YJ
Young hee Joung
Principal Investigator
CHONNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
I'm working on
8 months ago
Developing genome-edited tomatoes 1. ~80% decreased histamine content in fruit (Target genes: slhdc1/1,2/1,2,3 (1~3 KO), patent: 10-2886632 Korea) 2. Two-fold increase of Vitamin C content in fruits (Target gene: slapx4, Article: 10.3389/fpls.2022.836916, PCT: WO2022/139463A1)
I'm looking for
8 months ago
- Research funding to enable my lab to expand application of above already developed technologies to other varieties - Application of already developed technologies to commercially important tomato varieties, etc - Collaboration for field trials of the GE mutants in the US
About
Young Hee Joung, Ph.D., serves as a Professor of School of Biological Sciences & Technology at Chonnam National University in South Korea. In addition to her role as a professor, Dr. Joung holds a position of Director at the NBT Center (organization for the New Breeding Technologies Development Program of Rural Development Administration, South Korea). Her work involves development of new tomato varieties to enhance their desirable traits such as taste, yield, and enforcement of nutritional values using genome editing techniques.
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YJ
Young hee Joung
Principal Investigator
CHONNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
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Last updated Feb 2026
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