Ph.D., Microbiology and Immunology, University of Arizona, U.S.A., 1990
M.S., Food Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, 1984
B.S., Food Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, 1982

1996 - Present: Associate Professor, Dept. of Biotechnology, Yonsei University, Korea.
1993 - 1996: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biotechnology, Yonsei University, Korea.
1991 - 1993: Post Doctoral Fellow, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A.
1986 - 1990: Research Assistant University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, U.S.A.

  1. Cell surface display: Development of oral live vaccines and biocatalysts
  2. Phage display: Peptide library
  3. Gene expression: Expression of recombinant proteins
  4. Gene function and gene manipulation: Gene cloning, Site-specific mutagenesis

  1. Kim, E.J. and S.K. Yoo. 1999. Cell surface display of Hepatitis B virus surface antigen by using  Pseudomonas syringae ice nucleation protein. Lett. Appl. Microbiol. : in press
  2. Kwak, Y. D., S. K. Yoo, E. J. Kim. 1999. Cell surface display of HIV-gp120 on Escherichia coli using ice nucleation protein. Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology  6: in press.
  3. Kim, E. J and S. K. Yoo. 1998. Cell surface display of CD8 ecto domain on Escherichia coli using ice nucleation protein. Biotechnol. Tech. 12: 197-201.
  4. Lee, K. H., B. Y. Kwak, J. H. Kim, S. K. Yoo, S. K. Yum, and H. S. Jeong. 1997.Genetic polymorphism of cytochrome P450 2E1 and mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase in Korean population. Alcohol. Clin. Exp. Res. 21:953-956 .
  5. Lee, B. Y., S. H. Ohk, S. Y. Kim, D. H. Bai, J. H. Yu, and S. K. Yoo. 1997. Purification of a bacteriolytic enzyme from Bacillus sp. active against Streptococcus mutants. Biotechnol. Tech. 11: 283-285.
  6. Yoo, S. K. and J. Ito. 1991. Initiation of bacteriophage PRD1 DNA replication on single-stranded templates. J. Mol. Biol. 222: 127-131.
  7. Yoo, S. K. and J. Ito. 1991. Sequence requirements for protein-primed DNA replication of bacteriophage PRD1. J. Mol. Biol. 218: 779-789.
  8. Yoo, S. K., D. K. Braithwaite, and J. Ito. 1990. Head fiber protein gene of bacteriophage Nf. J.Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 36: 365-368.
  9. Hsieh, J. C., S. K. Yoo, and J. Ito. 1990. An essential arginine residue for initiation of protein-primed DNA replication. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA  87: 8665-8669.
  10. Yoo, S. K. and J. Ito. 1989. Protein-primed replication of bacteriophage PRD1 genome in vitro. Virology 170: 442-449.
  11. Mohammad, S. S., S. K. Yoo, K. Watabe, K. J. Garvey, and  J. Ito. 1987. Characterization of a deletion mutant of  uubacteriophage f  29. Virology 158: 313-319.

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