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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 LEE Byeong Chun Creates a Dog that Glows Green

Professor LEE Byeong Chun of SNU’s Department of Veterinary Medicine and his research team have succeeded in cloning a trangenic dog, “Tegon,” that conditionally expresses green fluorescent protein (GFP) when fed a particular antibiotic called doxycycline. Tegon is a female beagle and her name comes from Tet-on (Tetrac...

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‘Electronic Skin' to Monitor Vital Signs

Doctor Kim Dae Hyung Develops a Health Surveillance Tattoo We’re living in the era of ‘smart phones’ and thriving in the convenience that the handy gadgets bring us. Now, we receive groundbreaking news that the era of ‘smart skin’ could be just around the corner. When the technology of ‘electronic skin’ reaches its ful...

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Barely Visible but Clearly Audible - High-tech Speaker Made of Graphene

Professor JANG Jyongsik of SNU's School of Chemical and Biological Engineering and his research team recently invented a transparent and flexible speaker using graphene electrodes and PVDF film. This cutting-edge speaker is expected to have diverse applications, attached to various surfaces such as car windows and comp...

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Professor Noh Tae Won Receives Korea Best Scientist Award

Professor NOH Tae Won of SNU’s Department of Physics and Astronomy was awarded the 2011 Korea Best Scientist Award. The Korea Best Scientist Award is a prestigious award that has recognized Korea’s best scientists and engineers since 1963. The Ministry of Education Science and Technology and the KOFST (The Korean Feder...

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World’s Most Sensitive Biosensor Developed

Professor PARK Young Jun of SNU’s Department of Electrical Engineering and his research team have developed a high performance biosensor with the world's greatest sensitivity and measuring range. SNU announced that the research team has succeeded in creating a"nano biosensor chip", a combination of nano material and se...

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Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex Found to Correlate with Recovery from Psychological Trauma

Professor LYOO In Kyoon of the SNU College of Medicine and Professor KIM Ji Eun of Ewha Womans University's Department of Cognitive Science have discovered the relation between the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) and post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). They conducted a 5-year observation of 30 survivors from ...

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Harvest the Waste Energy and Convert it into Electricity

SNU College of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Professor YOON Byung Dong and his research team have developed ‘EH Skin’ to convert waste energy into electricity. "While commuting home, I take out my smart-phone and turn on the air conditioner at home, A few minutes later, there’s a pop-up notice which informs me t...

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Discovery of MicroRNA that Maintains Primordial Germ Cells

SNU Professor HAN Jae Yong of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and his research team have discovered a microRNA (miRNA) (a short RNA molecule which regulates the target messenger RNA transcripts and causes gene repression) that maintains undifferentiated properties of blastoderm and primordial germ cells (P...

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Professor Lee Yin-Won Nomited to Become Fellow of American Phytopathological Society

SNU Professor LEE Yin-Won of the Department of Applied Biology and Chemistry has been nominated to become a fellow of the American Phytopathological Society. Professor Lee, renowned world-wide for his research on filamentous fungi, was recognized for his excellent research achievements on fungus toxin biosynthesis and ...

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First Korean Gutenberg Research College Fellow Appointed from SNU

Professor CHAR Kookheon of the SNU School of Chemical and Biological Engineering was appointed a Gutenberg Research College Fellow by the Gutenberg Research College (GRC, affiliated with the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz). A Gutenberg Research College Fellow holds a special researcher rank of international author...

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King’s Diary Inscribed on UNESCO Memory of the World Register

At the 10th International Advisory Committee (IAC) meeting held in Manchester, England, from May 23-25, 2011, “Ilsungrok” was accepted for inscription on the UNESCO Memory of the World Register. The Kyujanggak Institute for Korean Studies of SNU houses this significant historical record. “Ilsungrok” consists of 2,329 v...

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An Essential Part of Genetic Studies Hereafter -- RNA Mutations

The ‘central dogma’ of biology that genetic information of DNA in cell nuclei decides the vital phenomena of human bodies is to be shaken to its core by Korean researchers. The accepted explanation was that protein is created on the basis of RNA, copied information of DNA. In other words, DNA was thought to be the orig...