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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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New Real Time Technology for Brain Diseases Monitors Effects of Medicine

Professor Kim Jeong Hun Professor KIM Jeong Hun (Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine) and LEE Tae Geol (Center for Nano-Bio Measurement, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science Daejeon) have measured the capacitance (the ability of a body to store an electrical charge) of endothelial cells that c...

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Professor Yoon-Sik LEE Enables Direct Identification of Peptides Using SERS Barcoding System

Professor LEE Yoon-Sik Professor Yoon-Sik Lee’s research team (Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering) has developed a surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopic (SERS) barcoding system for high-throughput bioanalysis using highly sensitive SERS nanoparticles (SERS ID) which enables easy preparation and screening of co...

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New Treatment for Liver Cancer Lowers Death Rate by Seventy-Nine Percent

Professors YOON Jung-Hwan and Lee Jeong-Hoon Professors YOON Jung-Hwan and LEE Jeong-Hoon, and Green Cross Cell have co-developed a treatment for liver cancer which lowers the death rate by 79 percent. The treatment involves incubating 120ml of the patient’s blood for two to three weeks in a clean laboratory. When cyto...

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Professor LEE Byoung Ho Develops High Technology Color Filter

Professor LEE Byoung Ho Professor Lee Byoung Ho’s research team (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering) has developed a color filter that can display all three primary colors. Currently, a series of colors is generally expressed by a combination of at least three primary color pixels. Professor Lee develope...

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Professor Sung Hoon KIM Receives Hoam Award in Medicine

Professor KIM Sung Hoon Professor Sung Hoon Kim (Department of Molecular Medicine and Biopharmaceutical Sciences) has received the 2015 Hoam Award in Medicine for his contributions to greater understanding of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase. Professor Kim first started researching aminoacyl-tRNA in 1994 when he returned to K...

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Professor CHA Suk-Won Develops Nano-metal Catalyst with High Stability

Professor CHA Suk-Won Professor Cha Suk-Won has developed a few-nanometer-thick oxide coating produced by atomic layer deposition in a low-temperature solid oxide fuel cell with a noble metal-based cathode. The coating is demonstrated to enhance both thermal stability and oxygen reduction activity by a significant marg...

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Professor Jina KANG Points out Negative Effects of Technology Alliances

Professor KANG Jina, Technology Management Economics and Policy Program ”Alliance Addiction: Do Alliances Create Real Benefits?,” an article co-written by Professor Jina KANG (Department of Industrial Engineering) and Doctor Gunno PARK (Samsung SDS) was recognized by THNK, a global think tank. THNK built on Professor K...

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Professor Yongtaek HONG Develops Key Technology for Large Area Formations of Organic Semiconductors

Professor HONG Yongtaek, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering A team led by Professors Yongtaek Hong (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering) and Zhenan BAO (Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University) has developed a novel technique which enables large area formations of organic se...

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Seoul-Type Keratoprostheses Introduced in Keratoprostheses and Artificial Corneas

Keratoprostheses and Artificial Corneas, a famous US textbook on keratoprostheses Seoul-type keratoprostheses (Seoul KPro) developed by SNU Hospital was allotted an entire chapter in Keratoprostheses and Artificial Corneas, a famous US textbook on keratoprostheses. This is the first time a surgical technology developed...

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Professor Chang Hyun KANG Develops New Treatment for Jeune Syndrome

Professor KANG Chang Hyun Professor Chang Hyun Kang (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, SNU Hospital) reported a successful case of treating a Jeune syndrome (asphyxiating thoracic dysplasia) patient using thoracic cage enlargement. Children with Jeune syndrome have rib cages that are significantly smal...

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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 SHIN Dong Hoon Excavates Ancient Remains in Rakhigarhi, India

Professor Shin discovered two adult males, one adult female, and one child, next to whom a pot with grain and shell bracelets found. Professor Shin Dong Hoon (College of Medicine) and an excavation team from Deccan College in India excavated the remains of a Bronze Age family in Rakhigarhi. Rakhigarhi, a village in Har...