YOUNG MIN KWON Microbiologist

Dr. Young Min Kwon received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in animal science from Seoul National University in South Korea, and completed his Ph.D. in poultry science in 2000 from Texas A&M University. He did post-doctoral research at the USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) at College Station, Texas prior to joining the University of Arkansas in July 2002. He is a faculty member of the Cell and Molecular Biology Program. In July 2008, he received the Hy-Line International Research Award from Hy-Line and the Poultry Science Association. Dr. Kwon has research experience in the field of poultry microbiology and bacterial pathogenesis. Currently, his research is focused on the genetic/genomic analysis of bacterial pathogens important in poultry for the mechanisms of persistence and virulence in poultry. Recently, he has developed genomic approaches to screen bacterial genomes for virulence during host infection. He is applying the approaches to dissect the pathogenic mechanisms of foodborne bacterial pathogens with main focus on Salmonella enteritidis and Campylobactor jejuni. SIGNIFICANT PAPERS Kwon, Y.M. and M.M. Cox. 2004. Improved efficacy of whole genome amplification from bacterial cells. Bio Techniques 27, 40-44. Kwon, Y.M., L.F. Kubena, D.J. Nisbet, and S.C. Ricke. 2002. Functional screening of bacterial genome for virulence genes by transposon footprinting. Methods in Enzymol. 358, 141-152. CONTACT INFORMATION ykwon@uark.edu Young Min Kwon Center of Excellence for Poultry Science University of Arkansas POSC O-213 Fayetteville, AR 72701 (479) 575-4935 FAX: (479) 575-8775 BACK TO FACULTY