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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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Electronic Skins that Wirelessly Activate Fully Soft Robots

A research team of Seoul National University (Co-senior authors: Professor Yongtaek Hong, Jaeha Kim, and Kyu-Jin Cho) has developed a skin-like electronic system that is soft, thin, lightweight and can wirelessly activate soft robots through a simple lamination process. They developed an electronic skin (e-skin) pair a...

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SNU Prof. Waldman research team found that the fungus leading world-wide fatal amphibian disease was originated in Korea.

Amphibians in many parts of the world are falling victim to pathogenic chytrid fungus, first discovered in the late 1990s. The fungus colonises the skin of infected individuals, interferes with respiration, and can ultimately cause infected frogs to die of heart attacks. Although the fungus is devastating amphibianpopu...

A New Generation of Solar Energy

A New Generation of Solar Energy

Professor LEE Changhee (Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering) On April 23, a research team at SNU led by Professor Lee Changhee of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Ph.D. student Lee Hyun Ho published the results of their research regarding the lifespan of Perovskite solar cells. The res...

Peptide Induces Chirality Evolution in a Single Gold Nanoparticle

Peptide Induces Chirality Evolution in a Single Gold Nanoparticle

The browser cannot play this video. Please upgrade the browser. This video shows how the chiral gold nanoparticles are created with amino acids and peptides and how they are applied in displays. For the first time, scientists have successfully created optically active, chiral gold nanoparticles using amino acids and pe...

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Origami-Inspired 'Inspector Gadget Robotic Arm', Published in 'Science Robotics'

SNU Soft Robotics Research Center led by Professor CHO Kyu-Jin at the Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering has developed an origami-inspired robotic arm that is foldable, self-folding and also highly-rigid. (The researchers include Suk-Jun Kim, Dae-Young Lee, Gwang-Pil Jung, Professor of SeoulTech) The rese...

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SNU Professor Invents Electricity Free Memory Cloth

Professor HWANG Cheol Seong Professor Hwang Cheol Seong of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and his research team recently invented a type of cloth that is woven with RRAM (Resistive Random-Access Memory) technology. The new memory cloth does not use any electricity and will be able to be worn like n...

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Gene-Editing Breakthrough

Professor KIM Jin-Soo Professor Kim Jin-Soo and training researcher Kim Daesik, both of the Department of Chemistry, were part of a research team at the Center for Genomic Engineering, within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS), that proved that a newly developed gene editing technique will be helpful in combatting g...

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College of Medicine Professors Discover New Method of Predicting Sleep Quality

(From left) Professors JEONG Do Un, LEE Yu Jin, and PARK Kwang Suk Previous experiments to predict the quality of sleep had to be done while the subject was asleep throughout the night. College of Medicine Professors Park Kwang Suk, Jeong Do Un, and Lee Yu Jin discovered a method in which the quality of sleep could be ...

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The Environmental Health Center Research Reveals Harmful Effects of Environmental Hormones During Pregnancy

Professor HONG Yun-Chul Environmental hormones, also known as endocrine disruptors, are chemical substances that can interfere with and disrupt the functions of the endocrine and hormonal systems in our body. They are commonly found in products used in daily life such as plastics, toys, pesticides, and canned foods. Am...

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SNU Research Team Creates Architectural Model of Gyeongbokgung With Hanok Architecture Principles

An experimental model of the Geunjeongjeon Hall created in 1:100 scale by Professsor Jeon’s team. Professor Bong Hee Jeon of the Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering and his research team created an experimental model of the Geunjeongjeon Hall in Gyeongbokgung in 1:100 scale. What sets this model ap...

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SNU Professors Find Natural Technique To Increase Egg Production

The buckwheat-fed chickens laid 8.2% more eggs than the control group. The weights of the egg white and shell of these eggs were heavier by 2.1% and 5.8% respectively, and the L-Carnitine and GABA (Gamma-Amino Butyric acid) contents in the eggs were also 13.6% and 8.4% greater. A research team led by Professors Doman K...

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SNU Professor Involved in “Skin Avatar” Research

Optical images of cells in a skin-on-a-chip device. The “Skin Avatar,” a roughly two centimetre-sized chip modeling the human skin, is the latest in “Organ-on-a-chip” technology, undertaken by SNU Hospital Professor Tae Hyun Choi and Professor Sanghoon Lee of Korea University. The research began in August 2014. Profess...