Professor

서미정 / Suh, Mi Chung

서강대학교 생명과학과 교수
리찌과학관 1103호
02-705-8457 (Office) / 02-705-8457(Lab) / 02-705-8412 (Fax)
mcsuh@sogang.ac.kr

학력 (Educations)

1989 ~ 1994고려대학교 생물학과, 박사
1987 ~ 1989고려대학교 생물학과, 석사
1983 ~ 1987 고려대학교 생물학과, 학사

경력 (Research Experiences)

2018.09 ~ present교수(Professor) 서강대학교, 생명과학과
2014.04 ~ 2018.08교수(Professor) 전남대학교, 바이오에너지공학과
2013.09 ~ 2018.08전남대학교, BK plus 21 바이오에너지 생명공학 기초기술 및 개발 연구팀 Leader
2010.03 ~ 2014.03부교수. (Associate Professor) 전남대학교 바이오에너지공학과

2009.04 ~ 2010.02부교수. (Associate Professor) 전남대학교 식물생명공학부

2004.12 ~ 2009.03조교수. (Assistant professor) 전남대학교 식물생명공학부
2004.01 ~ 2004.12Visiting Professor. Michigan State University, East ~ Lansing, USA
2000.05 ~ 2004.12Research Professor. Korea University, Seoul, Korea
1999.01 ~ 2000.04Postdoctoral fellow. Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejon, Korea
1997.01 ~ 1998.12Postdoctoral fellow. Michigan State University, East ~ Lansing, USA
1995.09 ~ 1996.12Postdoctoral fellow. Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejon, Korea
1994.02 ~ 1995.08 Postdoctoral fellow. Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

학회 및 편집위원 활동

국외 활동

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry [프랑스 생리생화학회지 (2013, IF 2.936), 편집위원 (2002 ~ 현재)]
Plant Biotechnology Reports, Editor (2015. 12 ~ 현재)
Frontiers in Plant Scence, Editorial board member (2014. 01 ~ 현재)
Plant Cell Reports (2014, Guest Editor for special issue; "Plant Lipids and Biotechnology")
International Plant Lipid Symposium (Advisory board member)
Asian Plant Lipid Symposium (Advisory board member)
5th Asian Plant Lipid Symposium 개최 (Gwangju, 2013. 11. 30 ~ 12. 02), 공동조직위원장.
한국연구재단 Word Class University 과제 유형 1 수행 (2009 ~ 2013), 중과제 책임자.
2014 International Symposium on Plant Lipids, Guelph, Canada, 조직위원.
그 외 다수 국제 심포지움 개최 (전남대학교, 2004 ~ 현재), 조직위원.
그 외 3건의 국제공동과제 수행.

국내 활동

Korean Botanical Society of Korea [한국식물학회, 이사 (2017~현재)]
Korean Society for Plant Biotechnology [한국식물생명공학회, 포상위원회 위원장 (2019~현재)]
Korean Society for Plant Biotechnology [한국식물생명공학회, 학술회원회 위원장 (2017~2018)]
Korean Botanical Society of Korea [한국식물학회, 국제교류위원장 (2015~2016)]
Korean Society for Molecular and Cellular Biology (한국분자세포 생물학회, 정회원)
한국여성과학기술단체총연합회 (회원)
농촌진흥청 현장 명예연구관 (2014. 01 ~ 2015. 12)
농촌진흥청 차세대 바이오그린사업 차세대유전체사업단 (전문위원, 2011.01 ~ 2015.12)

개설 강의

생명유기화학 (Organic and Biological Chemistry), 학부 강의

생명체를 이루는 주요 화합물은 탄소 중심의 유기화합물이다. 본 교과목에서는 분자의 구조 및 화학 결합을 이해하고, 탄소 화합물들의 화학 구조적 특징을 배우고, 작용기들에 따른 분류와 기본적 유기화학 반응들을 이해하여 생명체 내에 존재하는 고분자 유기화합물, 지질과 막, 탄수화물, 단백질과 효소, 핵산의 분자 구조를 이해함으로써 궁극적으로 분자 수준에서 생명체를 이해하는 데 있다.

식물유전공학 (Plant Genetic Engineering), 학부 강의

식물 생명 현상의 기본 원리, 유전체 기능 및 식물 생명공학 기술을 이해하고, 이를 바탕으로 인간과 환경에 친화적인 고생산성/고기능성 식물체 개발에 대한 사례를 익힘으로써, 분자적 수준에서 식물 생명 현상에 대한 이해의 폭을 넓히고, 미래 식물자원 개발에 대한 중요성을 인식한다.

식물대사학 (Plant Metabolism), 대학원 강의

식물 대사 (광합성, 호흡, 탄수화물, 지질 대사 등) 기작 및 관련 효소들의 분자생물학적, 생화학적 특징을 살펴보고, 현재 진행되고 있는 최신 연구 동향을 분석하며, 본 연구에 사용되는 실험 기법 등을 소개하여 식물 대사에 관한 이해의 폭을 넓히고, 이와 관련하여 진행되고 있는 연구에서 새로운 아이디어 창출 및 질적 수준 향상을 꾀하고자 한다.

식물과학세미나 (Plant Sciences Seminars), 대학원 강의

식물과학의 다양한 분야에서 선도적으로 연구를 진행하고 계시는 학자들을 모시고 최근 연구 동향의 분석하여 연구의 질적 수준을 향상시키고자 한다.

연구분야

I. Cuticle Biognensis

1) How do early land plants develop cuticle layer during the evolution of land plants from aquatic to terrestrial environments?
2) What is the molecular network underlying the regulation of embryo cuticle biogenesis?

II. Regulation of Cuticular Wax Biognensis

1) What is the molecular network underlying the regulation of cuticular wax biosynthesis in response to environmental changes?
2) How do plants sense and transfer environmental signals (e.g. humidity) to induce or repress cuticular wax biosynthesis?

III. Regulation of Suberin Biosynthesis

1) How do plant roots and seed coats export suberin monomers?

IV. Control of Metabolic Flux between Intercellular and Extracellualr Lipids Biognensis

1) How metabolites modulate metabolic flux between intracellular and extracellular lipid biosynthesis?
2) What is the molecular network underlying the regulation of metabolic flux?

최근 연구 업적
(* Corresponding author)

Kim H, Yu S-I, Lee B-h^*, and Suh MC^*. (2019) The F-box protein SAGL1 and ECERIFERUM3 regulate cuticular wax biosynthesis in response to changes in humidity in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell. doi: 10.1105/tpc.19.00152.
Go YS, Kim H, Kim HJ, and Suh MC^*. (2014) Arabidopsis cuticular wax biosynthesis is negatively controlled by DEWAX gene encoding an AP2/ERF-type transcription factor.The Plant Cell. Apr 1;26(4):1666-1680
Lee SB, Suh MC^*. (2018) Disruption of glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored lipid transfer protein 15 affects seed coat permeability in Arabidopsis. The Plant J. Dec 1;96(6):1206-1217. doi: 10.1111/tpj.14101.
Park CS, Go YS, Suh MC^*. (2016) Cuticular wax biosynthesis is positively regulated by WRINKLED4, an AP2/ERF-type transcription factor, in Arabidopsis stems. Plant J. Aug 31;88(2): 257-270.
Kim RJ, Kim HJ, Shim D,Suh MC^*. (2016) Molecular and biochemical characterizations of the monoacylglycerol lipase gene family of Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant J. Mar 1;85(6):758-771.
Kim J, Jung JH, Lee SB, Go YS, Kim HJ, Cahoon R, Markham JE, Cahoon EB, Suh MC^*. (2013) Arabidopsis 3-ketoacyl-coenzyme a synthase9 is involved in the synthesis of tetracosanoic acids as precursors of cuticular waxes, suberins, sphingolipids, and phospholipids. Plant Physiol. Jun;162(2):567-80.
Lee SB, Suh MC^*. (2013) Recent advances in cuticular wax biosynthesis and its regulation in Arabidopsis. Mol Plant. Mar 1;6(2):246-9.
Go YS, Lee SB, Kim HJ, Kim J, Park HY, Kim JK, Shibata K, Yokota T, Ohyama K, Muranaka T, Arseniyadis S, Suh MC^*. (2012) Identification of marneral synthase, which is critical for growth and development in Arabidopsis. Plant J. Dec 1;72(5):791-804.
Lee SB, Go YS, Bae HJ, Park JH, Cho SH, Cho HJ, Lee DS, Park OK, Hwang I, Suh MC^*. (2009) Disruption of glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored lipid transfer protein gene altered cuticular lipid composition, increased plastoglobules, and enhanced susceptibility to infection by the fungal pathogen Alternaria brassicicola. Plant Physiol. May 25;150(1):42-54.
Lee SB, Jung SJ, Go YS, Kim HU, Kim JK, Cho HJ, Park OK, Suh MC^*. (2009) Two Arabidopsis 3-ketoacyl CoA synthase genes, KCS20 and KCS2/DAISY, are functionally redundant in cuticular wax and root suberin biosynthesis, but differentially controlled by osmotic stress. Plant J. Nov 1;60(3):462-75.
Jung SH, Kim RJ, Kim KJ, Lee DH, Suh MC^*. (2019) Plastidial and mitochondrial malonyl CoA-ACP malonyltransferase is essential for cell division and its overexpression increases storage oil content. Plant and Cell Physiol. Feb. 23. doi.org/10.1093/pcp/pcz032
Kim H, Go YS, Suh MC^*. (2018) DEWAX2 Transcription factor negatively regulates cuticular wax biosynthesis in Arabidopsis leaves. Plant Cell Physiol. May 1;59(5):966-977.
Lee SB, Kim HU, Suh MC^*. (2016) MYB94 and MYB96 additively activate cuticular wax biosynthesis in Arabidopsis. Plant and Cell Physiol. Aug 29;57(11) 2300-2311.
Lee SB, Suh MC^*. (2015) Cuticular wax biosynthesis is up-regulated by the MYB94 transcription factor in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell Physiol. Jan 1;56(1):48-60.
Kim H, Lee SB, Kim HJ, Min MK, Hwang I, Suh MC^*. (2012) Characterization of glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored lipid transfer protein 2 (LTPG2) and overlapping function between LTPG/LTPG1 and LTPG2 in cuticular wax export or accumulation in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Cell Physiol. Aug 1;53(8):1391-403.
An D, Kim H, Ju S, Go YS, Kim HU, Suh MC^*. (2017) Expression of camelina WRINKLED1 isoforms rescue the seed phenotype of the Arabidopsis wri1 mutant and increase the triacylglycerol content in tobacco leaves. Front. Plant Sci. Jan 24;8: 34. doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2017.00034.
Ju S, Go YS, Choi HJ, Park JM, Suh MC^*. (2017) DEWAX transcription factor is involved in resistance to Botrytis cinerea in Arabidopsis thaliana and Camelina sativa. Front Plant Sci. 11;8:1210. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01210. eCollection 201
Seo PJ^†, Lee SB^†, Suh MC^†, Park MJ, Go YS, Park CM. (2011) The MYB96 transcription factor regulates cuticular wax biosynthesis under drought conditions in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell. Mar 11;23(3):1138-52. (^†, Co-first author)
Kim S, Park M, Yeom SI, Kim YM, Lee JM, Lee HA, Seo E, Choi J, Cheong K, Kim KT, Jung K, Lee GW, Oh SK, Bae C, Kim SB, Lee HY, Kim SY, Kim MS, Kang BC, Jo YD, Yang HB, Jeong HJ, Kang WH, Kwon JK, Shin C, Lim JY, Park JH, Huh JH, Kim JS, Kim BD, Cohen O, Paran I, Suh MC, Lee SB, Kim YK, Shin Y, Noh SJ, Park J, Seo YS, Kwon SY, Kim HA, Park JM, Kim HJ, Choi SB, Bosland PW, Reeves G, Jo SH, Lee BW, Cho HT, Choi HS, Lee MS, Yu Y, Do Choi Y, Park BS, van Deynze A, Ashrafi H, Hill T, Kim WT, Pai HS, Ahn HK, Yeam I, Giovannoni JJ, Rose JK, Sørensen I, Lee SJ, Kim RW, Choi IY, Choi BS, Lim JS, Lee YH, Choi D. Genome sequence of the hot pepper provides insights into the evolution of pungency in Capsicum species. Nat Genet. Mar 1;46(3):270-8.
Suh MC, Samuels AL, Jetter R, Kunst L, Pollard M, Ohlrogge J, Beisson F. (2005) Cuticular lipid composition, surface structure, and gene expression in Arabidopsis stem epidermis. Plant Physiol. Dec 1;139(4):1649-65.