Jin-Won Song, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor Department of Microbiology Director Institute for Viral Diseases College of Medicine Korea University Seoul, Korea
Phone: +82-2-920-6408
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Email: jwsong [at] korea.ac.kr
Bio
Education
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1987 |
M.D. |
Korea University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea |
1989 |
M.S. |
Department of Microbiology, Korea University Graduate School, Seoul, Korea |
1994 |
Ph.D. |
Department of Microbiology, Korea University Graduate School, Seoul, Korea |
Professional History
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1987-1990 |
Teaching Assistant, Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Korea University |
1987-1990 |
Researcher, WHO Collaborating Center for Virus Reference and Research (Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome), The Institute for Viral Disease, Korea University, Seoul, Korea |
1990-1993 |
Medical Officer (Captain), Division of Arboviruses, Department of Virology, National Institute of Health, Seoul, Korea |
1993-1997 |
Visiting Fellow, Laboratory of Central Nervous System Studies, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.A. |
1996-1998 |
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea |
1998-2000 |
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea |
2000-2004 |
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea |
2005-present |
Professor, Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea |
2005-2006 |
Visiting Scholar, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu HI, U.S.A. |
2008-2010 |
Vice Dean for General affairs, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea |
2007-present |
Director, Institute for Viral Diseases, Korea University, Seoul, Korea |
2008-present |
Director on the Board, the Korea Support Committee for International Vaccine Institute, Seoul, Korea |
Honors and Awards
2011 Hantaan Prize, The Hantaan Life Science Foundation, Seoul, Korea 2011 Award, Korea National Academy of Sciences, Seoul, Korea Patent
- Republic of Korea Patent Number: 0419842, entitled “The Novel Nucleotide Sequence of Hepatitis A Virus from Korean Patients”. Notice of allowance issued on Febuary 10, 2004.
Research Keywords: Viral hemorrhagic fevers, hantavirus, rodent-borne diseases, respiratory viruses, virus evolution
Selected Publications
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Gu SH, Kim YS, Baek LJ, Kurata T, Yanagihara R, Song JW.
Lethal disease in infant and juvenile Syrian hamsters experimentally infected with Imjin virus, a newfound crocidurine shrew-borne hantavirus.
Infection, Genetics and Evolution
2015
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Gu SH, Lim BK, Kadjo B, Arai S, Kim JA, Nicolas V, Lalis A, Denys C, Cook JA, Dominguez SR, Holmes KV, Urushadze L, Sidamonidze K, Putkaradze D, Kuzmin IV, Kosoy MY, Song JW, Yanagihara R.
Molecular phylogeny of hantaviruses harbored by insectivorous bats in Cote d’Ivoire and Vietnam.
Viruses
2014
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Lee JG, Gu SH, Baek LJ, Shin OS, Kim HC, Klein TA, Yanagihara R, Song JW.
Whole-genome sequence of Muju virus, an arvicolid rodent-borne hantavirus.
Genome Announcements
2014
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Lee JG, Gu SH, Baek LJ, Shin OS, Park KS, Kim HC, Klein TA, Yanagihara R, Song JW.
Muju virus, harbored by Myodes regulus in Korea, might represent a genetic variant of Puumala virus, the prototype arvicolid rodent-borne hantavirus.
Viruses
2014
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Shin OS, Song GS, Kumar M, Yanagihara R, Lee HW, Song JW.
Hantaviruses induce antiviral and pro-inflammatory innate immune responses in astrocytic cells and the brain.
Viral Immunology
2014
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Yanagihara R, Gu SH, Arai S, Kang HJ, Song JW.
Hantaviruses: rediscovery and new beginnings.
Virus Research
2014
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Noh JY, Cheong HJ, Song JY, Kim WJ, Song KJ, Klein TA, Lee SH, Yanagihara R, Song JW.
Clinical and molecular epidemiological features of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in Korea over a 10-year period.
Journal of Clinical Virology
2013
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Shin OS, Kumar M, Yanagihara R, Song JW.
Hantaviruses induce cell type- and viral species-specific host microRNA expression signatures.
Virology
2013
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Arai S, Gu SH, Baek LJ, Tabara K, Bennett SN, Oh HS, Takada N, Kang HJ, Tanaka-Taya K, Morikawa S, Okabe N, Yanagihara R, Song JW.
Divergent ancestral lineages of newfound hantaviruses harbored by phylogenetically related crocidurine shrew species in Korea.
Virology
2012
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Shin OS, Yanagihara R, Song J-W.
Distinct innate immune responses in human macrophages and endothelial cells infected with shrew-borne hantaviruses.
Virology
2012
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Sumibcay L, Kadjo B, Gu SH, Kang HJ, Lim BK, Cook JA, Song JW, Yanagihara R.
Divergent lineage of a novel hantavirus in the banana pipistrelle (Neoromicia nanus) in Cote d’Ivoire.
Virology Journal
2012
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Gu SH, Kang HJ, Baek LJ, Noh JY, Kim HC, Klein TA, Yanagihara R, Song JW.
Genetic diversity of Imjin virus in the Ussuri white-toothed shrew (Crocidura lasiura) in the Republic of Korea, 2004-2010.
Virology Journal
2011
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Kang HJ, Arai S, Hope AG, Song JW, Cook JA, Yanagihara R.
Genetic diversity and phylogeography of Seewis virus in the Eurasian common shrew in Finland and Hungary.
Virology Journal
2009
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Kang HJ, Bennett SN, Dizney L, Sumibcay L, Arai S, Ruedas LA, Song JW, Yanagihara R.
Host switch during evolution of a genetically distinct hantavirus in the American shrew mole (Neurotrichus gibbsii).
Virology
2009
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Kang HJ, Bennett SN, Sumibcay L, Arai S, Hope AG, Mocz G, Song JW, Cook JA, Yanagihara R.
Evolutionary insights from a genetically divergent hantavirus harbored by the European common mole (Talpa europaea).
PLoS One
2009
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Song JW, Kang HJ, Gu SH, Moon SS, Bennett SN, Song KJ, Baek LJ, Kim HC, O'Guinn ML, Chong ST, Klein TA, Yanagihara R.
Characterization of Imjin virus, a newly isolated hantavirus from the Ussuri white-toothed shrew (Crocidura lasiura).
Journal of Virology
2009
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Arai S, Bennett SN, Sumibcay L, Cook JA, Song JW, Hope A, Parmenter C, Nerurkar VR, Yates TL, Yanagihara R.
Phylogenetically distinct hantaviruses in the masked shrew (Sorex cinereus) and dusky shrew (Sorex monticolus) in the United States.
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2008
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Arai S, Song JW, Sumibcay L, Bennett SN, Nerurkar VR, Parmenter C, Cook JA, Yates TL, Yanagihara R.
Hantavirus in northern short-tailed shrew, United States.
Emerging Infectious Diseases
2007
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Song JW, Baek LJ, Schmaljohn CS, Yanagihara R.
Thottapalayam virus, a prototype shrewborne hantavirus.
Emerging Infectious Diseases
2007
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Song JW, Gu SH, Bennett SN, Arai S, Puorger M, Hilbe M, Yanagihara R.
Seewis virus, a genetically distinct hantavirus in the Eurasian common shrew (Sorex araneus).
Virology Journal
2007
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Song JW, Kang HJ, Song KJ, Truong TT, Bennett SN, Arai S, Truong NU, Yanagihara R.
Newfound hantavirus in Chinese mole shrew, Vietnam.
Emerging Infectious Diseases
2007
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Song KJ, Baek LJ, Moon S, Ha SJ, Kim SH, Park KS, Klein TA, Sames W, Kim HC, Lee JS, Yanagihara R, Song JW.
Muju virus, a novel hantavirus harboured by the arvicolid rodent Myodes regulus in Korea.
Journal of General Virology
2007
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Baek LJ, Kariwa H, Lokugamage K, Yoshimatsu K, Arikawa J, Takashima I, Kang JI, Moon SS, Chung SY, Kim EJ, Kang HJ, Song KJ, Klein TA, Yanagihara R, Song JW.
Soochong virus: an antigenically and genetically distinct hantavirus isolated from Apodemus peninsulae in Korea.
Journal of Medical Virology
2006
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Song JW, Baek LJ, Song KJ, Skrok A, Markowski J, Bratosiewicz-Wasik J, Kordek R, Liberski PP, Yanagihara R.
Characterization of Tula virus from common voles (Microtus arvalis) in Poland: evidence for geographic-specific phylogenetic clustering.
Virus Genes
2004
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