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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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Tall Women 'Live Longer'

The mortality risk decrease 7 percent for each 5-cm increment in height A study shows that tall women live longer than shorter women, probably because they have gained height in a healthy environment in addition to hereditary factors. Sung Joo-hon, a professor at the Graduate School of Public Health of Seoul National U...

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Professor Jung Discovers Cause for Liver Cancer Spread

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) facilitates the metastasis of liver cancer cells Professor Guhung Jung has discovered why liver cancer cells spread through the body, opening new possibilities for treatment of the deadly disease.Jung said that his research team at Department of Biological Sciences have been able to determ...

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Breast Cancer Expert, Noh Dong-young

Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer diagnosed among Korean women. Roughly one out of 40 women are diagnosed with the disease, which made up 16.8 percent of all female cancer patients in 2002, according to government data. Prof. Noh Dong-young of Seoul National University Hospital said Korean women are exper...

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Professor Lee Successfully Cloned Cancer-Sniffing Dogs

Professor Lee at College of Veterinary Medicine has successfully cloned four canines that can sniff out human cancer cells. It was less than three years after that Lee's team had cloned the world's first dog in 2005The research team, led by professor Byeong-chun Lee, in April implanted into a surrogate mother cloned fe...

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Just Smelling the Coffee Bean Can Wake Up Genes

PhD Student Han-Seok Seo's Research on Effects on Coffee Bean Aroman on the Rat Brain Stressed by Sleep DeprivationThere are people who perks up in the morning at just the smell of fresh-brewed coffee. Han-Seok Seo, a SNU student in doctoral program in Food and Nutrition, proved that just smelling the coffee bean can w...

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Professor Kwon Developed Innovative Fluidic Self Assembly Technology

Professor Kwon Sunghoon and his research team have successfully made a micro-mini computer keyboard with almost 70 100-㎛ components by pouring liquids onto boards. Kwon said that his team made a super-mini Eiffel Tower, Greek shrine, and computer keyboard (picture above) by cutting grooves into boards and pouring ...

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Unlocking the 21st-Century Agricultural Revolution

[Professor Yong-Hwan Lee's Research Team] The College of Agriculture may sound like a less than glamorous academic base for Professor Yong-Hwan Lee, but he shrugs off any jokes about just sitting around watching the grass grow."Half of the world's population relies on rice as their staple food. If we exterminate rice b...

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A Fruitful Combination: Private Funding, Public Know-How

[Professor Jeong-Sun Seo's Research Team] Professor Jeong-Sun Seo and his team have been on the front lines of genomic research with their biotech startup Macrogen, launched out of Seoul National University's laboratories in 1997. This joint private-public venture fuses entrepreneurial ambition to academic know-how: Dr...

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A Treasure Chest on Campus: The Legacy of a Royal Library in a Modern University

A royal library was first established as early as the mid-fifteenth century, but the 25-year-old King Jeongjo would radically transform the quiet archives in 1776 at the start of his reign. What had been just a convenient compendia of Joseon Dynasty monarchs became an powerhouse institution of"cultural governance" to f...

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Large Expectations at the Nano Systems Institute

Starting up in a new field of very small technologies The buildings that house SNU's NANO Systems Institute (NSI) sit high atop the side of Mt. Gwanak, gazing down upon the rest of the campus. With vast steel exoskeletons and gleaming glass panes, the very macro-sized buildings may be monumental but they are home to a ...

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A Scientist, A Scholar, A Mother

"Overwhelmed by the endless stacks of books, I was awed by the sheer amount of knowledge that had preceded me," recollects Professor V. Narry Kim. During her undergraduate years, she would sit in her favorite spot in the main library browsing through books, longing to absorb all the accumulated knowledge.Professor Kim,...

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The Rewards of Compassion

[Professor Young-Joon Surh] Talent is meaningless without virtue. This ancient Asian proverb has found its perfect embodiment in the research team of Professor Young-Joon Surh at SNU's College of Pharmacy. Professor Surh's research team has swept the Scholar in Training Grant from the American Association...