Jae Kyo Yi

Jae Kyo Yi
PhD Student of Stony Brook University

Email: Jaekyo.yi@stonybrook.edu

Jae Kyo Yi received his Bachelor of Science from Korea University in South Korea, Master of Science from Seoul National University in South Korea, and is a Ph.D candidate in Stony Brook University. He is completing his graduate studies at Stony Brook University.

Jae Kyo Yi is currently working on the mechanism of how sphingoid bases affect yeast aging and the catalytic mechanism of human alkaline ceramidase 3.

Selected Publications

  1. Jae Kyo Yi, Ruijuan Xu, Eunmi Jeong, Izolda Mileva, Jean-Philip Truman, Chih-li Lin, Kai Wang, Justin Snider, Sally Wen, Lina M. Obeid, Yusuf A. Hannun and Cungui Mao. Aging-related elevation of sphingoid bases shortens yeast chronological life span by compromising mitochondrial function. Oncotarget, Mar, 2016
  2. Simon Edvardson, Jae Kyo Yi (Co-First author), Chaim Jalas, Ruijuan Xu, Bryn D Webb, Justin Snider, Anastasia Fedick, Elisheva Kleinman, Nathan R Treff, Cungui Mao, Orly Elpeleg. Deficiency of the alkaline ceramidase ACER3 manifests in early childhood by progressive leukodystrophy. Journal of Medical Genetics. Jan 2016
  3. Hyeong-Gon Moon, Jae Kyo Yi (Co-First author), Hee Sung Kim, Hea Young Lee, Kyung-Min Lee, Minju Yi, Sookyung Ahn, Hee-Chul Shin, Ji-hyun Ju, Incheol Shin, Wonshik Han, and Dong-Young Noh, Phosphorylation of p90RSK is associated with increased response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in ER-positive breast cancer, BMC Cancer. Dec 2012
  4. Jae Kyo Yi, Jong Wook Chang, Wonshik Han, Jong Won Lee, Eunyoung Ko, Dong Hyun Kim, Ji-Yeon Bae, Cheolju Lee, Myeong-Hee Yu, Dong-Young Noh, Autoantibody to tumor antigen, alpha 2-HS glycoprotein: a novel biomarker of breast cancer screening and diagnosis, Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention, May 2009