Il-Kwon Kim, PhD Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Kemivägen 10, SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden Phone:+46(0)31 772 3882 Fax: +46(0)31 772 3801 E-mail: ilkwon [at] chalmers.se Office: Room 3043     Education and degrees 1997 M.Sc. in Microbiology, Dept. of Microbiology, Kyoungpook National University, Korea 2009 Ph.D. in Microbiology, Dept. of Microbiology, Kyoungpook National University, Korea Employments 1997 Researcher, R&D Center, Sewon Ltd., Seoul, Korea 1997-1998 Researcher, Central Laboratory, Daesang Co. Ltd., Icheon, Korea 1998-2006 Senior Researcher, Gunsan R&D Center, BASF Company Ltd., Gunsan,  Korea 2006-2007 Manager, Production Team, BASF Company Ltd., Gunsan,  Korea 2008-2010 Senior Researcher, Bio R&D Institude, CJ Cheiljedang, Seoul,  Korea 2010 Lecturer, Kyoungpook National University, Korea 2010- Post doc, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Chalmers Publications, Patents & Presentations Publications 1997 Kim, I-G., Jun, DY., Sohn, U. and Kim YH. 1997.  Cloning and expression of human              mitotic centromere-associated kinesin gene. Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 1359(3):181-186   Jun DY., Kim MK., Kim I-G and Kim YH. 1997. Characterization of the murine cyclin D2 gene: exon/intron organization and promoter activity. Mol Cells. 7(4): 537-543. 2005 Park, S-D., Park, I-H. ,Choi, JS., Kim, I-K., Kim, YH.  and Lee, H-S. 2005. Derepression of a Methionine Biosynthetic Gene by Utilizing a Promoter Isolated from Corynebacterium glutamicum. The Korean Journal of Microbiology, 41(4): 300-305. 2011 Kim, I-K., Jeong, WK., Lim, SH., Hwang, IK. and Kim, YH. 2011. The small ribosomal protein S12P gene rpsL as an efficient positive selection marker in allelic exchange mutation systems for Corynebacterium glutamicum. Journal Microbiological Methods. 84: 128-130. Patents   2005 Choi, Jong Soo, Jeong, Weol Kyu, Kim, Il Kwon, Lim, Seong Han, Lee, Heung Sik. P1-35 Expression unit. Application No.: WO2005EP07758 20050716 2005 Choi, Jong Soo, Jeong, Weol Kyu, Kim, Il Kwon, Lim, Seong Han, Lee, Heung Sik. P19 Expression unit . Application No.: .: WO2005EP07756 20050716 2005 Choi, Jong Soo, Jeong, Weol Kyu, Kim, Il Kwon, Lim, Seong Han, Lee, Heung Sik. P180 Expression unit . Application No.:  WO2005EP07755 20050716 2005 Choi, Jong Soo, Jeong, Weol Kyu, Kim, Il Kwon, Lim, Seong Han, Lee, Heung Sik. P1-34 Expression unit . Application No.:  WO2005EP07753 20050716 2005 Choi, Jong Soo, Jeong, Weol Kyu, Kim, Il Kwon, Lim, Seong Han, Lee, Heung Sik. P2-10 Expression unit . Application No WO2005EP07757 20050716 Poster presentations 1995 Do Yun Jun,  Il-Gwon, Kim  and Young Ho Kim. 1997. Functional analysis of Murine cyclin D2 gene promoter. Annual Meeting and International Symposium of the Korean Society for Microbiology and Biotechnology 1996 Do Yun Jun,  Il-Gwon, Kim  and Young Ho Kim. 1997. Functional analysis of Murine cyclin D2 gene promoter. Annual Meeting and International Symposium of the Korean Society for Microbiology and Biotechnology 2004 Heung-Shick Lee, Il Kwon Kim, In Kwan Hwang, Seong Han Lim, Weol Kyu Jeong and Jong Soo Choi. 2004. Isolation and Characterization of Transcriptional Elements from Corynebacterium glutamicum and Application for Derepressing a Biosynthetic Gene. Annual Meeting and International Symposium of the Korean Society for Microbiology and Biotechnology 2004 In Kwan Hwang, Il Kwon Kim, Seong Han Lim, Weol Kyu Jeong and Jong Soo Choi. 2004 Analysis of Proteins from a L-Lysine-Producing Corynebacterium glutamicum by Two Dimensional Gel Electrophoresis and Mass Spectrometry. Annual Meeting and International Symposium of the Korean Society for Microbiology and Biotechnology 2005 Byung-Joon Hwang, Jong-Su Choi, Il-Kwon Kim and Heung-Shick Lee. 2005.  Purification and Characterization of Cytathionine Synthase and o-Acetylhomoserine Sulfhydrylase from Corynebacterium glutamicum. Annual Meeting and International Symposium of the Korean Society for Microbiology and Biotechnology 2007 Il-Kwon Kim, In Kwan Hwang, Seong Han Lim, Weol Kyu Jeong, >Jong Soo Choi, and Young Ho Kim. 2007. Isolation of  rpsL gene of Corynebacterium glutamicum and its application to a new gene replacement system. Annual Meeting and International Symposium of the Korean Society for Microbiology and Biotechnology Teaching and Tutoring Experience Lecturer on the following undergraduate courses at Kyungppok National University   General Microbiology Experiment Molecular biology Experiment Personal text Now, metabolic engineering enables the environment- friendly production of value-added chemicals from sustainable biomass. My research interest is to develop an alternative biological manufacturing process of a value-added chemical, which has been produced through chemical process, using synthetic biology and systems biology. I believe that our research approach has the potential to strongly contribute to mankind.