Junsoo Kim

Research Fellow in Computational Biology at Boston Children's Hospital / Harvard Medical School

My research focuses on developing computational and experimental methods to understand RNA biology and gene regulation, with applications in genomics, infectious disease, and therapeutic design.

Background

• Ph.D. in Bioinformatics, Seoul National University
• M.Phil. in Integrated Immunology, University of Oxford
• B.Sc. in Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh

Selected Publications

• Seo JS*, Rhie A*, Kim J*, Lee S* et al. De novo assembly and phasing of a Korean human genome. Nature. 2016;538:243–247.
• Kim J*, Youn D*, Choi S* et al. SARS-CoV-2 infection engenders heterogeneous ribonucleoprotein interactions to impede translation elongation in the lungs. Exp Mol Med. 2023;55:2541–2552.
• Kim J*, Han Y* et al. VaxLab: Integrated Platform for Rapid Multi-Strategy mRNA Vaccine Design. Exp Mol Med. 2026. (Forthcoming)

Contact

• JunSoo.Kim@childrens.harvard.edu