Minhan Ka, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral research fellow

Education
Chungnam National University, South Korea, 2007

Lab
Moonkyoung Um

Research Interests
To understand the mechanism of neurodegeneration in Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases - specifically to determine the role of hormonal signaling in neuronal degeneration during the progression of neurodegenerative diseases.

Publications
Ka M, Park YU, Kim J. (2008) The DEAD-box RNA helicase, Dhh1, functions in mating by regulating Ste12 translation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2008 367(3):680-6.

Park YU, Hur H, Ka M, Kim J. (2006) Identification of translational regulation target genes during filamentous growth in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: regulatory role of Caf20 and Dhh1. Eukaryot Cell. 5(12):2120-7.

Contact Details:
email: ka@bbri.org, tel. 617-658-7750