Chae Un Kim

Chae Un Kim, Ph.D.

192 Clark Hall, Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853-2501

Tel: (607) 255-8678
Fax: (607) 255-8751

Email: ck243@cornell.edu

Curriculum Vitae (Nov. 24 2009)

National Service

Korean Army

1101 Engineer Corps, Kwang-Ju Gun, Kyung-Gi Do, Korea, 1999 - 2001.

Education and Academic Careers

Staff Scientist

MacCHESS at the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA, 2009 - present.

Post Doctoral Research Associate

MacCHESS at the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA, 2008.

Ph. D.

Biophysics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA, 2002 - 2008, High Pressure Cryocooling for Macromolecular Crystallography (Supervised by Sol M. Gruner)

B. S.

Physics, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, 1995 - 1999.

Publications

10. Balendu S. Avvaru, Chae Un Kim, Katherine H. Sippel, Sol M. Gruner, Mavis Agbandje-McKenna, David N. Silverman and Robert McKenna, A Short, Strong Hydrogen Bond in the Active Site of Human Carbonic Anhydrase II, submitted.

9. Buz Barstow, Nozomi Ando^*, Chae Un Kim^* and Sol M. Gruner (2009), Coupling of Pressure-induced Structural Shifts to Spectral Changes in a Yellow Fluorescent Protein, Biophys. J. 97, 1719-1727 (^*equal contribution, pdf).

8. Chae Un Kim, Buz Barstow, Mark W. Tate and Sol M. Gruner (2009), Evidence for liquid water during the high-density to low-density amorphous ice transition, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 106, 4596-4600 (pdf, SI, CHESS-magazine).

7. John F. Domsic, Balendu Sankara Avvaru, Chae Un Kim, Sol M. Gruner, Mavis Agbandje-McKenna, David N. Silverman and Robert McKenna (2008), Entrapment of carbon dioxide in the active site of carbonic anhydrase II, J. Biol. Chem. 283, 30766-30771 (pdf, papers of the week) .

6. Buz Barstow, Nozomi Ando^*, Chae Un Kim^* and Sol M. Gruner (2008), Alteration of citrine structure by hydrostatic pressure explains the accompanying spectral shift, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 105, 13362-13366 (^*equal contribution, pdf).

5. Chae Un Kim, Yi-Fan Chen, Mark W. Tate and Sol M. Gruner (2008), Pressure induced high-density amorphous ice in protein crystals, J. Appl. Cryst. 41, 1-7 (pdf).

4. Chae Un Kim, Quan Hao and Sol M. Gruner (2007), High pressure cryocooling for capillary sample cryoprotection and diffraction phasing at long wavelengths, Acta Cryst. D63, 653-659 (pdf).

3. Ronald A. Albright, Jose-Luis Vazquez Ibar, Chae Un Kim, Sol M. Gruner and Joao Henrique Morais-Cabral (2006), The RCK domain of the KtrAB K+ transporter: multiple conformations of an octameric ring, Cell 126, 1147-1159 (pdf, supplementary, CHESS-news).

2. Chae Un Kim, Quan Hao and Sol M. Gruner (2006), Solution of protein crystallographic structures by high pressure cryocooling and noble gas phasing, Acta Cryst. D62, 687-694 (pdf).

1. Chae Un Kim, Raphael Kapfer and Sol M. Gruner (2005), High pressure cooling of protein crystals without cryoprotectants, Acta Cryst. D61, 881-890 (pdf, CHESS-news).

Honors & Awards

6. 2008 CHESS Thesis Prize

High Pressure Cryocooling for Macromolecular Crystallography, CHESS Users Meeting, June 10-11, 2008, Cornell University

5. Oxford Cryosystems poster prize

High Pressure Cooling of Protein Crystals without Cryoprotectants, American Crystallographic Association (ACA), May 28 - June 2, 2005, Orlando, FL, USA

4. Cornell Fellowship (Field of Biophysics), 2002 - 2003, Cornell University

3. Honorary Student Medal, Physics Alumni Association, Seoul National University, 1999

2. B.S. graduation with Summa Cum Laude (atop Physics department), 1999, Seoul National University.

1. SNU Alumni Fellowship, Seoul National University Alumni Association, 1997 - 1999

Meetings & Conferences

21. (Talk, invited) Chae Un Kim and Sol M. Gruner, Phase behavior of Water inside Protein Crystals, Conference on the Physics, Chemistry and Biology of Water, Oct. 22-25, 2009, West Dover, Vermont, USA

20. (Talk, promoted) Chae Un Kim and Sol M. Gruner, Phase Behavior of Water inside Protein Crystals, American Crystallographic Association (ACA), July 25-31, 2009, Toronto, Canada

19. (Talk, invited) Chae Un Kim and Sol M. Gruner, Pressure Study on Water inside Protein Crystals, High Pressure Synchrotron Science, May 6-8, 2009, Advanced Photon Source, Chicago, USA

18. (Poster presentation) Chae Un Kim and Sol M. Gruner, High Pressure Cryocooling for Macromolecular Crystallography, International Conference on High-Pressure Molecular Biophysics, Dec 10-12, 2008, Synchrotron SOLEIL, France

17. (Poster presentation) Chae Un Kim and Sol M. Gruner, High Pressure Cryocooling for Macromolecular Crystallography, Fifth International High Pressure Bioscience and Biotechnology Conference, Sept 15-19, 2008, San Diego, CA, USA

16. (Award talk, invited) Chae Un Kim, High Pressure Cryocooling for Macromolecular Crystallography, CHESS Users Meeting, June 10-11, 2008, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA

15. (Talk, invited) Chae Un Kim, Quan Hao and Sol M. Gruner, High pressure cryocooling for Capillary Sample Cryoprotection and Diffraction Phasing at Long Wavelengths, American Crystallographic Association (ACA), July 21-26, 2007, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

14. (Talk, invited/ Poster presentation) Chae Un Kim, Quan Hao and Sol M. Gruner, High pressure cryocooling for Capillary Sample Cryoprotection and Diffraction Phasing at Long Wavelengths, CHESS Users Meeting, June 12-13, 2007, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA

13. (Talk, promoted/ Poster presentation) Yi-Fan Chen, Chae Un Kim, Quan Hao and Sol M. Gruner, Automated High Pressure Cryoprotection and Noble Gas Phasing for High-throughput Protein Structure Determination, 6^th Protein Structure Initiative (PSI) “Bottlenecks” Workshop, March 19-21, 2007, Bethesda, MD, USA

12. (Poster presentation) Chae Un Kim, Quan Hao and Sol M. Gruner, High pressure cryocooling for Capillary Sample Cryoprotection and Diffraction Phasing at Long Wavelengths, 51^st Biophysical Society Meeting, Mar 3-7, 2007, Baltimore, MD, USA

11. (Talk, invited) Chae Un Kim & Sol M. Gruner, Status of High Pressure Crystal Cryocooling Studies, 2006 Center for High Throughput Structural Biology Annual Meeting, Aug 13-15, Buffalo, NY 14203

10. (Poster presentation) Chae Un Kim, Quan Hao and Sol M. Gruner, Solution of Protein Crystallographic Structures by High Pressure Cryocooling and Noble Gas Phasing, American Crystallographic Association (ACA), July 22-27, 2006, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

9. (Poster presentation) Chae Un Kim, Quan Hao and Sol M. Gruner, Solution of Protein Crystallographic Structures by High Pressure Cryocooling and Noble Gas Phasing, CHESS Users Meeting, June 13, 2006, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA

8. (Poster presentation) Chae Un Kim, Quan Hao and Sol M. Gruner, Solution of Protein Crystallographic Structures by High Pressure Cryocooling and Noble Gas Phasing, ERL X-ray Science Workshops, June 5-24, 2006, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA

7. (Talk, contributed) Chae Un Kim and Sol M. Gruner, High Pressure Cooling of Protein Crystals without Cryoprotectants, 9^th International Conference on Synchrotron Radiation Instrumentation (SRI), May 28 - June 2, 2006, Daegu, Korea

6. (Poster presentation) Chae Un Kim, Quan Hao and Sol M. Gruner, Solution of Protein Crystallographic Structures by High Pressure Cryocooling and Noble Gas Phasing, 5^th Protein Structure Initiative (PSI) “Bottlenecks” Workshop, April 13-14, 2006, Bethesda, MD, USA

5. (Poster presentation) Chae Un Kim and Sol M. Gruner, High Pressure Cooling of Protein Crystals without Cryoprotectants,5^th Protein Structure Initiative (PSI) “Bottlenecks” Workshop, April 13-14, 2006, Bethesda, MD, USA

4. (Talk, invited/ Poster presentation) Chae Un Kim and Sol M. Gruner, High Pressure Cooling of Protein Crystals without Cryoprotectants, 20^th Congress of the International Union of Crystallography, Aug 23-31, 2005, Florence, Italy.

3. (Talk, invited/ Poster presentation) Chae Un Kim and Sol M. Gruner, High Pressure Cooling of Protein Crystals without Cryoprotectants, CHESS Users Meeting, June 14-15, 2005, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.

2. (Poster presentation) Chae Un Kim and Sol M. Gruner, High Pressure Cooling of Protein Crystals without Cryoprotectants, American Crystallographic Association (ACA), May 28-June 2, 2005, Orlando, FL, USA.

1. (Poster presentation) Chae Un Kim, Raphael Kapfer and Sol M. Gruner, High Pressure Freezing of Protein Crystals without Cryoprotectants, Biophysical Society Meeting, Feb 12-16, 2005, Long Beach, LA, USA.