Korea VirusResearch Institute

Mini bat organs reveal hidden viral threats

Hyunjoon Kim, Bon-Kyoung Koo, Young Ki Choi [Clinical and Translational Medicine 15(8)(2025)]

Targeting innate immune sensors for therapeutic strategies in infectious diseases

Seyun Shin, Young Ki Choi, SangJoon Lee [Journal of Microbiology 63(6)(2025)]

cell death; infection; inflammation; innate immunity; pathogen.

Diverse bat organoids provide pathophysiological models for zoonotic viruses

Hyunjoon Kim #, Seo-Young Heo#, Young-Il Kim#, Dongbin Park, Monford Paul Abishek N, Suhee Hwang, Yong-Ki Lee, Hobin Jang, Jae-Woo Ahn, Jeongmin Ha, Sujin Park, Ho Young Ji, Semi Kim, Isaac Choi, Woohyun Kwon, Jaemoo Kim, Kanghee Kim, Juryeon Gil, Boyeong Jeong, Josea Carmel D Lazarte, Rare Rollon, Jeong Ho Choi, Eun Ha Kim, Seung-Gyu Jang, Hye Kwon Kim, Bo-Young Jeon, Ghazi Kayali, Richard J Webby, Bon-Kyoung Koo, Young Ki Choi [Science Vol. 388, No. 6748, 756-762(2025)]

Kinetically activating nanovaccine mimicking multidimensional immunomodulation of natural infection for broad protection against heterologous viruses in animal models

Lee, Sang Nam; Young-Il Kim; Jaemoo Kim; Haluwana, D.K.; Eun, Ryounho; Park, Sei Hyun; Heo, Janghun; Juryeon Gil; Seong, Yebin; Lee, Min-Ho; Noh, Young-Woock; Lee, Jong-Soo; Young Ki Choi; Lim, Yong Taik [Nature Communications 16(1)(2025)]

Screening and Characterization of Sialic Acid-Binding Variable Lymphocyte Receptors from Hagfish

Angelia, Mark Rickard N.; Rodelas-Angelia, Abigail Joy D.; Yang, Cheolung; Park, Sojeong; Jeong, Seung pyo; Jang, Hyeok; Bela-ong, Dennis Berbulla; Hobin Jang; Thompson, Kim D.; Jung, Taesung [BioTech 13(4)(2024)]

variable lymphocyte receptors, hagfish VLRB, sialic acid binding, glycan recognition, ccombodies

Seasonal dynamics of Haemaphysalis tick species as SFTSV vectors in South Korea

Jang, Hyunwoo; Casel, Mark Anthony B.; Jang, Seung-gyu; Choi, Jeong Ho; Gil, Juryeon; Rollon, Rare; Cheun, So youn; Young-Il Kim; Song, Min Suk; Young Ki Choi [Microbiology spectrum 12(11), e0048924-(2024)]

Enhancing Omicron Sublineage Neutralization: Insights From Bivalent and Monovalent COVID-19 Booster Vaccines and Recent SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant Infections

Jeong, Hye Won; Rare Rollon; Se-Mi Kim; Juryeon Gil; Mark Anthony Casel; Hyunwoo Jang; Jeong Ho Choi; Seung-Gyu Jang; Josea Carmel Lazarte; Kim, Hee-Sung; Kim, Jun Hyoung; Young Ki Choi [Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses 18(10)(2024)]

Major Shift of Influenza A Virus of Swine (IAV-S) by Human-to-Swine Spillover of the 2009 Pandemic Virus in Korea

Kim, Seung-Chai; Lee, Taek Geun; Na, Eun-Jee; Moon, Sung-Hyun; Kim, Hwan-Ju; Jeong, Chang-Gi; Young Ki Choi; Oh, Yeonsu; Lee, Chung-Young; Oem, Jae-Ku; Kim, Won-Il; Cho, Ho-Seong [Transboundary and Emerging Diseases 2024, 1-20(2024)]