Academic Education

2009

Ph.D. KonKuk University, Seoul, RO Korea.

1995

MSc KonKuk University, Seoul, RO Korea.

Experience

2000-2008

Research Scientist, Foreign Animal Disease Division Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency(QIA), Anynag, RO Korea.

2009-present

Senior Research Scientist, Foreign Animal Disease Division Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency(QIA), Anynag, RO Korea.

Peer-reviewed journal publication (CWD and prion disease)

• Tark DS Kim HJ, Michael H. Neale, Kim MJ, Sohn HJ, Lee YH, Cho IS, Joo YS, Otto Windl Generation of a persistently infected MDBK cell line with natural bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) PLOS ONE 2015
• Lee YH, Sohn HJ, Kim MJ, Kim HJ, Lee WY, Yun EI, Tark DS, Choi YP, Cho IS. Aru Balachandran. Strain characterization of the Korean CWD cases in 2001 and 2004. Journal of Veterinary Medicine Science. 75(1) :1377- 1380, 2013.
• Lee YH, Sohn HJ, Kim MJ, Kim HJ, Park KJ, Lee WY, Yun EI, Tark DS, Choi YP, Cho IS. Aru Balachandran Experimental Chronic Wasting Disease in wild type VM mice. Journal of Veterinary Medicine Science. 75(8) :1377- 1380, 2013.
• Kim HJ, Tark DS, Lee YH, Kim MJ, Lee WY, Cho IS, Sohn HJ, T Yokoyama. Establishment of a cell line persistently infected with chronic wasting disease prions. Journal of Veterinary Medicine Science. 74(10) :1377- 1380, 2012.
• Lee YH, Sohn HJ, Kim MJ, Kim HJ, Lee WY, Choi YP, Tark DS, Joo IS, Kweon CH, Cho IS. PrPSc detection in affected tissues and blood of mice infected with murine- adapted Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy strain 301C. Korean Journal of Veterinary public Health , 36(2) :81-88, 2012.
• HJ, Lee WY, Kim MJ, Tark DS, Cho IS, Sohn HJ, Lee YH. Sequential study on the first appearance of PrPCWD in TgElk mice model
• Gene expression profile of a persistently chronic wasting disease (CWD) prion-infected RK13 cell line. Korean Journal of Veterinary public Health , 36(4) :81-88, 2012
• Lee YH, Kim MJ, Tark DS, Sohn HJ, Yun EI, Cho IS, Choi YP, Kim CL, Kweon CH, Joo IS, Chung GS, Lee JH. Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Surveillance in Republic of Korea 31(3) : 2012