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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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College of Medicine Suggests New Guidelines for Asian Diabetes

People who belong to the category of Obese Class 1 of the body mass index (hereinafter, “BMI”) are more susceptible to diabetes than people within normal weight range by 50 percent. People who belong to the category of Obese Class 2 are twice as likely to develop diabetes. Body mass index is defined as an individual's ...

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SNU Ranked Among Top 10 in Materials Science Research

Thomson Reuters published its Global Research Report: Materials Science and Technology on July 1, which contains a careful review of data collected over a period of ten years -- from early 2001 to the beginning of 2011. This 16-page report provides information on the leading institutions and universities for materials ...

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Proliferating Stem Cells More than Double Using Minute Electric Currents

Korean researchers have succeeded in proliferating stem cells more than double by using minute electric currents instead of expensive culture fluid. Professor SUH Yoo Hun of SNU’s College of Medicine and Professor KIM Sung June of the College of Engineering announced on May 27 that as a result of stimulation of stem ce...

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Unraveling the Secret of Plant Biorhythm

Plants grow day by day during summer, but stop growing in the wintertime. During this time, they can look so dried up that they even seem dead. Also, they grow during the day but do not grow during the night. What controls the bio-rhythm of plants? Recently the answer to this question was discovered by an SNU research ...

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SNU Professor Finds A Way to Observe Nano Particles Using Ordinary Microscopes

A Korean research team has found a way to observe nano particles using normal microscopes. The Ministry of Education and Science has confirmed that Professor Yi Jongheop of the SNU School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Professor Kang Tae Wook of Seogang University and Professor Choi Yeon Ho of Korea University...

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Humans and Swine Have Obesity Genes in Common

Through joint research with the Rural Development Administration (RDA), Professor KIM Heebal (SNU College of Agriculture and Life Sciences) has discovered that particular genes of swine are related to human abdominal obesity. The team compared chromosome 6 of swine with chromosome 1 of humans and found that eight out o...

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Cause of Male Infertility Identified

After conducting microsurgical varicocelectomy on patients with clinical varicocele, the Male Infertility Team of the Department of Urology at SNU Hospital (headed by Professors KIM Soo Woong and PAICK Jae-Seung) announced on May 17 that they have discovered such treatment to significantly improve the concentration and...

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Professor SHIN Eun-Hee Discovered a Cancer Cure Parasite

SHIN Eun-Hee, professor of Medicine specializing in Parasitology, and her research team discovered that the injection of Toxoplasma Gondii, a typical parasite found in cells, had a cancer deterrence effect on mice as their immune response strengthened. From this the ‘hygiene hypothesis’ which theorizes a correlation be...

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Professor YI Jongheop Seperates H from H2O by Using Sun's Visible Rays

YI Jongheop, professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering and his research team have succeeded in developing a new technique to separate hydrogen (H) from water (H2O) using the sun’s visible rays and the principle plant photosynthesis. Professor Yi observed that “the application of this technique will make solar en...

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Korean Mothers' Efforts Doesn't Help?

SHIN Hye-jin, a post doctoral researcher at SNU College of Education surveyed 4,400 parents to analyze the relations between children's educational achievements and mothers' ability to get timely information. There have been a common belief that a parent’s access to education-related information will determine the pres...

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SNU Institute for Peace and Unification Studies Held Symposium 'Seeking Unification and Thinking of Peace"

SNU Institute for Peace and Unification Studies held an academic symposium with the subject of “Seeking Unification and Thinking of Peace,” celebrating the fifth anniversary of the institute, on April 29. The Symposium, which was held in the Press Center in Jung-gu Seoul, proceeded in two sessions, in which “Unificatio...

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Professor LEE Sang-Mook Promotes IT Development for Disabled People

LEE Sang-Mook, professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences, established a new joint major, “Computational Science” particularly designed for physically handicapped students. Computational Science is a study in which natural phenomena is computed using simulations. Professor Lee disabled himself a few years ago&n...