Principal Investigator
Sua Myong Ph.D
Associate Professor
Biophysics department
Johns Hopkins University
Mailing Address:
3400 North Charles Street
110 Jenkins Hall
Baltimore, Maryland 21218
Tel: 410-516-5122
Fax: 410-516-4118
Email:
smyong1@jhu.edu
EDUCATION
- 2002 Ph.D in Nutrition, University of California, Berkeley [Thesis: Folate-mediated one-carbon flux into thymine and purines in CHO cell lines. (Advisor: Barry Shane Ph.D)]
- 1994 B.S in Molecular Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley [Thesis: Aspartate receptor binding protein characterization by site specific mutagenesis. (Advisor: Sunghou Kim Ph.D)]
- Single molecule Single Cell Biopysics (Biophysics Elective; Fall 2017, Johns Hopkins University )
Topics: single molecule techniques including smFRET, optical tweezers, next generation sequencing,
transcriptomic analysis, single molecule imaging in live cells.
EXPERIENCE/POSITION
- 2010-present: Core faculty, Cellular Decision Making in Cancer, Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois
- 2010-present: Affiliate (Friends) member, NSF Physics Frontier Center: Center for the Physics of Living Cells, University of Illinois
- 2007-2009: Fellow research scientist, Precision Proteomics, Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois
- 2002-2007: Postdoctorate Fellow, Physics department, University of Illinois (Advisor: Taekjip Ha Ph.D)
RECOGNITION/AWARD
- 1993 International scholar’s award for high academic achievement, University of California, Berkeley.
- 2000 George M. Briggs Memorial Award for excellent research and teaching, University of California, Berkeley.
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2005 Scaringe Award for promoted speaker, Gordon conference, Nucleic Acid meeting.
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2010 Genome Technology’s annual list of “Tomorrow’s PIs” for single molecule fluorescence research (http://www.genomeweb.com/imaging-single-molecules).
- 2011 American Cancer Society Research Scholar Award.
- 2011 Human Frontier Science Program Research Award.
- 2012 NIH Director’s New Innovator Award.
- 2013 Outstanding Advisor of the Year Award, Medical Scholar’s Program at University of Illinois.
- 2014 Rose Award for Teaching Excellence, College of Engineering, University of Illinois.
- 2016 Catalyst Award for research innovation, Johns Hopkins University.
- 2017 Discovery Award, Johns Hopkins University.
RESEARCH INTEREST
DNA recombination/repair and its role in cancer development and environmentally induced human diseases, virus infection and antiviral signaling, microRNA processing by dicer and TRBP, photophysics.
Sua Myong Ph.D
Associate Professor
Biophysics department
Johns Hopkins University
Mailing Address:
3400 North Charles Street
110 Jenkins Hall
Baltimore, Maryland 21218
Tel: 410-516-5122
Fax: 410-516-4118
Email:
smyong1@jhu.edu
EDUCATION
- 2002 Ph.D in Nutrition, University of California, Berkeley [Thesis: Folate-mediated one-carbon flux into thymine and purines in CHO cell lines. (Advisor: Barry Shane Ph.D)]
- 1994 B.S in Molecular Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley [Thesis: Aspartate receptor binding protein characterization by site specific mutagenesis. (Advisor: Sunghou Kim Ph.D)]
- Single molecule Single Cell Biopysics (Biophysics Elective; Fall 2017, Johns Hopkins University )
Topics: single molecule techniques including smFRET, optical tweezers, next generation sequencing,
transcriptomic analysis, single molecule imaging in live cells.
EXPERIENCE/POSITION
- 2010-present: Core faculty, Cellular Decision Making in Cancer, Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois
- 2010-present: Affiliate (Friends) member, NSF Physics Frontier Center: Center for the Physics of Living Cells, University of Illinois
- 2007-2009: Fellow research scientist, Precision Proteomics, Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois
- 2002-2007: Postdoctorate Fellow, Physics department, University of Illinois (Advisor: Taekjip Ha Ph.D)
RECOGNITION/AWARD
- 1993 International scholar’s award for high academic achievement, University of California, Berkeley.
- 2000 George M. Briggs Memorial Award for excellent research and teaching, University of California, Berkeley.
-
2005 Scaringe Award for promoted speaker, Gordon conference, Nucleic Acid meeting.
-
2010 Genome Technology’s annual list of “Tomorrow’s PIs” for single molecule fluorescence research (http://www.genomeweb.com/imaging-single-molecules).
- 2011 American Cancer Society Research Scholar Award.
- 2011 Human Frontier Science Program Research Award.
- 2012 NIH Director’s New Innovator Award.
- 2013 Outstanding Advisor of the Year Award, Medical Scholar’s Program at University of Illinois.
- 2014 Rose Award for Teaching Excellence, College of Engineering, University of Illinois.
- 2016 Catalyst Award for research innovation, Johns Hopkins University.
- 2017 Discovery Award, Johns Hopkins University.
RESEARCH INTEREST
DNA recombination/repair and its role in cancer development and environmentally induced human diseases, virus infection and antiviral signaling, microRNA processing by dicer and TRBP, photophysics.
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