Yern‐Hyerk Shin

This study identifies an ancient sensory receptor family in choanoflagellates that detects bacterial prey, revealing ancestral features of animal sensation before multicellularity.

This study identifies aerocavin as a potent and specific antibiotic against Neisseria, showing it inhibits bacterial RNA polymerase and has low resistance evolution rates in N. gonorrhoeae.

This study shows that acetoacetate suppresses colon cancer by expanding and activating MAIT cells via the MR1 receptor, offering a potential immunotherapy approach.

This study shows that microbiomes on ecological surfaces activate octopus chemotactile receptors to guide behavior through distinct molecular signals.