Welcome to the PMB Lab.

Plant Molecular Breeding Lab.
Division of Plant Biosciences, School of Applied Biosciences
College of Agriculture & Life Science

▶Name : Kyung-Min Kim

▶Affiliation : Division of Plant Biosciences, School of Applied Biosciences, College of Agriculture & Life Science, Kyungpook National University

▶Office address : 80 Daehak-ro, Buk-Gu, Daegu, 702-701 Kyungpook National University, College of Agriculture & Life Science Bldg. 1-106

▶Contact : Tel 053-950-5711, Fax 053-958-6880

▶E - Mail : kkm@knu.ac.kr

 

▶▶ Educational Background and Work Experience

 

1) Educational Background

∙ 1989.02 Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, Kyungpook National University

∙ 1991.02 Master of Science in Agriculture, Kyungpook National University

∙ 1997.02 Doctor of Philosophy in Agriculture, Kyungpook National University

 

2) Work Experience

∙ 1995.- 1996. Researcher, Lab. of Plant Biotechnology, NARO Hokkaido Agricultural Research Center

∙ 1998.- 1999. Post Doc., National Research Foundation of Korea,

∙ 2000.- 2001. JSPS Postdoctoral, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, The University of Tokyo,

∙ 2002.- 2005. Research Professor, Institute of Life Science and Biotechnology, Kyungpook National University

∙ 2005.- 현재 Professor, Division of Plant Biosciences, School of Applied Biosciences, College of Agriculture & Life Science, Kyungpook National University,

 

>> Academic Field and Lecture

 

∙ Academic field : Plant Molecular Breeding

∙ Lecture : Experimental Statistics, Plant Breeding, Plant Genetics, Seed Production

∙ Research

- Development of system to conventional and Molecular breeding for rice cultivars

- Development of plant molecular marker related environmental stress in rice

- Analysis of molecular mechanism related environmental stress in rice

- Study of collection, preservation, assessment, and new variety development to gene resource in rice

 

>> Outside Activities and Other

 

∙ 1989 – Present Member, The Korean Society for Plant Biotechnology

∙ 1993 – Present Editor, The Korean Society of Breeding Science

∙ 1993 – Present Member, Korean Society for Molecular and Cellular Biology

∙ 1997 – Present Scholarship Assistant Administrator, Korean Society of Life Science

∙ 1999 – Present Director, Korean Academy of Native Species

∙ 2011 – Present Member, The Gyeongsangbuk-Do Agriculture-Fishery Free Trade Agreement countermeasure Special Committee

∙ 2012 – Present Adjunct Senior Scientist, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, National Academy of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration

 

>> Representative study achievement during the latest 3 years

 

- Publications

Chiaki Watanabe, Nobuharu Fujii, Kenichi Yanai, Takuya Hotta, Dai-Hee Kim, Motoshi Kamada, Yuko Sasagawa-Saito, Takeshi Nishimura, Tomokazu Koshiba, Yutaka Miyazawa, Kyung-Min Kim, Hideyuki Takahashi (2012) Gravistimulation changes the accumulation pattern of CsPIN1 auxin efflux facilitator in the endodermis of the transition zone in cucumber. Plant Physiol. 158:239-251

 

Young-Hie Park, Gi-Hwan Yi, Hyun-Suk Lee, Jae-Keun Sohn, Kyung-Min Kim (2011) Functional analysis for opaque endosperm of somaclonal mutant in rice (Oryza sativa L.). SABRAO J. Breeding and Genetics 43:214-225.

 

Young-Hie Park, Hyun-Suk Lee, Gi-Hwan Yi, Jae-Keun Sohn, Kyung-Min Kim (2011) Functional analysis for rolling leaf of somaclonal mutants in rice(Oryza sativa L.). American Journal of Plant Sciences 2:56-62.

 

Yang Qin, Suk‐Man Kim, Xinhua Zhao, Hyun‐Suk Lee, Baoyan Jia, Kyung‐MinKim, Moo‐Young Eun, Jae‐Keun Sohn (2010) QTL detection and MAS selection efficiency for lipid content in brown rice(Oryza sativa L.). Genes & Genomics 32:507-513.

 

Yang Qin, Suk-Man Kim, Xinhua Zhao, Baoyan Jia, Hyun-Suk Lee, Kyung-Min Kim, Moo-Young Eun, Il-Doo Jin, Jae-Keun Sohn (2010) Identification for quantitative trait loci controlling grain shattering in rice. Genes & Genomics 32:169-176.

 

Kyung-Min Kim, Chang Kil Kim, Jeung-Sul Han (2010) In vitro regeneration from cotyledon explants in figleaf gourd (Cucurbita ficifolia Bouche´), a rootstock for Cucurbitaceae. Plant Biotechnology Reports 4:101–107.

 

- Patent and Other

∙ Primer sets for distinguishing persimmon cultivars

∙ Ginseng granule tea

∙ New plant variety of Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni containing high rebaudioside-A and breeding method there of

∙ Development of enriched calcium seed potato by expression of an Arabidipsis H+/Ca2+ transporter gene

∙ Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains DK990418 and DK990419 that can select gene associated to cell death

∙ CDF1, CDF2 and cdf3 gene associated with cell death

∙ GY1015, GY1016, and GY1017 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain that can select gene for suppressor to cell death

∙ MAP QTL related to cold tolerance at seeding stage of rice using RAPD marker and Selection method of cold tolerant rice variety