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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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Professor Vic Narry KIM Deconstructs Structure of Human DROSHA

Professor KIM Vic Narryspan> Professor V. Narry Kim (director of the Center for RNA Research, Institute for Basic Science) has reported the X-ray structure of DROSHA, a class 2 ribonuclease III enzyme that in humans is encoded by the DROSHA (formerly RNASE) gene. DROSHA is a key factor in creating microRNA which functi...

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SNU Professors Discover New Phototrophic Dinoflagellate Alexandrium Pohangense and Aduncodinium Glandula

Alexandrium Pohangense (left) and Aduncodinium Glandula (right) Professor Hae Jin JEONG’s research team (School of Earth and Environmental Sciences) discovered a new planktonic phototrophic dinoflagellate species, which it named the Alexandrium pohangense after the coastal area (Pohang) in which it was discovered. The ...

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Professor LEE Youngjo Wins 2015 Korea Science Award

Professor LEE Youngjo Professor Lee Youngjo (Department of Statistics) was chosen as the winner of the 2015 Korea Science Award in the field of mathematics by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning, the National Research Foundation of Korea and the Korean Academy of Science and Technology. Professor Lee was r...

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SNU Professor Develops Treatment for Retinal Disease Using Nanoparticles

Professor KIM Jung Hoon Professor Jung Hoon KIM (School of Medicine) and Dr. LEE Tae-gul (Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science) developed a treatment using nanoparticles for retinal disease which can lead to sight loss. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), which creates new blood vessels, is known as...

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SNU Selected as Best Institute for Technology Transfer and Commercialization

SNU was selected as one of the three best institutes for technology transfer and commercialization. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and the Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology (KIAT) reviewed 300 public institutes and made the ‘2015 Technology Transfer and Commercialization Index.’ SNU was ranked h...

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Genome Editing Method CRISPR Chosen as Science’s 2015 Breakthrough of the Year

Professor KIM Jin-Soo CRISPR, a genome editing method, was chosen as Science’s 2015 Breakthrough of the Year. In 2015 scientists succeeded in creating a ‘gene drive’ which could eliminate pests or the diseases they carry, and also in the first deliberate editing of the DNA of human embryos using CRISPR. Genome editing ...

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SNU Professors Develop Fair Kindergarten Admissions Selection Program

Professors HUR Chung-Kil (left) and YI Kwangkeun Professors YI Kwangkeun and Chung-Kil HUR (Department of Computer Science and Engineering) developed ‘VeriDraw,’ a public kindergarten entrance selection program. Currently, each public kindergarten holds a public drawing where prospective students and their parents come...

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New Microchip Mimicking Bone Tissues Developed

Research teams from Seoul National University and Chonnam National University made a breakthrough in medical engineering with their recent development of a microchip that mimics bone tissues. SNU Professor JEON Noo Li (Department of Mechanical Engineering), Researchers OH Soojung, JUSO Norhana, KIM Sudong (all from SNU...

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New Procedure Easily Detects Colon Cancer

Images from An endoscope with integrated transparent bioelectronics and theranostic nanoparticles for colon cancer treatment Professor HYEON Taeghwan (Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering) and his research team at the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) have developed a new multifunctional endoscope that paves wa...

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Professor Byung-Gon CHUN’s Retainable Evaluator Execution Framework Selected as ‘Top Level Project’ of Apache Software Foundation

Professor CHUN Byung-Gon Professor Byung-Gon Chun and Microsoft’s co-developed big-data meta-analysis framework was selected as a ‘Top Level Project’ of the Apache Software Foundation. The framework, named ‘Retainable Evaluator Execution Framework (REEF),’ simplifies and unifies the lower layers of big data systems on ...

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SNU Hospital Neurologists: Minimal Soju Intake Prevents Stroke

The research matters to Koreans that Korean drink also works on stroke as wine does. Soju, the national liquor of Korea, is a distilled, vodka-like, rice liquor with high alcohol level, also known as the Korean equivalent of Japanese Sake. Its ready availability and low price makes it not only the most popular alcoholi...

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SNU and LG Electronics Develop Fan Imitating Humpback Whale and Clam

Technology Inspired By Nature A research team led by Professor CHOI Hae Chun (Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University) collaborated with LG Electronics to develop an air conditioner fan with low noise and high efficiency by imitating biological characteristics of humpback whales an...