Jinchul Jo

Post-doctoral

Research Interests

  • Development of Gliadin-degrading Bacterial Strains for the Treatment of Celiac Disease
  • Development of Live Biotherapeutic Product Strains Capable of Secreting Bioactive Metabolites for the Prevention and Management of Metabolic Disorders
  • Construction of Industrial Microbial Platforms through Genome Analysis and CRISPR-Cas9-mediated Genome Engineering

History

  • B.Sc in Department of Biotechnology, Catholic University of Korea
  • M.Sc in Department of Biotechnology, Catholic University of Korea
  • Researcher in Institute of Nano-Bio technology, Ewha Womans University, South Korea
  • Ph.D in Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Program in Biomodulation, Seoul National University, South Korea
  • Post-Doc in Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, South Korea ( Since 2026 )

Publications

Main Author

  • Genomic and Phenotypic Evaluation of the Gliadin-Degrading Probiotic Bacillus amyloliquefaciens EG025 from Cheonggukjang for Celiac Disease Treatment. Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins. 2025. [LINK]

  • Probiotic potential of Levilactobacillus brevis EG040 isolated from dongchimi and CRISPR-Cas based genome editing for enhanced γ-aminobutyric acid secretion. LWT - Food Science and Technology. 2025. [LINK]

  • Genomic Insights and Functional Evaluation of Lacticaseibacillus paracasei EG005: A Promising Probiotic with Enhanced Antioxidant Activity. Frontiers in Microbiology. 2024. [LINK]

Co Author

  • Positive Effect of Lactobacillus acidophilus EG004 on Cognitive Ability of Healthy Mice by Fecal Microbiome Analysis Using Full-Length 16S-23S rRNA Metagenome Sequencing. Microbiology spectrum. 2022. [LINK]
  • Investigation of memory-enhancing effects of Streptococcus thermophilus EG007 in mice and elucidating molecular and metagenomic characteristics using Nanopore sequencing. Scientific Reports. 2022. [LINK]
  • Synergistic Antibacterial Effects of Probiotic Lactic Acid Bacteria with Curcuma longa Rhizome Extract as Synbiotic against Cutibacterium acnes. Applied sciences. 2020. [LINK]