PUBLICATIONS

2026 @ Ewha

Boram Kim*, Seongju Lee*, Hyeyeon Bae, Shinhye Kim, Jong-Hoon Won, Dongwoo Kim, Byungkwon Jung, Makoto I. Kanai, Sung-Eun Yoon, Yangkyun Oh§, Won-Jae Lee§, and Greg S. B. Suh§ (2026). Complex interplay of neuronal, hormonal responses by gut-brain axis to a deficit in essential amino acids. Science. (* Equal contribution, § Corresponding author) – Accepted

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2025 @ Ewha

 

Gahbien Lee*, Jiyeon Lee*, Greg S.B. Suh, and Yangkyun Oh§ (2025). Post ingestive systemic nutrient sensing for whole-body homeostasis. Molecules and Cells. (* Equal contribution, § Corresponding author)

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mocell.2025.100271

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Gayoung Hwang*, Dae-Wook Yang*, Terezia Klaudia Geisseova, Hae A Kim, Yangkyun Oh, Greg S.B.Suh (2025). Stress-induced preference for antioxidants by Drosophila. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2512852122

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Yangkyun Oh*, Won-Jae Lee*. (2025) “Fine-tuning protein hunger: sex- and mating-dependent setpoint control.” Cell Research. 35, 161–162.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41422-024-01039-7#citeas

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2023 @ Ewha

Gahbien Lee, Heejin Jang, and Yangkyun Oh§ (2023). The role of diuretic hormones (DHs) and their receptors in Drosophila. BMB Reports. 56(4), 209-215. (§ Corresponding author)

https://www.bmbreports.org/journal/view.html?doi=10.5483/BMBRep.2023-0021

 

Yangkyun Oh§ and Greg S.B. Suh§ (2023). Starvation-induced sleep suppression requires the Drosophila brain nutrient sensor. Journal of Neurogenetics, 37:1-2, 70-77, (§ Corresponding authors)

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01677063.2023.2203489

 

Greg S.B. Suh§, Kweon Yu, Young-Joon Kim, Yangkyun Oh, and Joong-Jean Park (2023). History of Drosophila neurogenetic research in South Korea. Journal of Neurogenetics, 37:1-2, 3-9. (§ Corresponding author)

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01677063.2022.2115040

 

2021 @ NYU

Yangkyun Oh, Jason Sih-Yu Lai, Soohong Min, Huai-Wei Huang, Stephen D. Liberles, Hyung Don Ryoo, and Greg S.B. Suh (2021). Periphery signals generated by Piezo-mediated stomach stretch and Neuromedin-mediated glucose load regulate the Drosophila brain nutrient sensor. Neuron. 109, 1979-1995.e1976.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S089662732100324X?via%3Dihub

 

Boram Kim*, Makoto I. Kanai*, Yangkyun Oh, Minsoo Kyung, Eun-Kyoung Kim, In-Hwan Jang, Ji-Hoon Lee, Sang-Gyu Kim, Greg S. B. Suh§, and Won-Jae Lee§ (2021). Response of the microbiome–gut–brain axis in Drosophila to amino acid deficit. Nature. 593, 570-574. (* Equal contribution, § Corresponding authors)

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03522-2

 

Soohong Min, Yangkyun Oh, Pushpa Verma, Samuel C. Whitehead, Nilay Yapici, David Van Vactor, Greg S.B. Suh, and Stephen D. Liberles (2021). Control of feeding by Piezo-mediated gut mechanosensation in Drosophila. eLife. 10, e63049.

https://elifesciences.org/articles/63049

 

2019 @ NYU

Yangkyun Oh, Jason Sih-Yu Lai, Holly J. Mills, Hediye Erdjument-Bromage, Benno Giammarinaro, Khalil Saadipour, Justin G. Wang, Farhan Abu, Thomas A. Neubert, and Greg S. B. Suh (2019). A glucose-sensing neuron pair regulates insulin and glucagon in Drosophila. Nature. 574, 559–564.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1675-4

 

2018 @ NYU

Farhan Abu, Justin G. Wang, Yangkyun Oh, Jingjing Deng, Thomas A. Neubert, and Greg S.B. Suh (2018). Communicating the nutritional value of sugar in Drosophila. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sicences of the United State of America. 115(12): E2829-E2838.

https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1719827115

 

2017 @ NYU

Minjong Kim*, Donghoon Jang*, Eunseok Yoo, Yangkyun Oh, Jun Young Sonn, Jongbin Lee, Yoonhee Ki, Hyo Jin Son, Onyou Hwang, Changwook Lee, Chunghun Lim§, and Joonho Choe§ (2017). Rogdi defines GABAergic control of a wake-promoting dopaminergic pathway to sustain sleep in Drosophila. Scientific Reports. 7(1):11368. (* Equal contribution, § Corresponding authors)

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-11941-3

 

2015 @ KAIST

Kyunghwa Jeong, Soyoung Lee, Haengsoo Seo, Yangkyun Oh, Donghoon Jang, Joonho Choe, Daesoo Kim, Jung-Ha Lee, and Walton D.Jones (2015). DmCav3, a fly T-type Ca2+ channel, negatively modulates sleep. Scientific Reports. 5:17893.

https://www.nature.com/articles/srep17893

 

2014 @ KAIST

Yangkyun Oh*, Sung-Eun Yoon*, Qi Zhang, Hyo-Seok Chae, Ivana Daubnerová, Orie T. Shafer, Joonho Choe§, and Young-Joon Kim§ (2014). A homeostatic sleep-stabilizing pathway in Drosophila composed of the sex peptide receptor and its ligand, the myoinhibitory peptide. PLoS Biology. 12(10) e1001974. (* Equal contribution, § Corresponding authors)

https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.1001974

 

Sangjin Park*, Jun Young Sonn*, Yangkyun Oh, Chunghun Lim, and Joonho Choe (2014). SIFamide and SIFamide receptor defines a novel neuropeptide signaling to promote sleep in Drosophila. Molecules and Cells. 37(4):295-301. (* Equal contribution)

https://www.molcells.org/journal/view.html?doi=10.14348/molcells.2014.2371

 

2013 @ KAIST

Yangkyun Oh, Donghoon Jang, Jun Young Sonn, and Joonho Choe (2013). Histamine-HisCl1 receptor axis regulates wake-promoting signals in Drosophila melanogaster. PLoS One. 8(7) e68269.

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0068269