Position: Professor at Seoul National University
Address: Bd 504, Rm 522, School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea
Phone: +82-2-880-9120
Fax: +82-2-887-0244
E-mail: narrykim AT snu.ac.kr

Research interests
RNA-mediated gene regulation; microRNA; RNA interference.

Education
 1994 - 1998 D. Phil. Biochemistry, Oxford University
1992 - 1994 M. S. Microbiology, Seoul National University
1988 - 1992 B. A. Microbiology, Seoul National University

Professional Experience
2013- Professor, Seoul National University
2012- Director, RNA Research Center, Institute for Basic Science
2010- SNU Distinguished Fellow, Seoul National University
2008-2013 Associate Professor, Seoul National University
2004-2008 Assistant Professor, Seoul National University
2001-2004 Research Assistant Professor, Seoul National University
1999-2001 Postdoctoral fellow (Advisor: Gideon Dreyfuss)
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Pennsylvania

Professional Services

2012- Editorial Board, Genes & Development
2011- Editorial Board, EMBO Journal
2011 Co-organizer, Keystone Symposium (RNA Silencing)
2010 Editorial Board, Cell
2009-2011 Director, RNA Society
2009 Organizer, The 14th Annual Meeting of the RNA Society Meeting, Madison, MN, USA
2008 Organizer, Seoul RNA Symposium, Seoul, Korea
2007 Session Organizer and Publication Committee Member, The 19th Federation of Asian and Oceanian Biochemists and Molecular Biologists, Seoul, Korea
2007 Session Organizer, Annual Meeting of the Korean Society for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Seoul Korea
2006-2008 Council Member, Presidential Advisory Council on Science and Technology, Korea

Honors and Awards

2010- National Honor Scientist
(Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Korea)
2009- Ho-Am Laureate (Medicine)
2008- Women in Science Award (L'Oreal-UNESCO)
2007 Woman Scientist of the Year (Ministry of Science and Technology, Korea)
2007 Young Scientist Awards (Ministry of Science and Technology, Korea)
2007 Thomson Scientific Citation Laureate Awards
2006 Research Awards (Seoul National University)
2006 Macrogen Woman Scientist Awards (Korean Society of Molecular and Cell Biology)
2004 Macrogen Young Investigator Awards (Korean Society of Molecular and Cell Biology)


Photo: Courtesy of Micheline Pelletier