ABOUT OUR LAB
Our research projects focus on proteins (i) in the plant and microbial metabolic pathways for the biosynthesis of natural products and (ii) in host-microbe interactions in Plasmodium falciparum, the bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas syringae, and Sinorhizobium fredii. Since the evolutionary and structural aspects of proteins have not been extensively investigated, my ‘Genomic identification–Structure-based functional study–Protein engineering’ strategies have made significant contributions to protein biochemistry, parasitology, and plant & microbial biology, including around 50 published peer-reviewed papers and book chapters.
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In the professional community, Dr. Lee serves as an Early Career Reviewer (ECR) member of the Journal of Biological Chemistry (ASBMB, 2019-) and an editorial board member of Scientific Reports (Springer Nature, 2019-) and Frontiers in Chemistry & Frontiers in Plant Science (specialized in Plant Metabolism & Chemodiversity, 2022-). In addition, Dr. Lee has received several awards, including the Arthur Neish Young Investigator Award (Phytochemical Society of North America, 2021).
PROF. SOON GOO LEE
The main goal of my research is to understand the molecular basis of how enzymes, regulatory proteins, and key signaling molecules function in a variety of metabolic pathways and regulatory networks using biochemical and biophysical research tools, especially protein X-ray crystallography.
EDUCATION
Washington University in St. Louis
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Sogang University
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Summa Cum Laude
AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS, & SERVICE
Editorial Board Member, Frontiers in Chemistry & Frontiers in Plant Science (Plant Metabolism & Chemodiversity)
Editorial Board Member, Scientific Reports, a Nature Research journal
Arthur Neish Young Investigator Award (Phytochemical Society of North America)
Early Career Reviewer (ECR) Member for the Journal of Biological Chemistry
ASBMB Early Career Faculty Travel Award
The Charles L. Cahill Research Award
ETEAL Pedagogy Initiatives Award
Plant Metabolic Engineering Gordon Research Seminar Travel Grant
Wold Travel Award and Protein Science Young Investigator Travel Grant
Spencer T. and Ann W. Olin Biomedical Fellows Award
Travel Grant for US-Korea Conference (UKC) on Science, Technology, and Entrepreneurship
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) Grad Student Travel Award
The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation Travel Award for Banff Conference on Plant Metabolism
Sogang Honors Scholarship, Summa Cum Laude
POSTECH BK21 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship