Principle Investigator
Il-Kyu Choi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of New Biology
Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology (DGIST)
Office: Building E4, Room 613, 333 Techno Jungang-daero, Hyeonpung-eup,
Dalseong-gun, Daegu, 42988, Republic of Korea
Tel: +82.53.785.1670 | Fax: +82.53.785.1819 | E-mail: ik_choi@dgist.ac.kr
Education
3/2006 ~ 2/2012 Ph.D., Graduate Program for Nanomedical Science, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
3/2004 ~ 2/2006 M.S., Department of Medical Science, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
3/1998 ~ 2/2004 B.S., Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Yongin, Korea
Professional Experience
12/2021 ~ Present Assistant Professor, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology (DGIST), Daegu, Korea
01/2020 ~ 11/2021 Instructor, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
11/2013 ~ 12/2019 Postdoctoral Fellow, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
03/2012 ~ 10/2013 Postdoctoral Fellow, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea
Honors and Awards (Selected)
The 2019 Barr Fellow of Claudia Adams Barr Program in Cancer Research/Innovative Basic Science Research Program, MA, USA (Note: this honorary designation is given annually to acknowledge outstanding scientists early in their careers who perform independent research at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Harvard Medical School).
Best Poster Award, Annual Cancer Immunology & Virology Departmental Scientific Retreat, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Harvard Medical School, MA, USA.