Yong-Ki Hong

Visiting Professor from Pukyong National University, Korea

Ph.D., Biological Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara

Research

Isolation of intermediates in pseudopterosin biosynthesis.

Current Topics

Isolation of biologically active substances and allelopathic chemicals from seaweed.

Genetic analysis using differential display technique.

Recent Publications

Isolation of pollutant (pine needle ash) - responding genes from the seaweed Porphyra yezoensis tissue. Fish. Sci. (In press).

Procedures for the axenic isolation of conchocelis and monospores from the red seaweed Porphyra yezoensis. J. Appl. Phycol. 14. 115-121 (2002).

Antifouling activity of seaweed extracts on the green alga Enteromorpha prolifera and the mussel Mytilus edulis. J. Appl. Phycol. 13. 117-125 (2001).

Algicidal activity of the seaweed Corallina pilulifera against red tide microalgae. J. Appl. Phycol. 12. 37-43 (2000).

Mailing Address

Prof. Yong-Ki Hong, Department of Biotechnology, Pukyong National University, Namku, Pusan 608-737, Republic of Korea

Email: ykhong@pknu.ac.kr