Kwon-Chung Research Group

Studies on pathobiology of medically important fungi especially of those causing cryptococcosis and aspergillosis.

Photo of K.J.Kwon-Chung Research Group Members

Front row (left to right): Dr. Miwha Chang (Visiting fellow, 2016-2019), Ms. Shannon Moyer (Postbac Fellow, 2016-2018), Ms. Ami Khanal-Lamichhane (present member). Second row (left to right): Dr. Michael J. Davis (2015-2022), Dr. Amir Seyedmousavi (2017-2019), Dr. Yun C. Chang (present member, Staff Scientist), Dr. Dong-H. Yang (present member, visiting fellow).

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K.J. Kwon-Chung, Ph.D.

Chief, Molecular Microbiology Section, LCIM

Education:

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison

B.S., M.S., Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea

Dr. Kwon-Chung received her B.S. and M.S. in biology from Ewha Womans University in Seoul, South Korea, prior to receiving a Fulbright Scholarship to pursue her doctoral work in the Department of Bacteriology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. After receiving her Ph.D. in 1965, she joined the Medical Mycology Section of the NIAID Laboratory of Microbiology in 1966 as a visiting fellow. She...

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Yun C. Chang, Ph.D.

Staff Scientist 2

Education:

University of California, Riverside, CA 

Languages Spoken: Taiwanese, Mandarin

Pathobiology of Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii; Mechanism of adaptive drug resistance in cryptococci. Cryptococcal genomics and aneuploid formation under azole stress. He trains new fellows on molecular manipulation and general laboratory protocol handling pathogenic fungi.

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Ami Khanal-Lamichhane, M.S.

Biologist

Education:

M.S., Microbiology, Wayne State University, Detroit Michigan 

Languages Spoken: Nepali, Hindi

Molecular biological technology used in genomic manipulation of fungal cells. Chromosome tagging with reporters in cryptococci.

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Sujiraphong Pharkjaksu, Ph.D.

Visiting Fellow

Education:

Ph.D., Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Thailand 

Languages Spoken: Thai

Mechanism of polyene susceptibility in environmental isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans. He is also interested in the mechanism of cryptococcal ux1 mutants in 5-FC resistance.

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Dong-Hoon Yang, Ph.D.

Visiting Fellow

Education:

Ph.D., Biotechnology, Younsei University, Seoul, Korea

Languages Spoken: Korean

His research is concentrating on the pathobiological differences between Cryptococcus gattii and Crptococcus neoformans: Differences in the risk factors of the infection by the two species, differences in the association of nitrogen source and 5-fluorocytosine resistance.

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Former Research Group Members

Michael J. Davis, Ph.D. Advanced Molecular Transport in San Francisco 

Amir Seyedmousavi, Ph.D. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Center, NIH 

Edward Sionov, Ph.D. Head, Department of Food Sciences Institute of Postharvest and Food Sciences Volcani Center, Agricultural Research Organization Rishon LeZion, Israel 

Ram Petter, Ph.D. Head of Biopharmaceuticals CMO operations, Teva, Tel Aviv, Israel. 

Popchai Ngamskulrungroj, Ph.D. 2008-2012. Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand 

Brian L. Wickes, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Texas 

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