About Sohyoung Won, University of Texas at Austin

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Sohyoung Won

Postdoctoral fellow
Department of Molecular Biosciences

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sohyoung.won@austin.utexas.edu

Academic history

• Ph.D. in BioInformatics, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 2024
• M.S., Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 2019
• B.S., Animal and Food Biotechnology and Statistics, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 2017

Professional History

• Postdoctoral Fellow, Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas at Austin, February 2025 - present

Publications

K. Yu, I. Choi, M. Kim, Y. Jin Pyung, J-S. Lee, Y. Choi, S. Won, Y. Kim, B-C. Park, S. H. Han, T. S. Park, T. S. Dalgaard, C-H. Yun. 2025. Florfenicol-induced dysbiosis impairs intestinal homeostasis and host immune system in laying hens, Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology, 56

S. Won, S. Cho, H. Kim. 2024. rRNA operon improves species-level classification of bacteria and microbial community analysis compared to 16S rRNA, Microbiology Spectrum, 12(11)

S. Won, J. Yu, H. Kim, 2024. Identifying genes within pathways in unannotated genomes with PaGeSearch, Genome Research, 34( 5)

D. Yum, B. Ko, M. Park, S. Won, Y. Lee, B. Kim, D. Seol, H. Chai, D. Lim, C. Jeong, H. Kim, 2023. The idiosyncratic genome of Korean long tailed Chicken as a valuable genetic resource, iScience, 3, 26

D. Rengaraj* , S. Won* , K. Jung, S. Woo, H. Lee, Y. Kim, H. Kim, J. Han, 2022. Chicken blastoderms and primordial germ cells possess a higher expression of DNA repair genes and lower expression of apoptosis genes to preserve their genome stability, Scientific Reports, 12, 49 (*These authors contributed equally)

J. Kim, C. Lee, B. Ko, D. Yoo, S. Won, A. M. Phillipy, O. Fedrigo, G. Zhang, K. Howe, J. Wood, R. Durbin, G. Formenti, S. Brown, L. Cantin, Cl V. Mello, S. Cho, A. Rhie, H. Kim, E. D. Jarvis, 2022. False gene and chromosome losses in genome assemblies caused by GC content variation and repeats, Genome Biology, 23, 204

S. Bae, S. Won, H. Kim, 2021. Selection and evaluation of bi-allelic autosomal SNP markers for paternity testing in Koreans, International Journal of Legal Medicine, 135(4):1369-1374

D. Rengaraj* , S. Won* , J. Han, D. Yoo, H. Kim, J. Han, 2020. Whole-transcriptome sequencing-based analysis of DAZL and its interacting genes during germ cells specification and zygotic genome activation in chickens, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 21(21):8170 (*These authors contributed equally)

S. Won, J. Park, J. Son, S. Lee, B. Park, M. Park, W. Park, H. Chai, H. Kim, J. Lee, D. Lim, 2020. Genomic prediction accuracy using haplotypes defined by size and hierarchical clustering based on linkage disequilibrium, Frontiers in Genetics, 11, 134

S. Srivastava, K. Srikanth, S. Won, J. Son, J. Park, W. Park, H. Chai, D. Lim, 2020. Haplotype-based genome-wide association study and identification of candidate genes associated with carcass traits in Hanwoo cattle, Genes, 11(5):551

S. Won, J. Jung, E. Park, H. Kim, 2017. Identification of genes related to intramuscular fat content of pig using genome-wide association study, Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences, 31(2)