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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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A New Method of Detecting Target Proteins

The ministry of Education, Science, and Technology announced that a team of researchers led by Professor PARK Seung Bum of SNU's Department of Biophysics and Chemical Biology, who are also at Global Frontier Medicinal Bioconvergence Research Center (Bicon), developed a new method of detecting a target protein. The atte...

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Globular Clusters – Giving Clues to the History of Space

For the first time ever Korean researchers have verified the existence of a globular cluster which is made up of approximately one million stars. Because most of the celestial bodies composing globular clusters were given birth to in the early days of space's creation, confirming the presence of the clusters is seen to...

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Transmission of Genetic Information during Cell Division Identified by Professor BAEK Sung Hee

Professor BAEK Sung Hee The research team led by Professor BAEK Sung Hee of SNU's College of Natural Sciences has discovered the transmission process of genetic information from mother cell to daughter cells in the cell division procedure. Their research is expected to be the cornerstone for developing new treatments f...

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Colorectal Cancer Treatment Developed Using Nanoparticles

With reports from the World Health Organization that Korean men rank #1 in Asia for the occurrence of colorectal cancer, Korean researchers have discovered a treatment that kills colorectal cancer cells with nanotechnology using minute particles that have the thickness of merely a ten-thousandth of a hair. The research...

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Stars Can Die Twice

It has traditionally been thought that a star dies either by exploding as a supernova to become a neutron star, or by becoming a white dwarf. A supernova refers to a phenomenon in which an old star emits a large amount of energy upon explosion, while a white dwarf is a celestial body that is formed as sun-scale stars g...

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Genetic Scissors To Cut Out Specific Genome

A research team led by Professor KIM Jin-Soo of SNU’s Department of Chemistry and Professor KIM Hyongbum of Hanyang University’s Department of Biomedical Science and Engineering has developed a new method to easily select cells with mutated genes using so called “genetic scissors”. Creating mutations in genes is a usef...

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An SNU Researcher Reveals Joseon Dynasty's Fertility Decline

Low fertility is not only a problem of today. The royal family of the Joseon dynasty was also worried about this issue. They wanted high fertility to the extent that they called the birth of a son in the royal family -- the celebration of Jongsa' (Jongsa is a type of Korean grasshopper which lays 99 eggs at once). Howe...

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Source of Ongoing Cholera Pandemic Identified

Professor CHUN Jongsik of SNU's Department of Biological Sciences and KIM Dong Wook, Ph.D of the International Vaccine Institute, through the use of next-generation whole-genome identification methods, have succeeded in identifying the origin and expansion path of the current cholera pandemic. This research was conduct...

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Heavy Eaters - Newfound Evidence of Massive Black Holes

The sight of a star being absorbed by a million-solar-mass black hole was observed by a group of scientists for the first time in history. The Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology announced on August 24 that 5 researchers from the Center for Exploration of the Origin of the Universe of SNU's Department of Phy...

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Professor Kim Dae-Hyung Selected as One of the ‘TR35’ by Technology Review

On September 22, Professor Kim Dae-Hyung (Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering) was selected as one of the so-called ‘TR35’ by the world renowned academic journal Technology Review, which produces an annual list of 35 scientists under the age of 35 who have opened up new possibilities in technology. Techno...

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A Better Way to Deal with Rotator Cuff Ruptures

A SNU professor has revealed that the regeneration remedy Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) makes rotator cuff replacement surgery more effective. A team of researchers led by JO Chris Hyunchul of SNU’s College of Medicine and Boramae Hospital have shown that replacement surgeries using PRP are more successful compared with o...

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Mechanism Behind Nitrogen Assimilation Using Arabidopsis

Professor SEO Hak Soo of SNU’s Department of Plant Science has announced that he has discovered the mechanism behind the transformation of NO3 absorbed from roots into ammonium, which can be used for compounding substances. Nitrogen is one of three prime nutrients that are important in germination, growth and developme...