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Min-Kyoo Shin

Postdoctoral Scholar
Address: 1310 PBDB
Phone: 319-353-5748
Email: min-kyoo-shin@uiowa.edu

Mentor: Andrew Pieper, MD, PhD

Undergraduate Institution: Sungkyunkwan University

Year Entered Into Program: 2015

PhD Institution: Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea

Research Description

  • Investigation of molecular mechanisms of neurogenesis in neuronal PAS domain protein 1 and 3 mouse.
  • Investigation of molecular mechanisms of blast-induced traumatic brain injury.

Publication(s)

Lee S, Kang BM, Shin MK, Min J, Heo C, Lee Y, Baeg E, Suh M. Chronic stress decreases cerebrovascular responses during rat hindlimb electrical stimulation. Front Neurosci. 2015 December. 23;9:462.

Cho JK, Shin MK, Kim DH, Lee IH, Kim SU, Kang HS. Treadmill running reverses cognitive declines due to Alzheimer’s disease. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2015 September. 47(9).1814-24.

Shin MK, Kim HG, Kim KL. A novel brain-derived neurotrophic factor- modulating peptide attenuates Aβ1-42-induced neurotoxicity in vitro. Neurosci Lett. 2015 May. 595:63-68.

Shin MK, Kim HG, Baek SH, Jung WR, Park DI, Park JS, Jo DG, Kim KL. Neuropep-1 ameliorates learning and memory deficits in an Alzheimer's disease mouse model, increases brain-derived neurotrophic factor expression in the brain, and causes reduction of amyloid beta plaques. Neurobiol Aging. 2014 May. 35(5):990-1001.

Shin MK*, Jung WR*, Kim HG, Roh SE, Kwak CH, Kim CH, Kim SJ, Kim KL. The ganglioside GQ1b regulates BDNF expression via the NMDA receptor signaling pathway. Neuropharmacology. 2014 February. 77:414-21. *Contributed equally to this work.

Choi DW *, Na W *, Kabir MH, Yi E, Kwon S, Yeom J, Ahn JW, Choi HH, Lee Y, Seo KW, Shin MK, Park SH, Yoo HY, Isono KI, Koseki H, Kim ST, Lee C, Kwon YK, Choi CY. WIP1, a Homeostatic Regulator of the DNA Damage Response, Is Targeted by HIPK2 for Phosphorylation and Degradation. Mol Cell. 2013 August. 51(3):374-385.

Park DI, Kim HG, Jung WR, Shin MK, Kim KL. Mecamylamine attenuates dexamethasone-induced anxiety-like behavior in association with brain derived neurotrophic factor upregulation in rat brains. Neuropharmacology. 2011 July-August. 61(1-2):276-282.

Shin MK*, Kim HG*, Kim KL. A novel trimeric peptide, Neuropep-1, stimulating brain-derived neurotrophic factor expression in rat brain improves spatial learning and memory as measured by the Y-maze and Morris water maze. J Neurochem. 2011 January. 116(2):205-16. *Contributed equally to this work.

Jung WR, Kim HG, Shin MK, Park DI, Kim KL. The effect of ganglioside GQ1b on the NMDA receptor signaling pathway in H19-7 cells and rat hippocampus. Neuroscience. 2010 January. 165(1):159-167.

Kim HG, Lim EY, Jung WR, Shin MK, Ann ES, Kim KL. Effects of treadmill exercise on hypoactivity of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis induced by chronic administration of corticosterone in rats. Neurosci Lett. 2008 March. 434(1):46-49.

Award(s)

  • High Seoul Science/Humanities Fellowship. Seoul Scholarship Foundation. KOREA. (2010 – 2012)
  • Somang Scholarship. Somang Church. KOREA. (2009-2011)
  • Lee Chung-Gu Scholarship. Sungkyunkwan University. KOREA. (2011)
  • Young Scientist Award, Young Scientist Award for the Distinguished Lecture in Young Scientist Symposium. The 15th Korean Peptide Protein Society Symposium (Dec, 1) (2011) (Oral presentation)
  • Poster Award, the 11th Korean Society for Brain and Neural Science, (Dec, 4-5) (2008)
  • Lee Chung-Gu Scholarship. Sungkyunkwan University. KOREA. (2008)
  • Daesang Cultural Foundation Scholarship. Daesang Corporation. KOREA. (2006-2007)
  • GPA scholarship. Sungkyunkwan University. KOREA. (2004-2005)