Faculty

Welcome to the Department of Life Sciences at Sogang University.

Faculty

  • Name  Seong-Ryong Kim, Ph.D.
  • Laboratory  https://plant.sogang.ac.kr/plant/index.html
  • Office  R1105
  • Phone  +82-2-705-8456
  • E-Mail sungkim@sogang.ac.kr
  • Homepage  https://plant.sogang.ac.kr/plant/index.html
  • Homepage  Plant Molecular Biology Laboratory

Research Interests

Physiology, biochemistry, and genetics of the stress responsive genes in both plant vegetative and reproductive organs


Production of protein biotherapeutics in plants (rice and chlorella)

Selected Publications

Manu Kumar, Ji-Hyeong Jeon, Juyoung Choi,  Seong-Ryong Kim* (2018) Rapid and efficient genetic transformation of the green microalga

Chlorella vulgaris. J of Applied Phycology 30:1735-1745

Joon-Soo Sim, Mahipal Singh Kesawat, Manu Kumar, Su-Yeon Kim, Vimalraj Mani, Parthiban Subramanian, Soyoung Park, Chang-Muk

Lee, Seong-Ryong Kim and Bum-Soo Hahn. Lack of the α1,3-Fucosyltransferase Gene (Osfuct) Affects Anther Development and Pollen

Viability in Rice. (2018) Int. J. Mol. Sci. 19:1225; doi:10.3390/ijms1*******

Manu Kumar, Yun-Shil Gho, Ki-Hong Jung, Seong-Ryong Kim* (2017) Genome-wide identification and analysis of genes,

conserved between japonica and indica rice cultivars, that respond to low-temperature stress at the vegetative growth stage. Frontiers in

Plant Science 8:1120


Sang-Choon Lee, Soo-Jin Kim, Soon-Ki Han, Gynheung An, Seong-Ryong Kim*(2017) A gibberellin-stimulated tran gene,

OsGASR1, controls seedling growth and α-amylase expression in rice. J of Plant Physiol. 214:116-122