Biography:Yu Myeong-Hee

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Yu Myeong-Hee
Born (1954-09-05) 5 September 1954 (age 69)
Seoul
NationalitySouth Korea n
Alma materSeoul National University
University of California, Berkeley
OccupationMicrobiologist

Yu Myeong-Hee (born 5 September 1954) is a South Korea n microbiologist, currently serving as the president of Korea Federation of Women's Science & Technology Associations.[1] In July 2010, under President Lee Myung-bak, she was appointed as an inaugural Chief Secretary to the Future Strategy Planning Office, and served until February 2013.[2][3][4][5]

Early life and education

Yu was born in Seoul.[6] She realized that she was interested in science and technology when she was in middle school.[7] Yu earned her Bachelor of Science degree in microbiology from Seoul National University in 1977 and her doctorate in microbiology from University of California, Berkeley in 1982.[5][6] She later worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1985.[6]

Career

Scientific research

After moving back to Korea, Yu worked at Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology until 2000.[6] After that, she has been working at Korea Institute of Science and Technology, holding a position of a principle research scientist.[6] Much of Yu's work has focused on unlocking the structure and folding of the protein alpha-1 antitrypsin, which is a serpin protein.[8] Yu and her research team have worked to discover what amino acids can suppress certain types of mutations, such as the tsf mutation which is a protein folding error.[9] She has also patented the alpha-1 antritrypsin mutein with a disulfide bond and the method for preparing it along with her research group.[10]

Her work has appeared in Nature,[11] The Journal of Proteome Research,[12] the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America,[13] the Journal of Molecular Biology,[14] the Journal of Biological Chemistry,[15] the BMB Reports,[16] and others. Her work is highly cited in the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, immunology and microbiology.[17]

Public work

Yu served as the Director of the Functional Proteomics Center, a part of the 21st Century Frontier R&D Program, at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology from July 2002 to July 2010.[5][6][18] In 2010, she was appointed to a new post in the South Korean government: senior officer for national future.[18] Her responsibilities included overseeing government communications regarding science and technology and to help promote low-carbon and green technologies.[19] She also served as the president of the Korean Biophysical Society from 2009 to 2010, and the president of the Korea Genome Organization in 2010.[20][21]

Awards and recognition

  • Mock-Am Award from the Korean Society of Molecular Biology (1996)[6][22]
  • L'Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science (1998)[8][22]
  • The Seoul City Cultural Award (2001)[5][6][22]
  • The Order of Science and Technology and the Ungbi Medal, from the Korean Government (2004)[6][22]

References

  1. ↑ "유명희 KIST 박사, 여성과총 차기회장 선출" (in ko). 2016-11-17. http://www.womennews.co.kr/news/99692. 
  2. ↑ "Lee overhauls Blue House staff". http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2923283. 
  3. ↑ "Journalist named Lee's public relations chief". koreatimes. 2010-07-15. http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2016/01/116_69505.html. 
  4. ↑ Technology, WISET Korea Center for Women in Science, Engineering, and. "WISET Korea Center for Women in Science, Engineering, and Technology" (in ko). http://www.wiset.or.kr/eng/contents/news_view.jsp?sc_tab=1&sc_page=1&sc_type=1&pk_seq=26896. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "Myeong-Hee Yu". https://gender-summit.com/gs6-speakers/1190-yu. Retrieved 31 October 2015. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 "Yu, Myeong-Hee". https://kast.or.kr/en/member/member_view.php?idx=4518. Retrieved 11 August 2018. 
  7. ↑ Lee, Kye-Woo (2006). Advancement of Women in Science and Technology: A Case Study of Korea. Seoul, South Korea: Ewha Womans University Press. pp. 196. ISBN 978-8973007035. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "The L'Oreal – UNESCO Awards 1998 – 2011". http://www.mext.go.jp/unesco/001/2012/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2012/05/10/1320979_04.pdf. Retrieved 31 October 2015. 
  9. ↑ Mitraki, Anna; Fane, Ben; Haase-Pettingell, Cameron; King, Jonathan (1991). "Mutations Affecting Protein Folding and Misfolding In Vivo". in Kelly, Jeffrey W.. Applications of Enzyme Biotechnology – Springer. Springer Science + Business Media. p. 134. doi:10.1007/978-1-4757-9235-5. ISBN 978-1-4757-9235-5. 
  10. ↑ "Patents by Inventor Myeong-Hee Yu". http://patents.justia.com/inventor/myeong-hee-yu. Retrieved 31 October 2015. 
  11. ↑ Yu, Myeong-Hee; Lee, Kee Nyung; Kim, Jeongho (1995-05-01). "The Z type variation of human α1-antitrypsin causes a protein folding defect". Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 2 (5): 363–367. doi:10.1038/nsb0595-363. 
  12. ↑ Kim, Hye-Jung; Kang, Hyun Ju; Lee, Hanna; Lee, Seung-Taek; Yu, Myeong-Hee; Kim, Hoguen; Lee, Cheolju (2009-03-06). "Identification of S100A8 and S100A9 as Serological Markers for Colorectal Cancer". Journal of Proteome Research 8 (3): 1368–1379. doi:10.1021/pr8007573. ISSN 1535-3893. PMID 19186948. 
  13. ↑ Lee, Cheolju; Park, Soon-Ho; Lee, Min-Youn; Yu, Myeong-Hee (2000-07-05). "Regulation of protein function by native metastability". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 97 (14): 7727–7731. doi:10.1073/pnas.97.14.7727. ISSN 0027-8424. PMID 10884404. 
  14. ↑ Yu, Myeong-Hee; Weissman, Jonathan S.; Kim, Peter S. (1995-01-01). "Contribution of individual side-chains to the stability of BPTI examined by alanine-scanning mutagenesis". Journal of Molecular Biology 249 (2): 388–397. doi:10.1006/jmbi.1995.0304. PMID 7540212. 
  15. ↑ Kwon, K.S.; Kim, J; shin, H.S.; Yu, M.H. (1 April 1994). "Single amino acid substitutions of alpha 1-antitrypsin that confer enhancement in thermal stability". The Journal of Biological Chemistry 269 (269): 9627–9631. http://www.jbc.org/content/269/13/9627.short. Retrieved 1 November 2015. 
  16. ↑ Kim, Hye-Jung; Yu, Myeong-Hee; Kim, Ho-Guen; Byun, Jong-Hoe; Lee, Cheolju (2008). "Noninvasive molecular biomarkers for the detection of colorectal cancer". BMB Reports 41 (10): 685–692. doi:10.5483/bmbrep.2008.41.10.685. PMID 18959813. http://koreascience.or.kr/journal/view.jsp?kj=E1MBB7&py=2008&vnc=v41n10&sp=685. 
  17. ↑ "Yu, Myeonghee". https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.url?authorId=7404273372. Retrieved 1 November 2015. 
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Ser, Myo-ja (16 July 2010). "Lee Overhauls Blue House Staff". Korea JoongAng Daily. http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2923283. 
  19. ↑ Kim, So-Hyun (15 July 2010). "Cable News Channel Executive Named Lee's PR Aide". The Korea Herald. http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20100715000979. 
  20. ↑ "한국유전체학회". http://kogo.or.kr/intro/sub_intro4.asp. 
  21. ↑ "The Korean Binphysical Society [한국생물물리학회"]. http://www.biophysics.kr/html/history.html. 
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 Unesco (2006). "60 Women contributing to the 60 years of UNESCO: Constructing the Foundations of Peace". http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001475/147530e.pdf. 






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