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Nawoo Kim (She/her)

Hometown

Milwaukee, WI

Undergraduate College

Emory university

Research Interests

Sensory neuroscience, opioid analgesia and pruritus

Publications

• Su S, Yudin Y, Kim N, Tao YX, Rohacs T. TRPM3 Channels Play Roles in Heat Hypersensitivity and Spontaneous Pain after Nerve Injury. J Neurosci. 2021 Mar 17;41(11):2457-2474. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1551-20.2020. Epub 2021 Jan 21. PMID: 33478988; PMCID: PMC7984590.
• Kelemen B, Pinto S, Kim N, Lisztes E, Hanyicska M, Vladár A, Oláh A, Pénzes Z, Shu B, Vriens J, Bíró T, Rohács T, Voets T, Tóth BI. The TRPM3 ion channel mediates nociception but not itch evoked by endogenous pruritogenic mediators. Biochem Pharmacol. 2021 Jan;183:114310. doi: 10.1016/j.bcp.2020.114310. Epub 2020 Oct 29. PMID: 33130130; PMCID: PMC8086171.
• Kim GO, Kim N, Kim DY, Kwon JS, Min BH. An electrostatically crosslinked chitosan hydrogel as a drug carrier. Molecules. 2012 Nov 22;17(12):13704-11. doi: 10.3390/molecules171213704. PMID: 23174890; PMCID: PMC6268436.

Awards/Grants

• Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F31) - 2022
• KAMA Leadership and Community Service Award 2020
• High Honors, Magna Cum Laude - Emory University 2015
• SIRE Research Partners Program Fellowship 2014

Hobbies

Rock climbing, hiking, camping, flag football, snowboarding, bass guitar

Email: nk541@njms.Rutgers.edu