Prof. Dr.
Ho Sup Yoon

Professor
School of Biological Sciences
College of Science
Nanyang Technological University
Singapore

Email: HSYOON@NTU.EDU.SG
Phone: +65 6316 2846
Office: SBS-02s-96

Education

Biography

Prof Ho Sup Yoon is a Professor of Structural Biology & Biochemistry, School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He received his BSc from Seoul National University and MSc from KAIST and PhD from University of Chicago. Prior to joining NTU, he worked as a Research Scientist and Senior Research Scientist at Abbott Laboratories, USA. He joined the School of Biological Sciences as one of founding faculty members in February 2002.

Prof Yoon has done seminal researches in deciphering how Pleckstrin homology (PH) domain recognizes phosphoinositides and understanding the molecular mechanism of the pro-survival Bcl-2 family proteins and role of molecular chaperones on Bcl-2’s stability. Prof. Yoon’s current research programs focus on structural plasticity of the anti-cell death proteins, roles of immunophilins in human diseases, and molecular mechanisms of intrinsically disordered proteins in conformational disorders such Parkinson’s disease.

Prof Yoon has published on the order of 100 journal papers in highly regarded journals and 3 book chapters. He holds 9 patents. He has been successful in securing multi-million dollar competitive extramural research grants from funding agencies, such as A*STAR-Biomedical Research Council, Ministry of Education, Singapore Cancer Syndicate, and Ministry of Health-National Medical Research Council. Prof Yoon’s service contributions have been impeccable, serving in various roles and capacities. He served as Head of Division, Chemical Biology and BioTechnology (2010-11) and Structural Biology and Biochemistry (2011-2014), School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Currently, he is Director of Bioscience Research Center in the School. He also served on several grant and award committees. He has been active in conference organization both locally and internationally, and has rendered his service to the research community as reviewer for various peer-reviewed journals. He is a participating principal investigator of the Consortium for Functional Glycomics (CFG). Prof Yoon was the recipient of Abbott Drug Discovery Impact Award 2000. Prof Yoon is an elected Fellow of The Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC). He is also a member of American Chemical Society (ACS), Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), and American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB).

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