Dr. Taehyun Kim

Brief Biography:

2010 - present : Research fellow in Harvard Medical School 2005-2009 : Research fellow in Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School 2004-2005: Research Assistant Professor in Korea University 2000-2004: Lecturer, teaching assistant, research assistant in Korea University 2004: Ph.D. in Molecular Biology (Microbiology) at Korea University

Academic positions:

2010 - present : Post-doc research fellow in Harvard Medical School 2005-2009 : Post-doc research fellow in Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School 2004-2005: Research Assistant Professor in Korea University

Research interests:

1. Host-pathogen interaction: - Genomics: global gene regulation during host-pathogen interactions, microarray or next-generation sequencing - Host immune-evasion mechanism of pathogen 2. Bacterial pathogenesis: mechanism of bacterial virulence factor(s) regulation 3. Characterization of bacterial virulence factors and vaccine development

What I think of the idea behind WebmedCentral:

This is a good open access journal to provide opportunity to expand not only practical knolwedge but also to strengthen the academic network.