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Hye-sik Jang

Seoul National University · 生化学・遺伝学・分子生物学

研究室紹介

Professor Hye-sik Jang's research lab specializes in viral genomics, transcriptomics, and epitranscriptomics, with a focus on understanding the complex regulatory mechanisms of viral gene expression and host-pathogen interactions. The lab employs advanced sequencing technologies—such as nanopore direct RNA sequencing, DNA nanoball sequencing, and ribosome profiling—to dissect the transcriptomic and translational landscapes of human pathogens like SARS-CoV-2 and human cytomegalovirus (HCMV). A key emphasis is placed on uncovering non-canonical transcripts, long non-coding RNAs, and post-transcriptional regulation in infected tissues, particularly in the context of in vivo pathogenesis. The lab also develops innovative bioinformatics tools and sequencing workflows for accurate detection of challenging genomic variants, such as large tandem repeat expansions in neurological disorders.

viral transcriptomicsnanopore sequencingtranslatome profilinglong non-coding RNAsviral pathogenesis

Research Overview

Papers
141
Total Citations
6,316
Papers (5y)
14
Primary Field
生化学・遺伝学・分子生物学

Research Output Trend

Figures are computed from collected data and may differ slightly.

Publications per year (5y)
14total
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2025
2026
Citations per year (5y)
51total
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Selected Papers

15
1
Article|2,363 citations·2020
The Architecture of SARS-CoV-2 Transcriptome
Dong-Wan Kim, Joo-Yeon Lee, Jeong‐Sun Yang, Jun Won Kim, V. Narry Kim, Hyeshik Chang
SJR Q1CellOA
Molecular BiologyBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
2
Article|514 citations·2011
Dicer recognizes the 5′ end of RNA for efficient and accurate processing
Jong‐Eun Park, Inha Heo, Yuan Tian, Dhirendra K. Simanshu, Hyeshik Chang, David Jee, Dinshaw J. Patel, V. Narry Kim
SJR Q1Nature
Cancer ResearchBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
3
Article|480 citations·2014
TAIL-seq: Genome-wide Determination of Poly(A) Tail Length and 3′ End Modifications
Hyeshik Chang, Jaechul Lim, Minju Ha, V. Narry Kim
SJR Q1Molecular CellOA
Molecular BiologyBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
4
Preprint|163 citations·2020
The architecture of SARS-CoV-2 transcriptome
Dong-Wan Kim, Joo-Yeon Lee, Jeong‐Sun Yang, Jun Won Kim, V. Narry Kim, Hyeshik Chang
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)OA

Summary SARS-CoV-2 is a betacoronavirus that is responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. The genome of SARS-CoV-2 was reported recently, but its transcriptomic architecture is unknown. Utilizing two complementary sequencing techniques, we here present a high-resolution map of the SARS-CoV-2 transcriptome and epitranscriptome. DNA nanoball sequencing shows that the transcriptome is highly complex owing to numerous recombination events, both canonical and noncanonical. In addition to the genomic RNA

Molecular BiologyBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
5
Article|140 citations·2018
Terminal Uridylyltransferases Execute Programmed Clearance of Maternal Transcriptome in Vertebrate Embryos
Hyeshik Chang, Jinah Yeo, Jeong-gyun Kim, Hyunjoon Kim, Jaechul Lim, Mihye Lee, Hyun Ho Kim, Jiyeon Ohk, Hee‐Yeon Jeon, Hyun‐Sook Lee, Hosung Jung, Kyu‐Won Kim
SJR Q1Molecular CellOA
Molecular BiologyBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
6
Article|21 citations·2022
Functional and molecular dissection of HCMV long non-coding RNAs
Sungwon Lee, Hyewon Kim, Ari Hong, Jaewon Song, Sung‐Yul Lee, Myeonghwan Kim, Sung-Yeon Hwang, Dongjoon Jeong, Jeesoo Kim, Ahyeon Son, Young-Suk Lee, V. Narry Kim
SJR Q1Scientific ReportsOA

Abstract Small, compact genomes confer a selective advantage to viruses, yet human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) expresses the long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs); RNA1.2, RNA2.7, RNA4.9, and RNA5.0. Little is known about the function of these lncRNAs in the virus life cycle. Here, we dissected the functional and molecular landscape of HCMV lncRNAs. We found that HCMV lncRNAs occupy ~ 30% and 50–60% of total and poly(A)+viral transcriptome, respectively, throughout virus life cycle. RNA1.2, RNA2.7, and RNA4

EpidemiologyMedicine
7
Article|2 citations·2026
Targeted long-read sequencing for high-resolution repeat profiling in myotonic dystrophy type 1
Yoojung Han, Ja-Hyun Jang, Hyeshik Chang
SJR Q1Experimental & Molecular MedicineOA

Tandem repeat expansion disorders can be difficult to diagnose when expansions exceed 200 repeats, as standard methods (for example, Southern blot and modified PCR) often fail. We present a Cas9-targeted nanopore sequencing workflow and an automated analysis pipeline, RepeatLab, for accurate repeat-length estimation, structure assessment, and high-resolution methylation profiling. Validated on 13 myotonic dystrophy type 1 samples, 4 healthy controls, and 4 cell lines, this approach demonstrates

Cellular and Molecular NeuroscienceNeuroscience
8
Article|2 citations·2023
SARS-CoV-2 infection engenders heterogeneous ribonucleoprotein interactions to impede translation elongation in the lungs
Junsoo Kim, Daehwa Youn, Seung-Hoon Choi, Youn Woo Lee, Dulguun Sumberzul, Jeongeun Yoon, Hanju Lee, Jong Woo Bae, Hyuna Noh, Dain On, Seung-Min Hong, Se-Hee An
SJR Q1Experimental & Molecular MedicineOA

Translational regulation in tissue environments during in vivo viral pathogenesis has rarely been studied due to the lack of translatomes from virus-infected tissues, although a series of translatome studies using in vitro cultured cells with viral infection have been reported. In this study, we exploited tissue-optimized ribosome profiling (Ribo-seq) and severe-COVID-19 model mice to establish the first temporal translation profiles of virus and host genes in the lungs during SARS-CoV-2 pathoge

Molecular BiologyBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
9
Article|1 citations·2017
Tailseeker 3.1.7: the pipeline for high-throughput RNA poly(A) length and 3′ end modification measurement
Hyeshik Chang, smaegol
FigshareOA

Please visit the GitHub page to see more updated information. Changes in tailseeker 3.1.7 Fix the docker wrapper script to take up the environment variable TAILSEEKER_REFDBDIR correctly. Remove U3 and 7SL RNAs from contaminant database pipeline. Fix the compatibility issue with recent versions of snakemake. Add support for MiSeq v3 chemistry. Fix a crash issue in tailseq-dedup-perfect when it fails if more than 1024 alignments with less optimal TAIL-seq signals are followed after an alignment wi

Molecular BiologyBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
10
erratum|1 citations·2023
Author Correction: SARS-CoV-2 infection engenders heterogeneous ribonucleoprotein interactions to impede translation elongation in the lungs
Junsoo Kim, Daehwa Youn, Seung-Hoon Choi, Youn Woo Lee, Dulguun Sumberzul, Jeongeun Yoon, Hanju Lee, Jong Woo Bae, Hyuna Noh, Dain On, Seung-Min Hong, Se-Hee An
SJR Q1Experimental & Molecular MedicineOA

Correction to: Experimental & Molecular Medicine https://doi.org/10.1038/s12276-023-01110-0 , published online 01 November 2023

Molecular BiologyBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
11
dataset|0 citations·2018
Gene-level counts according to their poly(A) length and additional uridine modifications in several stages of zebrafish, Xenopus, and mouse embryos
Hyeshik Chang, Jinah Yeo, Jeong-gyun Kim, V. Narry Kim
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)OA

This HDF5 file contains the processed data of primary poly(A) tail length analyses for the TAIL-seq runs used for Chang and Yeo et al. (2018; doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2018.03.004). The read count tables are stored under the two-level group structure of the run identifier as the first level and the sample identifier as the second level. A dataset at a leaf node is an unsigned integer array of the read count numbers by the length of poly(A) in rows and the length of U tails following after poly(A) in

GeneticsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
12
dissertation|0 citations·2009
Evolution of animal endogenous small RNAs by gene duplication mechanisms = 동물 내생 작은 RNA의 유전자 복제 과정을 통한 진화
Hyeshik Chang, 장혜식
Molecular BiologyBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
13
Article|0 citations·2026
VaxLab: integrated platform for rapid multistrategy mRNA vaccine design
Junsoo Kim, Yoojung Han, Chae Young Kwon, Hyeshik Chang
SJR Q1Experimental & Molecular MedicineOA

mRNA vaccine efficacy depends on sequence optimization, but designing optimal sequences is challenging due to complex cellular RNA regulatory mechanisms. Here we present VaxLab, an open-source web platform that provides the complete design-to-synthesis workflow for mRNA vaccines in a unified interface. VaxLab incorporates four codon optimization algorithms based on distinct approaches: codon usage matching, secondary structure design and deep generative models. 5' and 3' untranslated regions can

Molecular BiologyBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
14
Article|0 citations·2016
JGIxl91 genome resource package for Tailseeker 3.1 as of Dec 16, 2016
Hyeshik Chang
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)OA

Tailseeker 3.1 is a software suite for profiling RNA poly(A) tails with a high-throughput DNA sequencer. This pre-built resource package contains the genome indices, gene annotations, and gene association databases processed to be used with Tailseeker. The data were built with ENSEMBL JGIxl91 <em>(X. laevis)</em> as of Dec 16, 2016.

Animal Science and ZoologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences
15
dataset|0 citations·2025
Toy dataset for mixed-tailing analysis using nanopore direct RNA sequencing (RNA004)
Hyeshik Chang, Soo-Jin Jung, Sojeong Lee
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)OA

This toy dataset contains a subset of direct RNA sequencing data from Jung et al. (2025). It has been anonymized and reorganized specifically for the AI co-scientist competition. The full original dataset is available from K-BDS (https://kbds.re.kr/KAP241592).

Research Areas

Molecular BiologyGeneticsCancer ResearchPlant ScienceInfectious DiseasesCellular and Molecular Neuroscience

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