Personal profile
Education/Academic qualification
Cancer, Research Fellowship, Dartmouth Medical School and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
2003 → 2005
Genetics, Development & Molecular Biology, Postdoctoral Fellowship, UCSF
1997 → 2001
Genetics, Development & Molecular Biology, PhD, California Institute of Technology
Sep 1990 → Nov 1996
Molecular & Cellular Biology, BS, California Institute of Technology
1985 → 1989
External positions
Associate Professor of Cancer Biology in Neurology, Weill Cornell Medical College
May 1 2022 → …
Adjunct Faculty, Texas A&M College of Medicine Health Science Center
2021 → …
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
- Single cell genomics
- antibody drugs
- breast cancer research
- cancer modeling
- mouse models
- Alzheimer Disease
- Neuroinflammation
- sex bias
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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A prognostic matrix gene expression signature defines functional glioblastoma phenotypes and niches
Vishnoi, M., Dereli, Z., Yin, Z., Kong, E. K., Kinali, M., Thapa, K., Babur, O., Yun, K., Abdelfattah, N., Li, X., Bozorgui, B., Farach-Carson, M. C., Rostomily, R. C. & Korkut, A., Jan 5 2026, In: Communications Biology. 9, 1, 18.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Male-biased Yap1-Cd276/B7-H3 axis for immune evasion in medulloblastoma
Abdelfattah, N., Natarajan, S., Tran, H. N., Wong, T., Faisal, M., Maldonado, J., McMinimy, R., Borland, H., Chen, S. H., Zhao, H., Vasquez, M., Rodriguez, F. F., Wagner, C. R., Camargo, F., Olson, J., George, J. & Yun, K., Feb 5 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Cancer Cell.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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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Phase 1/2 trial of encorafenib, cetuximab, and nivolumab in microsatellite stable BRAFV600E metastatic colorectal cancer
Morris, V. K., Parseghian, C. M., Bahrambeigi, V., Abdelfattah, N., Xiao, L., Agrawal, A., Lin, K., Raghav, K. P. S., Wolff, R. A., Dasari, A., Huey, R. W., Kee, B. K., Overman, M. J., Willis, J. A., Le, P. H., Escano, M., Baig, Y. C., Pan, K., Menter, D. & Tam, A. L. & 13 others, , Nov 10 2025, In: Cancer Cell. 43, 11, p. 2106-2118.e3Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Rictor CRISPR Gene Editing by Lipid Nanoparticle Delivery Stimulates Anti-Tumor Immunity in Breast Cancer Liver Metastasis Model
Ali, Y., Galbraith, T., Abdelfattah, N., Ziemys, A., Wong, T., Hashimoto, C., Faisal, M., Qian, X., Cook, H., Pandita, T. K., Xu, Y., Rosato, R. R., Chen, S.-H., Yun, K. & Leonard, F., Jun 28 2025, (Unpublished) (bioRxiv).Research output: Working paper › Preprint
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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