Young-Ho Ahn, PhD
Address: Rm 714
Ewha Womans University College of Medicine
25 Magokdong-ro 2-gil, Gangseo-gu
Seoul 07804, Republic of Korea
E-mail: yahn@ewha.ac.kr
Phone: +82-2-6986-6268 (office), +82-2-6986-6041 (lab)
Professional info
In 2004, I completed my Ph.D. in Biological Sciences at Seoul National University in Korea. During my graduate studies there, I maintained research assistantships in both the Interdisciplinary Program in Genetic Engineering and the National Center for Inter-University Research Facilities. Upon earning my degree, I continued my training and research at the university as a postdoctoral fellow in the School of Biological Sciences for two years. Thereafter, I joined MD Anderson Cancer Center as a postdoctoral fellow from 2006 to 2010 in the Department of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology, and in 2010, I was promoted to the position of Instructor in the same department. Since 2014, I have been working on my independent research as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Molecular Medicine at Ewha Womans University School of Medicine.
Work experience
Research Interests
Lung cancer
Metastasis
Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition
microRNAs
long non-coding RNAs
Tumot microenvironment
Professor
Mar 2021 - present
Department of Molecular Medicine, Ewha Womans Univertiy School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Associate Professor
Mar 2016 - Feb 2021
Department of Molecular Medicine, Ewha Womans Univertiy School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Assistant Professor
Mar 2014 - Feb 2016
Department of Molecular Medicine, Ewha Womans Univertiy School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Instructor
Nov 2010 - Feb 2014
Department of Thoracic/Head & Neck Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
Postdoctoral Fellow
Nov 2007 - Nov 2010
Department of Thoracic/Head & Neck Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
Advisor: Jonathan M. Kurie, M.D.
Assistant Research Professor
Apr 2006 - Oct 2006
Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Seoul Naitonal University, Seoul, Korea
Postdoctoral Fellow
Sep 2004 - Apr 2006
School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul Naitonal University, Seoul, Korea
Advisor: Seung Hwan Hong, Ph.D.
Research Associate
Dec 2005 - Apr 2006
Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Seoul Naitonal University, Seoul, Korea
Assistant
Sep 2004 - Feb 2006
National Center for Inter-University Research Facilities, Seoul Naitonal University, Seoul, Korea
2010 - present
2010 - present
Education
Seoul National University
Mar 1999 - Aug 2004
Ph.D. in Biological Sciences
Thesis: Studies on the mechanisms of 8-Cl-cAMP-induced growth inhibition and apoptosis
Advisor: Seung Hwan Hong, Ph.D.
Seoul National University
Mar 1997 - Feb 1999
M.S. in Biological Sciences
Thesis: Depletion of intracellular zinc induces apoptosis in mouse primary neuron cultures
Advisor: Seung Hwan Hong, Ph.D.
Seoul National University
Mar 1993 - Feb 1997
B.S. in Molecular Biology