Außerordentlicher Professor
Clayton Foundation Laboratorien für Peptidbiologie
Pioneer Fund Developmental Chair
Kang, S.J., Liu, S., Kim, J.H., Kim, D.I., Oh, T.G., Peng, J., Ye, M., Lee, K.F., Evans, R.M., Goulding, M., Han, S. Thalamic CGRP neurons define a spinothalamic pathway for affective pain. (2025) Verhandlungen der Nationalen Akademie der Wissenschaften der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika. 122(28):e2505889122. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2505889122
Lorsung, R., Cramer, N., Alipio, J.B., Ji, Y., Han, S., Masri, R., Keller, A. Sex differences in central amygdala glutamate responses to calcitonin gene-related peptide. (2024) Journal of Neuroscience. DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1898-24.2024
Jhang, J., Park, S., Liu, S., O'Keefe, D.D., Han, S. A top-down slow breathing circuit that alleviates negative affect in mice. (2024) Nature Neuroscience. DOI: 10.1038/s41593-024-01799-w
Kim, D.I., Kang, S.J., Jhang, J., Jo, Y.S., Park, S., Ye, M., Pyeon, G.H., Im, G.H., Kim, S.G., Han, S. Encoding opposing valences through frequency-dependent transmitter switching in single peptidergic neurons. (2024) bioRxiv. DOI: 10.1101/2024.11.09.622790
Lorsung, R., Cramer, N., Alipio, J.B., Ji, Y., Han, S., Masri, R., Keller, A. Sex differences in central amygdala glutamate responses to calcitonin gene-related peptide. (2024) bioRxiv. DOI: 10.1101/2024.11.09.622728
Kim, D.I., Park, S., Park, S., Ye, M., Chen, J.Y., Kang, S.J., Jhang, J., Hunker, A.C., Zweifel, L.S., Caron, K.M., Vaughan, J.M., Saghatelian, A., Palmiter, R.D., Han, S. Präsynaptischer Sensor und Silencer der peptidergen Übertragung enthüllen Neuropeptide als primäre Transmitter im pontinen Angsthainkreislauf. (2024) Zelle. DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2024.06.035
Kang, S.J., Kim, J.H., Kim, D.I., Roberts, B.Z., Han, S. A pontomesencephalic PACAPergic pathway underlying panic-like behavioral and somatic symptoms in mice. (2024) Nature Neuroscience. DOI: 10.1038/s41593-023-01504-3
Ren, X., Liu, S., Virlogeux, A., Kang, S.J., Brusch, J., Liu, Y., Dymecki, S.M., Han, S., Goulding, M., Acton, D. Identification of an essential spinoparabrachial pathway for mechanical itch. (2023) Neuron. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2023.03.013
Jhang, J., Liu, S., O'Keefe, D.D., Han, S. A top-down slow breathing circuit that alleviates negative affect. (2023) bioRxiv. DOI: 10.1101/2023.02.25.529925
Kim, D.I., Park, S., Ye, M., Chen, J.Y., Jhang, J., Hunker, A.C., Zweifel, L.S., Palmiter, R.D., Han, S. Novel genetically encoded tools for imaging or silencing neuropeptide release from presynaptic terminals . (2023) bioRxiv. DOI: 10.1101/2023.01.19.524797
Kang, S.J., Liu, S., Ye, M., Kim, D.I., Pao, G.M., Copits, B.A., Roberts, B.Z., Lee, K.F., Bruchas, M.R., Han, S. A central alarm system that gates multi-sensory innate threat cues to the amygdala. (2022) Cell Reports. 40(7):111222. DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111222
Liu, S., Han, S. Simultaneous recording of breathing and neural activity in awake behaving mice. (2022) STAR Protokoll. 3(2):101412. DOI: 10.1016/j.xpro.2022.101412
Liu, S., Ye, M., Pao, G.M., Song, S.M., Jhang, J., Jiang, H., Kim, J.H., Kang, S.J., Kim, D.I., Han, S. Divergent brainstem opioidergic pathways that coordinate breathing with pain and emotions. (2021) Neuron. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2021.11.029
Liu, S., Kim, D.I., Oh, T.G., Pao, G.M., Kim, J.H., Palmiter, R.D., Banghart, M.R., Lee, K.F., Evans, R.M., Han, S. Neural basis of opioid-induced respiratory depression and its rescue. (2021) Verhandlungen der Nationalen Akademie der Wissenschaften der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika. 118(23). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2022134118
Campos, C.A., Bowen, A.J., Han, S., Wisse, B.E., Palmiter, R.D., Schwartz, M.W. Cancer-induced anorexia and malaise are mediated by CGRP neurons in the parabrachial nucleus. (2017) Nature Neuroscience. 20(7):934-942. DOI: 10.1038/nn.4574
Rubinstein, M.*, Han, S.*, Tai, C., Westenbroek, R.E., Hunker, A., Scheuer, T., Catterall, W.A. Dissecting the phenotypes of Dravet syndrome by gene deletion. (2015) Brain : A Journal of Neurology. 138(Pt 8):2219-33. DOI: 10.1093/brain/awv142
Han, S., Soleiman, M.T., Soden, M.E., Zweifel, L.S., Palmiter, R.D. Elucidating an Affective Pain Circuit that Creates a Threat Memory. (2015) Zelle. 162(2):363-374. DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2015.05.057
Carter, M.E., Han, S., Palmiter, R.D. Parabrachial calcitonin gene-related peptide neurons mediate conditioned taste aversion. (2015) Journal of Neuroscience. 35(11):4582-6. DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3729-14.2015
Han, S., Tai, C., Jones, C.J., Scheuer, T., Catterall, W.A. Enhancement of inhibitory neurotransmission by GABAA receptors having α2,3-subunits ameliorates behavioral deficits in a mouse model of autism. (2014) Neuron. 81(6):1282-1289. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2014.01.016
Han, S., Tai, C., Westenbroek, R.E., Yu, F.H., Cheah, C.S., Potter, G.B., Rubenstein, J.L., Scheuer, T., de la Iglesia, H.O., Catterall, W.A. Autistic-like behaviour in Scn1a+/- mice and rescue by enhanced GABA-mediated neurotransmission. (2012) Natur. 489(7416):385-90. DOI: 10.1038/nature11356
Han, S., Yu, F.H., Schwartz, M.D., Linton, J.D., Bosma, M.M., Hurley, J.B., Catterall, W.A., de la Iglesia, H.O. Na(V)1.1 channels are critical for intercellular communication in the suprachiasmatic nucleus and for normal circadian rhythms. (2012) Verhandlungen der Nationalen Akademie der Wissenschaften der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika. 109(6):E368-77. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1115729109
Eckel-Mahan, K.L., Phan, T., Han, S., Wang, H., Chan, G.C., Scheiner, Z.S., Storm, D.R. Circadian oscillation of hippocampal MAPK activity and cAmp: implications for memory persistence. (2008) Nature Neuroscience. 11(9):1074-82.
Han, S., Kim, T.D., Ha, D.C., Kim, K.T. Rhythmic expression of adenylyl cyclase VI contributes to the differential regulation of serotonin N-acetyltransferase by bradykinin in rat pineal glands. (2005) Zeitschrift für Biologische Chemie. 280(46):38228-34. DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M508130200
BS, Genetic Engineering, Kyungpook National University, Korea
MS, Neuroscience, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Korea
PhD, Neurobiology & Behavior, University of Washington, Seattle