Dr. Gwang Jin Kim

basic medical research, gene hunting for genes causative for ARCI (autosomal recessive congenital ichthyosis, a rare mendelian skin disease - caused by a differentiation defect of keratinocytes), mainly functional proof, immunohistological characterization of patient biopsies, thin layer chomatography (TLC), supervision of PhD students in other projects (estalishing 3D skin culture of keratinocytes/fibroblasts)

deciphering long distance regulation of Sox9/Sox9, a gene playing a crucial role in testis differentiation and development, characterization of deletions and duplications far upstream of SOX9 in patient DNA, expression studies of the characterized region in lacZ stained transgenic mouse embryo, crossing and characterization of tamoxifen inducible conditional knockout of Sox9 in adult testis,

deciphering the mechanism for therapeutica used for treatment of alopecia areata

Molekulare Virologie (Diplomarbeit, Vertiefungsfach, Wahlfach) Molekulare Humangenetik (Vertiefungsfach, Wahlfach) Molekulare Zellbiologie (Pflichthauptfach) Innere Medizin (Pflichthauptfach) Pathologie (Pflichthauptfach)