Seoul National University School of Dentistry

Immunology and Molecular Microbiology in Dentistry

Head Professor : Kack-Kyun Kim

Professors

Introduction

This laboratory trains science and technology experts who can conduct creative research to get over the limitations by giving them general knowledge of the microorganisms and the immune system to correctly recognize and understand infection and host response – relevant diseases which are important projects in research fields in dentistry.

Research Areas

Immunology, microbiology and related academic basic theory and research methods
Cellular and molecular microbiology to understand molecular characteristics of the microorganism, the expression and regulation of virulence factors, mechanisms of the pathogenesis, and signaling pathways of host cells
Various techniques for analyzing the molecular pathogenesis mechanisms (mutation, Microarray, protein expression, in vivo expression techniques, gene knockout, etc)
Knowledge in areas of genomics, metagenomics, pathogenomics, proteomics and reverse vaccinonology necessary for a comprehensive understanding of the microorganism
Development of cooperative and future-oriented thinking necessary to play roles to create knowledge in the fields of immunology and molecular microbiology required to establish interdisciplinary convergence study
Development of active and independent research skills required to grow as a science technology expert