PI

Education and Training

• 1999.3.1-2006.2.17                Ph.D. in Biology (Department of Biological Sciences), KAIST, Daejeon, Korea. 

Thesis: Histamine and its receptors modulate temperature preference behavior in Drosophila.

• 1997.2.19-1999.2.23              M.S. in Biology (Department of Life Science), Sogang University, Seoul, Korea.

Thesis: Differential display-mediated isolation of a putative lipid transfer protein, CaLTP, preferentially expressed in anther from hot pepper.

• 1993.2.26-1997.2.18              B.S. in Biology (Department of Life Science), Sogang University, Seoul, Korea

Professional Employment 

• March 2017- Present          Assistant Professor, Dept. of Anatomy & Cell Biology, Chungnam National University

• March 2016 – Feb 2017     Research Professor, Dept. of Biological Sciences, KAIST

• Sep 2011 – Aug 2016          A presidential post-doctoral fellow

• June 2009 – Feb 2016,        Post-Doctoral Fellow, Prof. Kwang-Wook, Choi (Lab. of Developmental Genetics), Dept. of Biological Sciences, KAIST   

• March 2006- May 2009,     Post-Doctoral Fellow, Prof. Jaeseob Kim (Lab. of Cognitive Neural Network), Dept. of Biological Sciences, KAIST

Selected publications

• Lee-Hyang Kim, Ja-Young Kim, Yu-Ying Xu, Mi Ae Lim, Bon Seok Koo, Jung Hae Kim, Sung-Eun Yoon, Young-Joon Kim, Kwang-Wook Choi, Jae Won Chang, and Sung-Tae Hong*, Tctp, a unique Ing5-binding partner, inhibits the chromatin binding of Enok in Drosophila (*corresponding author, 2023). PNAS. In press, doi: 10.1073/pnas.2218361120

• Su Ui Lee , Seoghyun Lee , Hyunju Ro , Ji-Hee Choi , Hyung Won Ryu, Mun-Ock Kim , Heung Joo Yuk , Jinhyuk Lee , Sung-Tae Hong* , Sei-Ryang Oh* , (* co-corresponding authors ; Feb 2018). Piscroside C inhibits TNF-/NF-kB pathway by the suppression of PKC activity for TNF-RSC formation in human airway epithelial cells. Phytomedicine. 40:148-157. doi: 10.1016/j.phymed.2018.01.012. 

• Sung-Tae Hong and Kwang-Wook Choi (30 Sep 2016) Antagonistic roles of Drosophila Tctp and Brahma in chromatin remodelling and stabilizing repeated sequences. Nature Communications. 7:12988 doi:10.1038/ncomms12988 

• Sung-Tae Hong and Kwang-Wook Choi (19 Dec 2013) TCTP directly regulates ATM activity for genome stability and organ development in Drosophila. Nature Communications. 4:2986. DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3986. 

• Hong, S-T., Bang, S., Hyun, S., Kang, J., Jeong, K., Paik, D., Chung, J. and Kim, J. (Aug. 2008) cAMP signalling in mushroom bodies modulates temperature preference behavior in Drosophila. Nature 454, 771-775.  

• Hong S-T, Bang S, Paik D, Kang J, Hwang S, Jeon K, Chun B, Hyun S, Lee Y. and Kim J (July 2006) Histamine and its receptors modulate temperature preference behavior in Drosophila. Journal of Neuroscience 26 (27), 7245-7256 .