User:Eun-Hae Kim

Eun-Hae "EK" Kim, Ph.D.

Mailing Address:
Dr. Eun-Hae Kim
1177 E Fourth St
Tucson, AZ 85721-0038

or

P.O. Box 210038
Tucson, AZ 85721-0038

Physical Address:
Saguaro Hall Rm 315
1110 E. South Campus
Tucson, AZ 85721

Laboratory:
SWES-MEL (Soil, Water, and Environmental Science - Microbial Ecology Laboratory)
Saguaro Hall Rm 301

Email: eunhae.kim at arizona dot edu

Education

Ph.D., Environmental Science, Biochemistry

University of Arizona

Dept of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics and Soil, Water, and Environmental Science

Integrating an interdisciplinary approach of comparative genomics, molecular microbiology,

and biochemistry to better understand mechanisms of metal transport systems in bacteria.

M.S., Microbiology

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

School of Life Sciences

Elucidation of the roles and regulation of virulence factors in bacterial intracellular pathogens by

employing biochemical and genetic methods.

B.S., Biological Sciences

University of Southern California

Wrigley Institute of Environmental Studies

Characterization of microbial communities in aquatic and terrestrial environments on Santa Catalina

Island utilizing 16S rRNA genes as a phylogenetic marker.

Research interests

I graduated from the University of Southern California with a B.S. degree in Biological Sciences.

I was afforded the opportunity to do some really awesome field research at the USC Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies where I studied phylogenetics and phylogeography of microbial populations around Catalina Island.

I then moved to the city that never sleeps, Las Vegas, NV where I obtained my Masters of Science degree in Microbiology. It was at UNLV where my work was extended from molecular biology to honing the skills necessary for employing biochemical methodologies. The focus of my research was analyzing virulence factors of the bacterial pathogen, Shigella.

I had a passion for creative and critical thinking and decided to continue my graduate career by obtaining a Ph.D. On an interview at the University of Arizona in the great Sonoran desert, I had arrived at an opportune time during monsoon season, which instantly made me fall in love with Tucson. I obtained my Doctorate degree at the University of Arizona in Environmental Science with a focus in Biochemistry. As a Ph.D. student, my research integrated a multidisciplinary approach of comparative genomics, molecular biology, and biochemistry to better understand mechanisms of metal homeostasis in microorganisms.

These acquired biochemical tools now have led me to the incredible field of proteomics, specifically community proteomics. My research focuses on how microbial communities impact biogeochemistry and global change.

I use the techniques of molecular microbial ecology and biochemistry via metagenomics and metaproteomics to examine microbial community interactions within populations and their environment, specifically in critical terrestial environments.

A driving question of my research is: What is the role microbes play in carbon gas emissions from thawing permafrost?

Select Publications

1. Kim EH and Rensing C. Genome of halomonas strain GFAJ-1, a blueprint for fame or business as usual. J Bacteriol. 2012 Apr;194(7):1643-5. DOI:10.1128/JB.00025-12 |
2. Liu G, Liu M, Kim EH, Maaty WS, Bothner B, Lei B, Rensing C, Wang G, and McDermott TR. A periplasmic arsenite-binding protein involved in regulating arsenite oxidation. Environ Microbiol. 2012 Jul;14(7):1624-34. DOI:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02672.x |
3. Kim EH, Nies DH, McEvoy MM, and Rensing C. Switch or funnel: how RND-type transport systems control periplasmic metal homeostasis. J Bacteriol. 2011 May;193(10):2381-7. DOI:10.1128/JB.01323-10 |

   Selected as high impact publication by ASM Press and included in Journal Highlights section in Microbe Magazine, June 2011

4. Conroy O, Kim EH, McEvoy MM, and Rensing C. Differing ability to transport nonmetal substrates by two RND-type metal exporters. FEMS Microbiol Lett. 2010 Jul;308(2):115-22. DOI:10.1111/j.1574-6968.2010.02006.x |
5. Kim EH, Rensing C, and McEvoy MM. Chaperone-mediated copper handling in the periplasm. Nat Prod Rep. 2010 May;27(5):711-9. DOI:10.1039/b906681k |
6. Kim EH, Charpentier X, Torres-Urquidy O, McEvoy MM, and Rensing C. The metal efflux island of Legionella pneumophila is not required for survival in macrophages and amoebas. FEMS Microbiol Lett. 2009 Dec;301(2):164-70. DOI:10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01813.x |

Useful links

• Using the HPC
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Proteomic Links

• Proteomics