Who We Are

We are neuroscientists who explore the root causes of the behavioral abnormalities that are associated with neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric disorders

What We Do

We investigate how various genetic risk factors interact with environmental risk factors to affect neural circuits and blood-brain barrier, leading to behavioral changes associated with neuropsychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders. This work has been conducted based on our expertise encompassing mouse genetics, molecular & cellular biology, pharmacology, proteomics, neuroimmunology, anatomy & histology, viral technology, optogenetics, in vivo Ca2+ imaging, electrophysiology, and behavioral studies

Recent Lab News

9/24/2022

Sunwhi and Yong-Eun published a method paper in STAR Protocols: "Simultaneous analysis of social behaviors and neural responses in mice using round social arena system"

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666166722006025?via%3Dihub

11/8/2022

Yong-Eun and Sunwhi published a method paper in STAR Protocols: "Neural circuit-specific gene manipulation in mouse brain in vivo using split-intein-mediated split-Cre system"

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666166722006876

8/15/2022

Dr. Eun Bee Cho joined our lab as a postdoctoral fellow. Welcome to Kim lab, Eun Bee!

6/7/2022

Sunwhi published a paper in Cell Reports as a cover story for the issue: "Neural Circuit Pathology Driven by Shank3 Mutation Disrupts Social Behaviors"

https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/S2211-1247(22)00681-7

https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/issue?pii=S2211-1247(21)X0024-1#fullCover

6/24/2022

Our research was highlighted in SPECTRUM

https://www.spectrumnews.org/news/autism-linked-mutation-disrupts-brain-circuit-to-change-social-behavior/

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Contacts:

Il Hwan Kim

ikim9@uthsc.edu