim;Matthias Hebrok;Douglas A. Melton

  • Single-Cell Analysis of Human Pancreas Reveals Transcriptional Signatures of Aging and Somatic Mutation Patterns.

    Martin Enge;H. Efsun Arda;Marco Mignardi;Marco Mignardi;John Beausang

  • Regulation of pancreas development by hedgehog signaling.

    M. Hebrok;S.K. Kim;B. St Jacques;A.P. McMahon

  • Wnt signaling regulates pancreatic β cell proliferation

    Ingrid C. Rulifson;Satyajit K. Karnik;Patrick W. Heiser;Derk ten Berge

  • Menin Controls Growth of Pancreatic ß-Cells in Pregnant Mice and Promotes Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

    Satyajit K. Karnik;Hainan Chen;Graeme W. McLean;Jeremy J. Heit

  • Polycomb protein Ezh2 regulates pancreatic β-cell Ink4a/Arf expression and regeneration in diabetes mellitus

    Hainan Chen;Xueying Gu;I-hsin Su;Rita Bottino

  • Pancreas development is promoted by cyclopamine, a Hedgehog signaling inhibitor

    Seung K. Kim;Douglas A. Melton

  • Signaling and transcriptional control of pancreatic organogenesis.

    Seung K Kim;Raymond J MacDonald

  • PDGF signalling controls age-dependent proliferation in pancreatic β-cells

    Hainan Chen;Xueying Gu;Yinghua Liu;Jing Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen R. Quake
Stephen R. Quake Stanford University
Roland Eils
Roland Eils Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Alvin C. Powers
Alvin C. Powers Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Matthias Hebrok
Matthias Hebrok University of California, San Francisco
John C. Marioni
John C. Marioni European Bioinformatics Institute
Sarah A. Teichmann
Sarah A. Teichmann University of Cambridge
Howard Y. Chang
Howard Y. Chang Amgen (United States)
Aviv Regev
Aviv Regev Genentech
Jing Wang
Jing Wang The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Eric S. Lander
Eric S. Lander Broad Institute

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