Sung Hyeok Hong, DVM, Ph.D.
- Center for Cancer Research
- National Cancer Institute
- Bldg. 560, Rm 21-8
- Frederick, MD 21702
- 301-846-6277
- sunghyeok.hong@nih.gov
RESEARCH SUMMARY
Sung Hyeok Hong is a veterinary surgeon and an independent scientist. In the Mackem lab, he manages transgenic mouse models for mouse limb development. Before joining Mackem lab, he developed an in vivo orthotopic metastasis model for studying colorectal cancer, neuroblastoma, prostate cancer, pancreatic cancer, breast cancer, Ewing sarcoma and osteosarcoma using surgical techniques. In addition, he established in vivo orthotopic brain tumor models, glioblastoma and medulloblastoma to discover new noble compound treatments.
Areas of Expertise
Sung Hyeok Hong, DVM, Ph.D.
Research
Sung Hyeok Hong’s main research field is establishing and managing transgenic mouse models to identify the transcriptional targets of the limb development using mutant mouse models.
Biography
Sung Hyeok Hong, DVM, Ph.D.
University in South Korea and obtained his MS degree in the Laboratory of Veterinary Surgery in Seoul National University. Then he went to The Laboratory of Veterinary Surgery in the University of Tokyo, Japan for surgeon training and pursuing the Ph.D. In 2000, he joined Dr. Lee Helman’s lab as a postdoctoral fellow in Pediatric Oncology Branch in NCI. After finishing his postdoctoral fellow, he became an Assistant Professor in the Laboratory of Veterinary Surgery in Chungnam National University in South Korea. In 2003, he came back to the POB in NCI as a senior postdoctoral fellow and Research Fellow. In 2011, he moved to Dr. Jeffrey Toretsky in Georgetown University. In 2015, he became an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Georgetown University. In 2023, he joined Dr. Mackem’s lab as a Research Biologist in NCI-Frederick.