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Temporally Distinct 3D Multi-Omic Dynamics in the Developing Human Brain

Temporally Distinct 3D Multi-Omic Dynamics in the Developing Human Brain

Prof. Dong-Sung Lee

Professor Dongsung Lee from the College of Medicine at SNU, in collaboration with researchers at UCLA and UCSF, has published a paper in Nature, being the first in the world to study epigenomic changes, including the three-dimensional genome structure and DNA methylation, during human brain development from the fetal stage to adulthood at the single-cell level, using the single-nucleus methyl-3C technology they developed.

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The stone-base illusion

The stone-base illusion

Prof. Songjoo Oh

Abstract A popular method used to construct the post structure in traditional Korean buildings is simply placing a stone base on the ground in the natural form and a wooden post on top of the stone base. Interestingly, an illusory visual completion often occurs at the joint where the stone base and the post join. Thus,...

A discrete core-shell-like micro-light-emitting diode array grown on sapphire nano-membranes

A discrete core-shell-like micro-light-emitting diode array grown on sapphire nano-membranes

Prof. Euijoon Yoon

Abstract A discrete core-shell-like micro-light-emitting diode (micro-LED) array was grown on a 100 nm-thick sapphire nano-membrane array without harmful plasma etching for chip singulation. Due to proper design for the sapphire nano-membrane array, an array of multi-faceted micro-LEDs with size of 4 μm × 16 μm was gro...

Critical differences in 3D atomic structure of individual ligand-protected nanocrystals in solution

Critical differences in 3D atomic structure of individual ligand-protected nanocrystals in solution

Prof. Jungwon Park

Seeing subtle nanoparticle differences A challenge in the fabrication of nanoparticles is that even for particles of uniform size, there will still be a distribution in the atomic arrangements and surface capping ligands from one particle to the next. Using liquid-cell transmission electron microscopy, Kim et al. recon...

Mitochondrial plastid DNA can cause DNA barcoding paradox in plants

Mitochondrial plastid DNA can cause DNA barcoding paradox in plants

Prof. Tae-Jin Yang

The transfer of ancestral plastid genomes into mitochondrial genomes to generate mitochondrial plastid DNA (MTPT) is known to occur in plants, but its impacts on mitochondrial genome complexity and the potential for causing a false-positive DNA barcoding paradox have been underestimated. Here, we assembled the organell...

Ladybird Beetle Inspired Compliant Origami

Ladybird Beetle Inspired Compliant Origami

Prof. Kyu-Jin Cho

Authors Sang-Min Baek, Sojung Yim, Soo-Hwan Chae, Dae-Young Lee, Kyu-Jin Cho Affiliations Soft Robotics Research Center, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea. Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Institute of Advanced Machines and Design, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea...

Secrets of the novel coronavirus unearthed: SNU Professors Kim and Chang collaboratively revealed the architecture of the SARS-CoV-2 transcriptome

Secrets of the novel coronavirus unearthed: SNU Professors Kim and Chang collaboratively revealed the architecture of the SARS-CoV-2 transcriptome

Professor Kim V. Narry & Professor Chang Hyeshik

Despite intensive efforts worldwide to contain the spread and find a cure for COVID-19, relatively little is known about the basic biology of the virus. This is now changing. Professor Kim V. Narry, Director of RNA research at the Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Professor Chang Hyeshik from the Department of Biologi...

Retina-inspired photo-sensitive neuromorphic electronics

Retina-inspired photo-sensitive neuromorphic electronics

Prof. Tae-Woo Lee

- Photo-sensitive neuromorphic devices can be used for robots, neural prostheses, and healthcare electronics. - Seoul National University and Inha University, South Korea Researchers at Seoul National University and Inha University in South Korea developed photo-sensitive artificial nerves that emulated functions of a ...

Epitaxially-grown molybdenum oxide advances as a bulk-like 2D dielectric layer

Epitaxially-grown molybdenum oxide advances as a bulk-like 2D dielectric layer

Prof. Gwan-Hyoung Lee

Since the successful isolation of graphene from bulk graphite, remarkable properties of graphene have attracted many scientists to the brand-new research field of 2D materials. However, despite excellent carrier mobility of graphene, direct application of graphene to field-effect transistors is severely hindered due to...

Nanoparticle Computing Takes a Giant Step Forward

Nanoparticle Computing Takes a Giant Step Forward

Red, gold, silver spheres on a lipid chip represent metal nanoparticles with strong and distinct scattering signals. The nanoparticles are functionalized with specially designed DNA ligands, and the surface ligands render receptor-floater interactions programmable, thereby transforming a pair of receptor and floater in...

Eyes are faster than hands: Vision-based machine learning for soft wearable robot enables disabled person to naturally grasp objects

Eyes are faster than hands: Vision-based machine learning for soft wearable robot enables disabled person to naturally grasp objects

SNU Soft Robotics Research Center has developed a soft wearable hand robot that can aid the hand-disabled by using machine learning algorithm and sensory hardware. Professor Sungho Jo (KAIST) and Kyu-Jin Cho (Seoul National University), a collaboration research team in Soft Robotics Research Center (SRRC), Seoul, Korea...

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Professor Lee’s New Holographic Microscopes

Professor LEE Byoungho Professor Lee Byoungho (Dept. of Electrical Engineering) has developed a microscope that produces images three to four times better in quality than those of currently existing holographic microscopes. Compared to other holographic microscopes, Professor Lee’s microscopes are able to not only capt...

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Artificial Nerves Used for Neurorobotics and Neuroprosthetics

Researchers at Seoul National University and Stanford University developed artificial mechanosensory nerves using flexible organic devices to emulate biological sensory afferent nerves. They used the artificial mechanosensory nerves to control a disabled insect leg and distinguish braille characters. Compared to conven...