EDUCATION
• Ph.D. in Nutritional Sciences, University of Florida, USA, 2011
• M.S. in Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Florida, USA, 2007
• B.S. in Biotechnology, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, 2001
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
• Associate Professor, Department of Food and Nutrition, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, 2021-Present
• Assistant Professor, Department of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA, 2017-2021
FELLOWSHIP AND RESEARCH TRAINING
• Visiting Fellow, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, USA, 2013-2017
• Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Columbia University Medical Center, USA, 2012
• Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Fellow, Food and Nutrition Board, National Academies, USA, 2012
• Postdoctoral Associate, Center for Nutritional Sciences, University of Florida, USA, 2011
RESEARCH INTEREST
• Zinc Transporters in Cellular and Systemic Zinc Homeostasis and Distribution
• Ferritin Iron Regulation via NCOA4-Mediated Ferritinophagy
• Nutrient-Gene Interactions during Development and Cell Differentiation
• Nutritional Immunity via Host-Pathogen-Nutrient Interactions
• Functional Implications of Genetic Variants in Metal Homeostasis
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
• Certificate of Outstanding Teaching, Center of Educational Innovation, University of Minnesota, 2019, 2020, 2021
• Research Advisory Committee Service Award, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences, University of Minnesota, 2019
• Excellence in Research Award, Korean Scientists Association of the NIH, 2016
• Office of Dietary Supplements Research Scholarship, Office of Dietary Supplements, NIH, 2016
• Best Poster Presentation Travel Award, 10th Annual NIDDK Fellow Scientific Conference, NIDDK, NIH, 2015
• Best Dissertations in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences Majors, University of Florida, 2012
• Runner-Up of the Nutrition and Toxicology Section Poster Competition, Journey Through Science Day, New York Academy of Sciences & PepsiCo, 2011
• Checker’s Scholarship, University of Florida, 2010
• College of Agricultural and Life Sciences Alumni Graduate Award, University of Florida, 2007-2011
JOURNAL ARTICLES (SELECTED*)
• Zhou J, Liu C, Sun Y, Francis M, Ryu MS, Grider A, Ye K. Genetically predicted circulating levels of copper and zinc are associated with osteoarthritis but not with rheumatoid arthritis. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2021 Jul;29(7):1029-1035. doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2021.02.564.
• Ryu MS, Duck KA, Philpott CC. Ferritin iron regulators, PCBP1 and NCOA4, respond to cellular iron status in developing red cells. Blood Cells Mol Dis. 2018 Mar;69:75-81. doi: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2017.09.009.
• Philpott CC, Ryu MS, Frey A, Patel S. Cytosolic iron chaperones: Proteins delivering iron cofactors in the cytosol of mammalian cells. J Biol Chem. 2017 Aug 4;292(31):12764-12771. doi: 10.1074/jbc.R117.791962.
• Ryu MS, Zhang D, Protchenko O, Shakoury Elizeh M, Philpott CC. PCBP1 and NCOA4 regulate erythroid iron storage and heme biosynthesis. J Clin Invest. 2017 May 1;127(5):1786-1797. doi: 10.1172/JCI90519. Epub 2017 Apr 4.
• Ryu MS, Guthrie GJ, Maki AB, Aydemir TB, Cousins RJ. Proteomic analysis shows the upregulation of erythrocyte dematin in zinc-restricted human subjects. Am J Clin Nutr. 2012 May;95(5):1096-102. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.111.032862.
• Ryu MS, Langkamp Henken B, Chang SM, Shankar MN, Cousins RJ. Genomic analysis, cytokine expression, and microRNA profiling reveal biomarkers of human dietary zinc depletion and homeostasis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Dec 27;108(52):20970-5. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1117207108.
• Ryu MS, Lichten LA, Liuzzi JP, Cousins RJ. Zinc transporters ZnT1 (Slc30a1), Zip8 (Slc39a8), and Zip10 (Slc39a10) in mouse red blood cells are differentially regulated during erythroid development and by dietary zinc deficiency. J Nutr. 2008 Nov;138(11):2076-83. doi: 10.3945/jn.108.093575.
*Complete List of Published Work is available at: https://yonsei.pure.elsevier.com/en/persons/moon-suhn-ryu
BOOK CHAPTER
• Ryu MS, Aydemir TB. Zinc. In: Marriott B, Birt DF, Stalling V, Yates A, eds. Present Knowledge in Nutrition. Vol 1. 11th ed. Academic Press; 2020:393-408.
