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Suckjoon Jun

Title(s)Professor, Physics
SchoolVc-academic Affairs
Address9500 Gilman Drive #
La Jolla CA 92093
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    Control of cellular resource allocation across biological scales in microorganisms
    NIH R35GM139622Jul 1, 2021 - Apr 30, 2026
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Quantitative studies of cell size control and homeostasis in bacteria
    NIH R01GM118565Apr 1, 2016 - Mar 31, 2021
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Robust and resource-optimal dynamic pattern formation of Min proteins in vivo. Nat Phys. 2025; 21(7):1160-1169. Ren Z, Weyer H, Sandler M, Würthner L, Fu H, Tangtartharakul CB, Li D, Sou C, Villarreal D, Kim JE, Frey E, Jun S. PMID: 40678616; PMCID: PMC12263437.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 1  
    2. Dispensability of extrinsic DnaA regulators in Escherichia coli cell-cycle control. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024 Aug 13; 121(33):e2322772121. Boesen TO, Charbon G, Fu H, Jensen C, Sandler M, Jun S, Løbner-Olesen A. PMID: 40014855; PMCID: PMC11331064.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 4     Fields:    Translation:Cells
    3. Tools and methods for high-throughput single-cell imaging with the mother machine. Elife. 2024 Apr 18; 12. Thiermann R, Sandler M, Ahir G, Sauls JT, Schroeder J, Brown S, Le Treut G, Si F, Li D, Wang JD, Jun S. PMID: 38634855; PMCID: PMC11026091.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 11     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    4. Tools and methods for high-throughput single-cell imaging with the mother machine. bioRxiv. 2024 Feb 05. Thiermann R, Sandler M, Ahir G, Sauls JT, Schroeder JW, Brown SD, Le Treut G, Si F, Li D, Wang JD, Jun S. PMID: 37066401; PMCID: PMC10103947.
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    5. Bacterial Replication Initiation as Precision Control by Protein Counting. PRX Life. 2023 Aug-Oct; 1(1). Fu H, Xiao F, Jun S. PMID: 38550259; PMCID: PMC10977104.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 9  
    6. Replication initiation in bacteria: precision control based on protein counting. bioRxiv. 2023 Jul 04. Fu H, Xiao F, Jun S. PMID: 37292844; PMCID: PMC10246017.
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    7. Quantitative Examination of Five Stochastic Cell-Cycle and Cell-Size Control Models for Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis. Front Microbiol. 2021; 12:721899. Le Treut G, Si F, Li D, Jun S. PMID: 34795646; PMCID: PMC8594374.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 16  
    8. Microbiology: How to Bridge Mechanisms and Phenomenology. J Mol Biol. 2020 10 02; 432(21):5735. Jun S. PMID: 32777261.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions:    Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    9. Control of Bacillus subtilis Replication Initiation during Physiological Transitions and Perturbations. mBio. 2019 12 17; 10(6). Sauls JT, Cox SE, Do Q, Castillo V, Ghulam-Jelani Z, Jun S. PMID: 31848269; PMCID: PMC6918070.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 32     Fields:    Translation:Cells
    10. Cell Boundary Confinement Sets the Size and Position of the E. coli Chromosome. Curr Biol. 2019 07 08; 29(13):2131-2144.e4. Wu F, Swain P, Kuijpers L, Zheng X, Felter K, Guurink M, Solari J, Jun S, Shimizu TS, Chaudhuri D, Mulder B, Dekker C. PMID: 31155353; PMCID: PMC7050463.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 32     Fields:    Translation:Cells
    11. Mechanistic Origin of Cell-Size Control and Homeostasis in Bacteria. Curr Biol. 2019 06 03; 29(11):1760-1770.e7. Si F, Le Treut G, Sauls JT, Vadia S, Levin PA, Jun S. PMID: 31104932; PMCID: PMC6548602.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 110     Fields:    Translation:Cells
    12. Synthesis and degradation of FtsZ quantitatively predict the first cell division in starved bacteria. Mol Syst Biol. 2018 11 05; 14(11):e8623. Sekar K, Rusconi R, Sauls JT, Fuhrer T, Noor E, Nguyen J, Fernandez VI, Buffing MF, Berney M, Jun S, Stocker R, Sauer U. PMID: 30397005; PMCID: PMC6217170.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 23     Fields:    Translation:Cells
    13. Promoting an "Auteur Theory" for Young Scientists: Preserving Excitement and Creativity …. Bioessays. 2018 11; 40(11):e1800147. Desai A, Jun S. PMID: 30238592; PMCID: PMC8191479.
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    14. Fundamental principles in bacterial physiology-history, recent progress, and the future with focus on cell size control: a review. Rep Prog Phys. 2018 05; 81(5):056601. Jun S, Si F, Pugatch R, Scott M. PMID: 29313526; PMCID: PMC5897229.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 72     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    15. Protocol for Construction of a Tunable CRISPR Interference (tCRISPRi) Strain for Escherichia coli. Bio Protoc. 2017 Oct 05; 7(19). Li XT, Sou C, Jun S. PMID: 29082292; PMCID: PMC5659595.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 1  
    16. A Fundamental Unit of Cell Size in Bacteria. Trends Genet. 2017 07; 33(7):433-435. Jun S, Rust MJ. PMID: 28545962; PMCID: PMC5606328.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 1     Fields:    Translation:Cells
    17. Cell-Size Control and Homeostasis in Bacteria. Curr Biol. 2017 05 08; 27(9):1392. Taheri-Araghi S, Bradde S, Sauls JT, Hill NS, Levin PA, Paulsson J, Vergassola M, Jun S. PMID: 28486111; PMCID: PMC5501259.
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    18. Invariance of Initiation Mass and Predictability of Cell Size in Escherichia coli. Curr Biol. 2017 May 08; 27(9):1278-1287. Si F, Li D, Cox SE, Sauls JT, Azizi O, Sou C, Schwartz AB, Erickstad MJ, Jun Y, Li X, Jun S. PMID: 28416114; PMCID: PMC5474944.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 131     Fields:    Translation:Cells
    19. Isolation and Characterization of Bacterial Nucleoids in Microfluidic Devices. Methods Mol Biol. 2017; 1624:311-322. Pelletier J, Jun S. PMID: 28842892.
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    20. tCRISPRi: tunable and reversible, one-step control of gene expression. Sci Rep. 2016 12 20; 6:39076. Li XT, Jun Y, Erickstad MJ, Brown SD, Parks A, Court DL, Jun S. PMID: 27996021; PMCID: PMC5171832.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 44     Fields:    Translation:Cells
    21. Adder and a coarse-grained approach to cell size homeostasis in bacteria. Curr Opin Cell Biol. 2016 Feb; 38:38-44. Sauls JT, Li D, Jun S. PMID: 26901290; PMCID: PMC5660915.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 50     Fields:    Translation:Cells
    22. Complete Genome Sequence of Escherichia coli NCM3722. Genome Announc. 2015 Aug 06; 3(4). Brown SD, Jun S. PMID: 26251500; PMCID: PMC4541272.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 30  
    23. Single-Cell Physiology. Annu Rev Biophys. 2015; 44:123-42. Taheri-Araghi S, Brown SD, Sauls JT, McIntosh DB, Jun S. PMID: 25747591; PMCID: PMC5672912.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 42     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    24. Chromosome, cell cycle, and entropy. Biophys J. 2015 Feb 17; 108(4):785-786. Jun S. PMID: 25692581; PMCID: PMC4336376.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 11     Fields:    Translation:Cells
    25. Cell-size control and homeostasis in bacteria. Curr Biol. 2015 Feb 02; 25(3):385-391. Taheri-Araghi S, Bradde S, Sauls JT, Hill NS, Levin PA, Paulsson J, Vergassola M, Jun S. PMID: 25544609; PMCID: PMC4323405.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 340     Fields:    Translation:Cells
    26. Cell-size maintenance: universal strategy revealed. Trends Microbiol. 2015 Jan; 23(1):4-6. Jun S, Taheri-Araghi S. PMID: 25497321.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 70     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    27. Bending forces plastically deform growing bacterial cell walls. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 Apr 22; 111(16):5778-83. Amir A, Babaeipour F, McIntosh DB, Nelson DR, Jun S. PMID: 24711421; PMCID: PMC4000856.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 62     Fields:    Translation:Cells
    28. The multifork Escherichia coli chromosome is a self-duplicating and self-segregating thermodynamic ring polymer. Genes Dev. 2014 Jan 01; 28(1):71-84. Youngren B, Nielsen HJ, Jun S, Austin S. PMID: 24395248; PMCID: PMC3894414.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 69     Fields:    Translation:Cells
    29. Physical manipulation of the Escherichia coli chromosome reveals its soft nature. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 Oct 02; 109(40):E2649-56. Pelletier J, Halvorsen K, Ha BY, Paparcone R, Sandler SJ, Woldringh CL, Wong WP, Jun S. PMID: 22984156; PMCID: PMC3479577.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 95     Fields:    Translation:Cells
    30. Entropy as the driver of chromosome segregation. Nat Rev Microbiol. 2010 Aug; 8(8):600-7. Jun S, Wright A. PMID: 20634810; PMCID: PMC3148256.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 101     Fields:    Translation:Cells
    31. Robust growth of Escherichia coli. Curr Biol. 2010 Jun 22; 20(12):1099-103. Wang P, Robert L, Pelletier J, Dang WL, Taddei F, Wright A, Jun S. PMID: 20537537; PMCID: PMC2902570.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 460     Fields:    Translation:Cells
    32. Self-avoiding polymer trapped inside a cylindrical pore: Flory free energy and unexpected dynamics. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2009 Jun; 79(6 Pt 1):061912. Jung Y, Jun S, Ha BY. PMID: 19658529.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 6     Fields:    Translation:Cells
    33. Just-in-time DNA replication. Physics (College Park Md). 2008; 1. Jun S, Rhind N. PMID: 27800123; PMCID: PMC5086022.
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    34. Compression and stretching of a self-avoiding chain in cylindrical nanopores. Phys Rev Lett. 2008 Sep 26; 101(13):138101. Jun S, Thirumalai D, Ha BY. PMID: 18851496.
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    35. Unexpected relaxation dynamics of a self-avoiding polymer in cylindrical confinement. J Chem Phys. 2007 Oct 28; 127(16):164903. Arnold A, Bozorgui B, Frenkel D, Ha BY, Jun S. PMID: 17979390.
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    36. Time scale of entropic segregation of flexible polymers in confinement: implications for chromosome segregation in filamentous bacteria. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2007 Sep; 76(3 Pt 1):031901. Arnold A, Jun S. PMID: 17930265.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 16     Fields:    Translation:Cells
    37. Confined space and effective interactions of multiple self-avoiding chains. Phys Rev Lett. 2007 Mar 23; 98(12):128303. Jun S, Arnold A, Ha BY. PMID: 17501165.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 8     Fields:    Translation:Cells
    38. Entropy-driven spatial organization of highly confined polymers: lessons for the bacterial chromosome. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Aug 15; 103(33):12388-93. Jun S, Mulder B. PMID: 16885211; PMCID: PMC1525299.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 153     Fields:    Translation:Cells
    39. Kinetic model of DNA replication in eukaryotic organisms. J Mol Biol. 2002 Jul 19; 320(4):741-50. Herrick J, Jun S, Bechhoefer J, Bensimon A. PMID: 12095252.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 28     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
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