![TaeWan Kim, PhD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/node/109465/3x2/kim_taewan_180508_08_1200x800.jpg)
The focus of my research is to derive highly pure engraftable midbrain dopamine neurons from human pluripotent stem cells in a clinical relevant culture system for cell replacement therapy to parkinson patients as well as for better understanding molecular characteristics of selective vulnerability of mDA neurons.