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Education/Academic qualification
Cancer, Postdoctoral Associate, University of California San Francisco (UCSF)
2003 → 2004
Genetics, Development & Molecular Biology, Postdoctoral Fellowship
1997 → 2001
Genetics, Development & Molecular Biology, PhD, California Institute of Technology
Sep 1990 → Nov 1996
BS, California Institute of Technology
1985 → 1989
External positions
Adjunct Faculty, Texas A&M College of Medicine Health Science Center
2021 → …
Associate Professor of Cancer Biology in Neurology, Weill Cornell Medical College
May 1 2017 → …
Adjunct Faculty member, The Jackson Laboratory
2016 → 2019
Research Area Keywords
- Cancer
- Neurosciences
- Precision Medicine
- Molecular Medicine
Free-text keywords
- tumor microenvironment
- Immunotherapy
- Brain cancer
- Medulloblastoma
- Glioblastoma
- Cancer stem cells
- Diagnostic device
- immune suppression mechanism
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Validation of a novel 3D culture platform for TNBC treatment selection
Yun, K. (PI)
9/20/22 → 8/31/27
Project: Federal Funding Agencies
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S100A4 mediated immune suppression in GBM
Yun, K. (PI) & Xu, S. (Key Personnel)
4/1/21 → 1/31/26
Project: Federal Funding Agencies
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Yap1 function in sex-biased medulloblastoma tumorigenesis, progression, and pro-tumor immunity
Abdelfattah, N. (PI) & Yun, K. (PI)
8/1/20 → 7/31/23
Project: Federal Funding Agencies
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Developing a clinically relevant drug screening platform
Yun, K. (PI) & Kim, M. P. (Key Personnel)
9/1/18 → 8/30/21
Project: State
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An antibody–toxin conjugate targeting CD47 linked to the bacterial toxin listeriolysin O for cancer immunotherapy
Schrank, B. R., Wang, Y., Wu, A., Tran, N., Lee, D. Y., Edwards, J., Huntoon, K., Dong, S., Ha, J. H., Ma, Y., Grippin, A. J., Jeong, S. D., Antony, A., Chang, M., Kang, M., Gallup, T. D., Koong, A. C., Li, J., Yun, K. & Kim, B. Y. S. & 1 others, , Mar 2025, In: Nature Cancer. 6, 3, p. 511-527 17 p., e390094.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The multi-faceted immune modulatory role of S100A4 in cancer and chronic inflammatory disease
Wong, T., Kang, R. & Yun, K., 2025, In: Frontiers in immunology. 16, 1525567.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Open Access2 Scopus citations -
Identification of Kinase Targets for Enhancing the Antitumor Activity of Eribulin in Triple-Negative Breast Cell Lines
Xie, X., Lee, J., Fuson, J. A., Liu, H., Iwase, T., Yun, K., Margain, C., Tripathy, D. & Ueno, N. T., Feb 28 2023, In: Biomedicines. 11, 3, 735.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access2 Scopus citations -
Cancer stem cells, not bulk tumor cells, determine mechanisms of resistance to SMO inhibitors
George, J., Chen, Y., Abdelfattah, N., Yamamoto, K., Gallup, T. D., Adamson, S. I., Rybinski, B., Srivastava, A., Kumar, P., Lee, M. G., Baskin, D. S., Jiang, W., Choi, J. M., Flavahan, W., Chuang, J. H., Kim, B. Y., Xu, J., Jung, S. Y. & Yun, K., Jun 2022, In: Cancer research communications. 2, 6, p. 402-416 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Cancer Stem Cells, not Bulk Tumor Cells, Determine Mechanisms of Resistance to SMO Inhibitors
George, J., Chen, Y., Abdelfattah, N., Yamamoto, K., Gallup, T. D., Adamson, S. I., Rybinski, B., Srivastava, A., Kumar, P., Lee, M. G., Baskin, D. S., Jiang, W., Choi, J. M., Flavahan, W., Chuang, J. H., Kim, B. Y. S., Xu, J., Jung, S. Y. & Yun, K., Jun 2022, In: Cancer research communications. 2, 6, p. 402-416 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access5 Scopus citations
Prizes
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American Cancer Society Research Scholar Grant Award
Yun, K. (Recipient), 2009
Prize: Other distinction
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Best Presentation, Dartmouth Neuroscience Day
Yun, K. (Recipient), Feb 13 2004
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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