Environmental Carcinogenesis Lab
Seong-Ho Lee, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
NSAIDs, DIM, ATF3, EGR-1, NAG-1
Tel 865-974-2310
Email shlee@mail.ag.utk.edu
About Dr. Lee: His Interests are Chemoprevention and molecular pharmacology, including three major projects:
- chemoprevention studies with phytochemicals (indole-3 carbinol, 3,3'-diindolylmethane, and 6-gingerol) with the goals of identifying molecular mechanisms of their actions;
- investigation of transcriptional regulation of pro-apoptotic genes (ATF3, NAG-1) and identification of molecular mechanisms by which NSAIDs induce apoptosis in human colorectal carcinoma;
- Functional analysis of NAG-1 gene using transgenic mice.
Jae Hoon Bahn
Ph.D. Student
NAG-1 receptor, PPARγ ligands
Tel: 865-974-5875
Email: jbahn@utk.edu
About Jae: Words of Advice, a quote: "Knowing is not enough, you must apply; willing is not enough, you must do." - Bruce Lee
Jason L. Liggett
Ph.D. Student
PPARγ ligands, NAG-1, NUANCE, NSAIDs, β-catenin, Hepcidin
Tel: 865-974-2310
Email: jliggett@utk.edu
About Jason: A quote: “Science is built of facts as a house is built of bricks; but an accumulation of facts is no more science than a pile of bricks is a house”
– Henri Poincare
Mugdha Sukhthankar
Ph.D. Student
Catechins, FGF2, Trop2
Tel: 865-974-5875
Email msukhtha@utk.edu
About Mugdha: Words of Advice, a quote:
“I have been impressed by the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.” WORK, WORK, WORK and you will DEFINITELY succeed.
Nichelle C. Whitlock
Ph.D. student
NSAIDs, EGR-1
Tel: 865-974-5875
Email: nwhitloc@utk.edu
About Nichelle: Words of Advice: "Question it. Don’t take things, information or otherwise, as is but rather question things till any doubt has escaped your mind. Don’t be afraid to question things, it's human nature."
Chutwadee Krisanapun (Pum)
Visiting Ph. D. student from Thailand
PPARα and PPARγ in metabolic syndrome
Tel: 865-974-5838
Email: ratiphar@hotmail.com
About Chutwadee: Words of Advice: "Where there's a will, there is a way"
Chul-Ho Kim, MD, Ph.D
Visiting Scholar from South Korea
Head and Neck Surgeon (Associate professor), ENT specialist
Major Fields of Interest
Head and Neck Oncology
Drug Development related with anticancer and hearing protection
Tissue Engineering: tracheal cartilage regeneration
Tel: 865-964-6369
Email: ostium@ajou.ac.kr
About Dr. Kim: Words of Advice: "Knowledge from Experience"
Gye-Yeop Kim, DVM, Ph.D
Visiting scholar (faculty at Dongshin University in South Korea)
Research focuses on:
Development of anti-cancer materials by Korean herbal plants
Development of high value-added products and anti-arthritis physiological activity of Korean herbal medicine
Development of functional materials in arthritis and diabetic mellitus by herbal plant origin
Study of estrogen-like functional food in soybean
Study of neuronal regeneration and neuronal plasticity in CNS and PNS
Tel: 865-974-5875
Email: kykim@dsu.ac.kr