Ph.D., Seoul National University
2020.03-present: Professor, Seoul National University, College of Pharmacy
2004.02-2020.02: Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Professor, Ewha Womans University, Department of Chemistry and Nanoscience
2002.03-2004.01: Assistant Professor, University of Ulsan, School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering
2000.05-2002.02: Post-doctoral Associate, University of Minnesota, Biotechnology Institute and Department of Microbiology (Advisor: David H. Sherman)
1996.03-1998.09: Visiting Scholar, University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Pharmacy and Department of Bacteriology (Advisor: C. R. Hutchinson)
2019-present: Biomolecules, Editorial Board Member
2014-present: Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
2013-present: BioMed Research International, Editorial Board Member
2011-present: Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Editorial Board Member
2011-present: Natural Product Reports, Advisory Board Member
- Natural Product Biosynthesis
- Combinatorial Biosynthesis
- Synthetic Biology
- Metabolic Engineering
- Natural Product Drug Development
- Yeon Hee Ban, Myoung Chong Song, Je Won Park and Yeo Joon Yoon. “Minor components of aminoglycosides: recent advances in their biosynthesis and therapeutic potential.” Nat Prod Rep. 2019, Sep 10. doi: 10.1039/c9np00041k.
- Yeon Hee Ban, Myoung Chong Song, Jae-yeon Hwang, Hea-lyung Shin, Hak Joong Kim, Seung Kon Hong, Na Joon Lee, Je Won Park, Sun-Shin Cha, Hung wen Liu and Yeo Joon Yoon. “Complete reconstitution of the diverse pathways of gentamicin B biosynthesis.” Nat Chem Biol. 2019, 15(3), 295-303.
- Eunji Kim, Bradley S Moore and Yeo Joon Yoon. “Reinvigorating natural product combinatorial biosynthesis with synthetic biology.” Nat Chem Biol. 2015, 11(9), 649-659.
- Myoung Chong Song, Eun Ji Kim, Eunji Kim, Kris Rathwell, Sang-Jip Nam and Yeo Joon Yoon. “Microbial biosynthesis of medicinally important plant secondary metabolitese.” Nat Prod Rep. 2014, 31(11), 1497-1509.
- Sung Ryeol Park, Je Won Park, Yeon Hee Ban, Jae Kyung Sohng and Yeo Joon Yoon. “2-Deoxystreptamine-containing aminoglycoside antibiotics: recent advances in the characterization and manipulation of their biosynthetic pathways.” Nat Prod Rep. 2013, 30(1), 11-20.
- Je Won Park, Sung Rryeol Park, Keshav Kumar Nepal, Ah Reum Han, Yeon Hee Ban, Young Ji Yoo, Eeun Ji Kim, Eeui Min Kim, Dooil Kim, Jae Kyung Sohng and Yeo Joon Yoon. “Discovery of parallel pathways of kanamycin biosynthesis allows antibiotic manipulation.” Nat Chem Biol. 2011, 7(11), 843-852.
- SangJoon Mo, Dong Hwan Kim, Jong Hyun Lee, Je Won Park, Devi B. Basnet, Yeon Hee Ban, Young Ji Yoo, Shu-wei Chen, Sung Ryeol Park, Eun Ae Choi, Eunji Kim, Ying-Yu Jin, Sung-Kwon Lee, Ju Yeol Park, Yuan Liu, Mi Ok Lee, Keum Soon Lee, Sang Jun Kim, Dooil Kim, Byoung Chul Park, Sang-gi Lee,
- Ho Jeong Kwon, Joo-Won Suh, Bradley S Moore, Si-Kyu Lim and Yeo Joon Yoon. “Biosynthesis of the allylmalonyl-CoA extender unit for the FK506 polyketide synthase proceeds through a dedicated polyketide synthase and facilitates the mutasynthesis of analogues.” J Am Chem Soc. 2011, 133(4), 976-985.
- Je Won Park, Jay Sung Joong Hong, Niranjan Parajuli, Won Seok Jung, Sung Ryeol Park, Si-Kyu Lim, Jae Kyung Sohng and Yeo Joon Yoon. “Genetic dissection of the biosynthetic route to gentamicin A2 by heterologous expression of its minimal gene set.” Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008, 105(24), 8399-8404.
