Professor

임대식(Dae-sik Lim), Ph.D.

Professor & Director

National Creative Research Initiatives Center For Cell Plasticity, KAIST Stem Cell Center

Department of Biological Sciences, KAIST

291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu

Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea


  • Phone : +82-42-350-2675

  • Fax : +82-42-350-8160

  • e-mail : daesiklim@kaist.ac.kr

Education

    • July 1998 - Aug 2000
      Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Hematology/Oncology      , St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

    • Dec. 1996 - July 1998
      Postdoctoral Fellow, Oncology Center, School of Medicine      , Johns Hopkins Hospital

    • Sept. 1992 - Sept. 1996
      Ph.D. Student, Genes and Development Program, University of Texas Houston GSBS & MD Anderson Cancer Center

    • Mar. 1988 - Feb. 1992
      M.S. student, Department of Microbiology, Seoul National University, Korea

    • Mar. 1984 - Feb. 1988
      Undergraduate student, Department of Microbiology, Seoul National University, Korea


Career

    • March. 2022 – Current
      Director, KAIST Stem Cell Center, KAIST

    • July. 2020 – Current
      Director, National Creative Research Initiatives Center For Cell Plasticity, KAIST

    • Mar. 2010 – Current
      Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, KAIST

    • Sep. 2017 – May. 2019
      Vice Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation, Ministry of Science and ICT, Korea

    • Mar. 2016 – Current
      Member of Korean Academy of Science and Technology

    • Mar. 2014 – Feb. 2016
      Chair Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, KAIST

    • May 2010 – Sep. 2017
      Director, National Creative Research Initiatives Center for Hippo Signaling Network for Cell Division and Differentiation

    • Sep. 2004- Feb. 2010
      Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, KAIST

    • July. 2002- Aug. 2004
      Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, KAIST

    • Sept. 2000 –June. 2002.
      Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Life Science and Biotechnology, Korea University


Professional Services

    • 2010 - 2012, 2019
      Mol Cells, Associate Editor

    • 2010 - 2016
      Bioscience Reports, Editorial Board

    • 2007 - 2010
      Mol. Cells, Editorial Board

    • 2013 - present
      Mol. Cells, Editorial Board

    • 2013- present
      EMM, Editorial Board