Dr. Gloria Kim

Associate Professor of Health Sciences


Phone: (905) 648-2139   Ext:4241

Email: bkim@redeemer.ca

Office: 221B

Programs: Health Sciences — Pre-Medicine , Biochemistry , Biology , Chemistry , Health Sciences

Education

PhD (2018), Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toronto (Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy).

B.Sc. (Hons) (2012), Health and Disease and Psychology, University of Toronto.

Courses

  • Foundations of Human Anatomy II (KPE-119)
  • Determinants of Health (HSC-221)
  • Biochemistry I: Structures and Functions of Biomolecules (BIO-361)
  • Developmental Biology (BIO-363)
  • Pathways: Culminating Interdisciplinary Project (CTS-410)
  • Biochemistry II: Enzymes and Metabolism (BIO-462)
  • Research Methods in Health Sciences (HSC-342)
  • Biochemistry I: Structures and Functions of Biomolecules (CHE-361)
  • Biochemistry II: Enzymes and Metabolism (CHE-462)

About

Gloria Kim joined Redeemer in 2020. Prior to joining the faculty, she worked in the pharmaceutical industry as a medical regulatory editor and also worked as a lecturer at the University of Toronto within the Pharmacy program. Along with teaching, she is presently serving as a member of the Center for Innovations and Entrepreneurship Working Group at Redeemer University.

Research Interests

  • DNA kinetics
  • PCR
  • Non-canonical DNA structures and their salt environment

Research Publications

Lutan Liu, Byul G. Kim, Ujala Feroze, Robert Macgregor, and Tigran V. Chalikian. “Probing the Ionic Atmosphere and Hydration of the c-MYC i-motif.” Journal of the American Chemical Society 140, no. 6 (2018): 2229-2238.

Lusine Aslanyan, Jordan Ko, Byul G. Kim, Ishkhan Vardanyan, Yeva B. Dalyan, and Tigran V. Chalikian. “Effect of Urea on G-Quadruplex Stability.” Journal of Physical Chemistry B 121 (2017): 6511-6519.

Byul G. Kim and Tigran V. Chalikian. “Thermodynamic linkage analysis of pH-induced folding and unfolding transitions of i-motifs.” Biophysical Chemistry 216 (2016): 19-22.

Byul G. Kim, Ji Long, David N. Dubins, and Tigran V. Chalikian. “Ionic Effects on G-quadruplex Stability.” Journal of Physical Chemistry B 120, no. 22 (2016): 4963-4971.

Byul G. Kim, Heather M. Evans, David N. Dubins, and Tigran V. Chalikian. “Effects of Salt on the Stability of a G-quadruplex from the Human C-MYC Promoter.” Biochemistry 54 (2015): 3420-3430. 

Byul G. Kim, Yuen Lai Shek, Tigran V. Chalikian. “Polyelectrolyte effects in G-quadruplexes.” Biophysical Chemistry 184 (2015): 95-100.

Research Funding

NSERC (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada) PGS Scholarship, 2016-2018