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B.J. Kim leads Kim Lab, focusing on developing cutting-edge RNA-based therapeutics, immunoengineering tools, cancer treatments, and vaccines. He earned his Ph.D. in Materials Science Engineering at UC San Diego under Prof. Michael J. Sailor, which provided him with expertise in RNA delivery. Following this, he was a postdoctoral associate at MIT under Prof. Darrell J. Irvine, where he worked on addressing immunological barriers for RNA vaccines and developing next-generation RNA delivery systems for cancer treatment. His multidisciplinary research combines materials science, immunology, and bioengineering, aiming to tackle pressing challenges in therapeutic development and clinical translation. Kim Lab is dedicated to developing advanced RNA therapeutics, enhancing high-throughput screening technologies, and investigating biological barriers to RNA delivery, with the goal of engineering innovative RNA drugs for cancer diseases.
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