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Kim Jin-soo (biologist)

Kim Jin-soo (biologist) is a biology topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Kim Jin-soo (biologist) rather than just read about it. In short: Kim Jin-Soo (Korean: 김진수; born May 29, 1964) is a chemist, biologist, and entrepreneur. He was CEO and CSO, ToolGen, Inc., is a professor in the Department of Chemistry of Seoul National University and director of the Center for Genome Engineering.

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Reference excerpt

Kim Jin-Soo (Korean: 김진수; born May 29, 1964) is a chemist, biologist, and entrepreneur. He was CEO and CSO, ToolGen, Inc., is a professor in the Department of Chemistry of Seoul National University and director of the Center for Genome Engineering. His research team has developed and improved several types of programmable nucleases, specifically zinc finger nucleases (ZFNs), TAL effector nucleases (TALENs), and RNA-guided engineered nucleases (RGENs). In 2018, he was a Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researcher in the cross-field category and in the biology and biochemistry category in 2019.

Education Kim studied chemistry at Seoul National University from 1983 and received a B.S. in 1987 and M.S. in 1989. He received a Ph.D. from University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1994.

Career He first worked as a research associate at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Massachusetts Institute of Technology for three years. In 1997, he became a principal investigator at the Samsung Biomedical Research Institute. In 1999, he left that position to be the CEO and CSO of ToolGen; a company he founded. ToolGen is a biotech company based on CRISPR technology focusing on human therapies, and molecular breeding in plants and animals. In 2005, the company was among the Top 10 Biotech Companies to Watch in Asia at the Pacific Rim Forum/China Council for the Promotion of Industrial Trade. In that same year, he left his CEO position and started working at Seoul National University as an assistant professor, then associate and then full professor. From 2014, he became the founding director of the Center for Genome Engineering under the Institute for Basic Science (IBS). CRISPR-Cas9 is a widely used genetic tool but testing its accuracy genome wide is difficult. In 2015, Kim's IBS Center, Seoul National University, and ToolGen jointly published a paper in Nature Methods outlining their technique named Digenome-seq which locates on-target and off-target sequences in CRISPR-Cas9. Dignome-seq complements other genome wide off target analysis assays such as CIRCLE-seq and guide-seq, which are performed in vitro and in cellulo, respectively. He has continued to research increasing the accuracy of the process.

Awards and honors 2019–2020: Highly Cited Researcher in biology and biochemistry category 2018: Highly Cited Researcher in cross-field category, Clarivate Analytics 2017: Asan Award in Medicine, Asan Foundation 2017: Hong Jin-Ki Creator Award 2015: Scientist of the Year Award 2014: Outstanding National R&D Performances in 2014, Ministry of Science and ICT 2004: Scientist of the Month, National Research Foundation of Korea and Ministry of Science and Technology 2003: 38th Invention Day Award, Korea Invention Promotion Association

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Kim Jin-soo (biologist)

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Kim Jin-soo (biologist) claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In biology, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Kim Jin-soo (biologist) before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Kim Jin-soo (biologist) ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Kim Jin-soo (biologist)

In research: Kim Jin-soo (biologist) appears in biology research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Kim Jin-soo (biologist) in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Kim Jin-soo (biologist) is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1964 births, Academic staff of KAIST, Institute for Basic Science, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Kim Jin-soo (biologist) outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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