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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 SUL Seung-Ki Wins Three IEEE Awards

Professor SUL Seung-Ki Professor Sul Seung-Ki (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering) won three individual awards from the Industry Applications Society (IAS) and the Industrial Power Converters Committee (IPCC) of the IEEE. Papers that were submitted to the association’s journal Transactions on Industry Ap...

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Professor ZHANG Byoung-Tak, a Pioneer Scientist of Artificial Intelligence

Professor ZHANG Byoung-Tak> Professor Zhang Byoung-Tak (Department of Computer Science and Engineering), a pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence, had an interview with Maeil Business Newspaper. “When I returned to Korea in 1995 after receiving my doctorate degree, people asked me why I studied artificial inte...

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SNU Demonstrates Korea's First Automated Taxi Service

The SNUber taxi and its mobile app On November 4, 2015, Seoul National University (SNU) Vehicle Intelligence Laboratory demonstrated SNUber, the first automated taxi service in Korea. Led by Professor SEO SeungWoo (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering), the trial performance took place along a 4km route of...

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Professor IM Myungshin Discovers 12.8-Billion-Year-Old Quasar

The newly discovered quasar was named after Professor Im Myung Shin A joint research team led by Professor Im Myungshin (Department of Physics and Astronomy) and Minjin KIM (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute) reported having discovered a faint quasar created in the early universe. This is only the third time ...

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Side Effects of Targeted Cancer Therapy Explained by SNU Team

Professor LEE Ho Young’s team Professor LEE Ho Young (Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Drug Resistance, College of Pharmacy) and her research team have discovered the mechanism behind the effects of targeted cancer therapy, which may help develop new treatment methods to combat against cancer. One of the most widely us...

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SNU Professors’ Groundbreaking Discovery of Olfactory Pathway in Mosquitoes

A novel olfactory organ in the mosquito stylet Seoul National University Professor AHN Young-joon (College of Agriculture and Life Sciences), and Professor KWON Hyung-wook (College of Agriculture and Life Sciences) have made a scientific breakthrough in mosquito research. The news is expected to be vital in the fight a...

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Spine Disease Patients Find Relief with New Treatment

Professor LEE Sang Chul is treating a patient suffering from spinal disk herniation Professor LEE Sang Chul and his team (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine of SNU Hospital) has found foraminotomy, a procedure used to relieve pressure on the nerves in the vertebrae, as an effective method of treatment for p...

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Robotic Insect Mimics Nature’s Extreme Moves

Professor KIM Ho-Young (left) and CHO Kyu Jin SNU researchers looked to water-strider insects to develop robots that jump off water’s surface The concept of walking on water might sound supernatural, but in fact it is a quite natural phenomenon. Many small living creatures leverage water’s surface tension to maneuver t...

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New Protein Controls Pluripotent Embryonic Stem Cells

Professor BAEK Sung Hee Every mammal, including human beings, grows as an embryo divides into multiple cells and builds organs. Ability to differentiate comes from ‘pluripotent’ embryonic stem cells, which have the potential to develop into any types of cells or tissue depending on the specific type of signal or stimul...

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Professor PARK Invents World’s Smallest Graphene Light Bulb

Professor Park Yun Professor PARK Yun (Department of Physics and Astronomy) and Postdoctoral Researcher KIM Young Duck (Department of Physics and Astronomy) have confirmed that only 0.3-nanometer-thick graphene can spontaneously emit diverse colors of light if floated over the air like a filament in a light bulb. It is...

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Creating Stem Cells Without Worries of Cancer

Professor KIM Hyo-Soo, Professor KWON Yoo-Wook Professor KIM Hyo-Soo (Department of Molecular Medicine and Biopharmaceutical Sciences, Seoul National University) and KWON Yoo-Wook (National Research Laboratory for Stem Cell Niche, Seoul National University College of Medicine) have developed a new way to make induced p...

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Professor PARK Jong Hwa Releases New Album – Korean Children’s Songs Arranged to the Melody of Western Classical Music

Professor Park’s new album, Nunaya Professor Park Jong Hwa has released a new album, “누나야: NUNAYA”, which contains eleven recordings of Korean children’s songs and traditional songs he arranged as piano solos. Since the age of five, Professor Park has studied the piano abroad at the Tokyo College of Music, New England ...