No‐Joon Song

No-Joon Song's research spans metabolic biology and immunology, with earlier work focused on how fat tissue burns energy and how natural plant compounds or signaling pathways can prevent obesity and related metabolic diseases in mouse models. More recent work shifts toward immune cell biology, particularly how certain proteins control the differentiation of cytotoxic (killer) CD8+ T cells, which are immune cells important in fighting infections and cancer. This suggests a research program that has evolved from metabolism and adipose tissue biology toward cancer immunotherapy and T cell immunology.

Publication output has grown substantially over the last decade, with a notable surge in 2022 and especially 2025, following a slower period around 2017-2021.

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