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Yeong Shin Yim, PhD

Assistant Professor of Pharmacology

Department: Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics


Graduate Group Affiliations


Contact Information

313 Biomedical Research Building (BRB II/III)
421 Curie Boulevard

Philadelphia, PA 19104
Email: ysyim@pennmedicine.upenn.edu


I3H Keywords

  • Neuroimmunology

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Education

  • BS (Physical Therapy)
    Daegu University, 2007
  • PhD (Neuroscience)
    Yonsei University College of Medicine, 2012

Post-Graduate Training

  • PostDoc Fellow - Department of Brain and Cognative Science
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014 - 2021

Selected Publications

  • M Reed*, YS Yim*, R Wimmer, C Ryu, G.M. Welch, M. Andina, A. Waisman, L. Tsai, M. Halassa, J Huh, GB Choi, : Inflammation restores sociability in a mouse model of neurodevelopmental disorders Nature 2020 Notes: Accepted * co-first author
  • YS Yim, A Park, J Berrios, KM Pascual, N Soares, JY Kim, S Kim, H Kim, A Waisman, DR Littman, MT Harnett, IR Wickersham, JR Huh, GB Choi, : Reversing behavioral abnormalities in mice exposed to maternal inflammation Nature 549 : 482-487, 2017
  • S Park, Y Guo, X Jia, HK Choe, B Grena, J Kang, J Park, C Lu, A Canales, R Chen, YS Yim, GB Choi, Y Fink, P Anikeeva : One-step optogenetics with multifunctional flexible polymer fibers Nature neuroscience 20(4) : 612, 2017
  • JY Kim, JH Lee, HJ Song, DG Kim, YS Yim : Relationships between psychosocial difficulties and oxidative stress biomarkers in woman subject to intimate partner violence. Health & Social Work 42(1) : 41-47, 2017
  • S Kim*, H Kim*, YS Yim, S Ha, K Atarashi, K Honda, DR Littman, GB Choi, JR Huh : Maternal gut-residing bacteria drive autism-like phenotypes in mouse offspring. Nature 549 : 528-532, 2017 Notes: * co-first author
  • GB Choi*, YS Yim*, H Wong*, S Kim, H Kim, SV Kim, CA Hoeffer+, DR Littman+, JR Huh+ : The maternal interleukin-17a pathway in mice promotes autism-like phenotypes in offspring Science 351(6276) 2016 Notes: * co-first author, + co-corresponding author
  • A Diodato, MR De Brimont, YS Yim, N Derian, S Perrin, J Pouch, D Klatzmann, S Garel, GB Choi, A Fleishmann : Molecular signatures of neural connectivity in the olfactory cortex Nature communications 7 2016
  • HK Choe*, MD Reed*, N Benavidez, D Montgomery, N Soares, YS Yim, GB Choi : Oxytocin mediates entrainment of sensory stimuli to social cues of opposing valence. Neuron 87(1) : 152-163, 2015
  • YS Yim*, Y Kwon*, J Nam, HI Yoon, K Lee, DG Kim, E Kim, CH Kim+, J Ko+ : Slitrks control excitatory and inhibitory synapse formation with LAR receptor protein tyrosine phosphatases Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110(10) : 4057-4062, 2013 Notes: * co-first author, + co-corresponding author