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Kwang Cheol (KC) Jeong, Ph.D.
University of Florida
Department of Animal Sciences

and Emerging Pathogens Institute
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
Postdoctoral, Washington University in St. Louis

Email: kcjeong@ufl.edu

“From bench to the real world”

The ultimate goal of my research is to develop intervention technologies to remove pathogens in animals for the benefit of both animals and humans. My team will use research findings acquired from the basic sciences (bench) to develop technologies to help humans and animals (real world). To achieve this goal, my research areas are not only in basic sciences but also in applied sciences. The primary goal of my research team is to understand molecular mechanisms of colonization and survival of bacterial pathogens in hosts. We believe understanding host-microbe interactions will provide insights for the development of intervention technologies. Another key aspect of my research team is applied sciences, which is to develop intervention technologies to fight against pathogens using findings from bench. Therefore, two research interests are inter-dependent for the success of my research team.

Representative Publications

Jeong, K.C. and J. Yu. 2012. Protein interaction studies in Aspergillus spores (in print, Methods in Molecular Biology on Fungal Secondary Metabolism)

Jeong, K.C. and J.P. Vogel. Development of a dominant negative inhibitor to examine the Coxiella burnetii type IV secretion system (In revision, Infect & Immun).

Vincent, C.D., K.C. Jeong, J.R. Friedman, and J.P. Vogel. Identification of the DotL Coupling Protein Subcomplex of the Legionella Dot/Icm Type IV Secretion (In revision, Mol. Microbiol.)

Lim, M.S., J. Kim, J.G. Lim, B.S. Kim, K.C. Jeong, K.H. Lee, and S.H. Choi. 2011. Identification and characterization of a novel serine protease VvpS containing two functional domains and essential for autolysis of Vibrio vulnificus. J. Bacteriol. Doi:10.1128/JB.00314-11.

Jeong, K.C., M.Y. Kang, J.H. Kang, D.J. Baumler, and C.W. Kaspar. 2011. Reduction of Escherichia coli O157:H7 shedding in cattle by addition of chitosan microparticles to feed. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 77:2611-2616.