Kim Lab
Gab Seok Kim, PhD – Assistant Professor
Education & Training
PhD Seoul National University – Seoul, South Korea
Areas of Interest
Clinical interests: ischemic stroke
Research interests: reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation, secondary thalamic injury, signal transduction after brain injury, crosstalk between cells in brains, angiogenesis and drug discovery.
Research & Experience
Dr. Kim has been interested in the role of reactive oxygen species after ischemia reperfusion in stroke and signal transduction in cerebrovascular diseases.
His current research project focuses on understanding of the molecular and cellular changes such as inflammation and new vessel formation in thalamus induced by primary cortical infarction. To address this question, He utilizes in-vivo animal stroke models with various knockout, transgenic and reporter mice and in-vitro primary cell model system.
Sodam Kim, PhD – Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Education & Training
MS Pharmacy, Sookmyung Women’s University – Seoul, South Korea (2017)
PhD Pharmacy, Sookmyung Women’s University – Seoul, South Korea (2021)
Areas of Interests
Clinical interests: Identification of biomarker and therapeutic drug for ischemic stroke
Research interests: Neuroinflammation and systemic inflammation following ischemic stroke, immune response with aging, evaluation the estrogenic and pharmacological properties of plant extract
Research & Experience
My previous research focused on the evaluation the estrogenic properties and neuroprotective activity of plant extract and its components in relevant preclinical models. I observed that extract and its components with estrogenic properties exhibited antioxidant activity by increasing neuroglobin levels in ischemic stroke mouse model.
I was also involved in another research that focused on identifying the immune responses in periphery and brain on aged and ischemic stroke mouse models. I studied the changes in immune cells from the acute to the chronic phases after stroke, and discovered the dramatic changes in immune cells with aging.
My current research focuses on the understanding the understanding the regulatory protein of neuroinflammation after stroke and aims to identify the binding partners and inhibitory molecules. Additionally, I would like to evaluate how connect with and impact on other cell types under pro-inflammatory conditions.
Hobbies & Interests
Photography, cooking, creative writing, reading detective novels, and spending time with friends.
Research Assistants
Lauren Vance
Education & Training
BS Biology, University of California – Irvine, CA (2023)