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First to Uncover What Happens to mRNA Vaccines in the Body
Prof. V. Narry Kim
A Korean research team has, for the first time globally, elucidated the intracellular mechanisms by which mRNA vaccines function, marking a significant advancement in RNA-based therapeutics.
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SNU and LG Electronics Develop Fan Imitating Humpback Whale and Clam
Technology Inspired By Nature A research team led by Professor CHOI Hae Chun (Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University) collaborated with LG Electronics to develop an air conditioner fan with low noise and high efficiency by imitating biological characteristics of humpback whales an...

Professor SUL Seung-Ki Wins Three IEEE Awards
Professor SUL Seung-Ki Professor Sul Seung-Ki (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering) won three individual awards from the Industry Applications Society (IAS) and the Industrial Power Converters Committee (IPCC) of the IEEE. Papers that were submitted to the association’s journal Transactions on Industry Ap...

Professor ZHANG Byoung-Tak, a Pioneer Scientist of Artificial Intelligence
Professor ZHANG Byoung-Tak> Professor Zhang Byoung-Tak (Department of Computer Science and Engineering), a pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence, had an interview with Maeil Business Newspaper. “When I returned to Korea in 1995 after receiving my doctorate degree, people asked me why I studied artificial inte...

SNU Demonstrates Korea's First Automated Taxi Service
The SNUber taxi and its mobile app On November 4, 2015, Seoul National University (SNU) Vehicle Intelligence Laboratory demonstrated SNUber, the first automated taxi service in Korea. Led by Professor SEO SeungWoo (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering), the trial performance took place along a 4km route of...

Professor IM Myungshin Discovers 12.8-Billion-Year-Old Quasar
The newly discovered quasar was named after Professor Im Myung Shin A joint research team led by Professor Im Myungshin (Department of Physics and Astronomy) and Minjin KIM (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute) reported having discovered a faint quasar created in the early universe. This is only the third time ...

Side Effects of Targeted Cancer Therapy Explained by SNU Team
Professor LEE Ho Young’s team Professor LEE Ho Young (Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Drug Resistance, College of Pharmacy) and her research team have discovered the mechanism behind the effects of targeted cancer therapy, which may help develop new treatment methods to combat against cancer. One of the most widely us...

SNU Professors’ Groundbreaking Discovery of Olfactory Pathway in Mosquitoes
A novel olfactory organ in the mosquito stylet Seoul National University Professor AHN Young-joon (College of Agriculture and Life Sciences), and Professor KWON Hyung-wook (College of Agriculture and Life Sciences) have made a scientific breakthrough in mosquito research. The news is expected to be vital in the fight a...

Spine Disease Patients Find Relief with New Treatment
Professor LEE Sang Chul is treating a patient suffering from spinal disk herniation Professor LEE Sang Chul and his team (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine of SNU Hospital) has found foraminotomy, a procedure used to relieve pressure on the nerves in the vertebrae, as an effective method of treatment for p...

Robotic Insect Mimics Nature’s Extreme Moves
Professor KIM Ho-Young (left) and CHO Kyu Jin SNU researchers looked to water-strider insects to develop robots that jump off water’s surface The concept of walking on water might sound supernatural, but in fact it is a quite natural phenomenon. Many small living creatures leverage water’s surface tension to maneuver t...

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...

Professor PARK Invents World’s Smallest Graphene Light Bulb
Professor Park Yun Professor PARK Yun (Department of Physics and Astronomy) and Postdoctoral Researcher KIM Young Duck (Department of Physics and Astronomy) have confirmed that only 0.3-nanometer-thick graphene can spontaneously emit diverse colors of light if floated over the air like a filament in a light bulb. It is...

Creating Stem Cells Without Worries of Cancer
Professor KIM Hyo-Soo, Professor KWON Yoo-Wook Professor KIM Hyo-Soo (Department of Molecular Medicine and Biopharmaceutical Sciences, Seoul National University) and KWON Yoo-Wook (National Research Laboratory for Stem Cell Niche, Seoul National University College of Medicine) have developed a new way to make induced p...