A long-standing dogma in plant disease susceptibility states that disease development requires not only the presence of a virulent pathogen and a susceptible host but also a set of disease-favoring environmental conditions. How environmental conditions influence the plant and the pathogen during an active interaction is poorly understood, leaving a big gap in our understanding of how disease outbreaks occur in nature. To gain insight into the molecular basis of the “disease triangle” dogma, our lab is interested in research projects to elucidate how suboptimal environmental factors intercept the molecular network associated with disease development under global climate change, becoming a serious concern for humankind.

• ㆍUnderstanding the effect of suboptimal environmental conditions on plant-microbe interactions from the view of plant physiology to the molecular level
• ㆍDesigning climate-resilient crop plants through genome-editing methods

• ㆍChen J, Li L, Kim JH, Neuhäuser B et al., (2023) Small proteins modulate the activity of the Arabidopsis thaliana ion channel-like immune regulator ACD6. Molecular Cell 83:1-12
• ㆍKim JH, Castroverde CDM et al., (2022) Increasing the resilience of plant immunity to a warming climate. Nature 607:339-344
• ㆍKim JH, Oh TR et al., (2019) Inverse correlation between MSPR1 and AtHSP90.1 balances the cytoplasmic PQC process in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol 180(2):1230-1240
• ㆍKim JH, Cho SK et al., (2017) MPSR1 is a novel cytoplasmic PQC E3 ligase for eliminating emergent misfolded proteins in Arabidopsis thaliana. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 114(46): 10009–E10017
• ㆍOh TR, Kim JH et al., (2017) AtAIRP2, an Arabidopsis RING E3 Ubiquitin Ligase, Positively Regulates ABA-mediated Seed Germination and Salt Stress Response in Early Seedlings by Stimulating ATP1/SDIRIP1 Turnover. Plant Physiol 174: 2515-2531
• ㆍKim JH and Kim WT, The Arabidopsis RING E3 Ubiquitin Ligase AtAIRP3/LOG2 Participates in Positive Regulation of High-Salt and Drought Stress Responses. (2013) Plant Physiol 3: 1733-1749

• ㆍB.S., Yonsei University, Korea (2010)
• ㆍPh.D., Yonsei University, Korea (2017)

• ㆍ2017-2018 : Postdoc. Associate, Department of Systems Biology, College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea (Advisor: Dr. Woo Taek Kim)
• ㆍ2018-2019 : KRF Postdoc. Fellow (Korea Research Foundation Postdoc. Fellowship), DOE Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, United States (Advisor: Dr. Sheng Yang He)
• ㆍ2019-2020 : Research Specialist, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, DOE Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, United States (Advisor: Dr. Sheng Yang He)
• ㆍ2020-2023 : Research Specialist, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Duke University, United States (Advisor: Dr. Sheng Yang He)
• ㆍ2023-Present : Assistant professor, POSTECH, Pohang, South Korea

• ㆍPostdoctoral Fellowship Program in 2018 granted by National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) (2018)