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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 NAM Jwa-Min Develops Bio-Barcode Which Detects Micro RNA

Professor NAM Jaw-Min (Dept. of Chemistry) Professor NAM Jwa-Min (Dept. of Chemistry)’s research team has developed a new type of DNA-modified gold nanoparticle-based bio-barcode assay. Micro RNA (miRNA) is an indicator of cancer, and the research team found a way to detect miRNA using DNA bio-barcodes which combine wi...

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Professor YOON Euijoon Finds Way to Build Graphene on Top of LEDs

Professor YOON Euijoon (Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering) Professor YOON Euijoon (Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering) has co-developed a way to build graphene directly on light emitting diodes (LEDs) with Professor CHUN Seung-Hyun (Sejong University). Previously, graphene could only be built on copper...

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SNU Undergraduate Student’s Article Published by Angewandte Chemie

KIM Kwang Hee (College of Liberal Studies) KIM Kwang Hee, an undergraduate student in the College of Liberal Studies, had his paper published in the January edition of Angewandte Chemie, one of the two most respected chemistry journals in the world. In his article titled ‘Carbon Dioxide Capture and Use: Organic Synthes...

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SNU Doctoral Student Receives EDAA Outstanding Dissertation Award

Dr. KIM Younghyun (Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering) Dr. KIM Younghyun (Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, Advisor: Professor CHANG Naehyuck) was awarded the Outstanding Dissertation Award by the European Design and Automation Association (EDAA). This is the first time a Korean has received this award,...

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SNU and Samsung Co-develop Graphene Smartphone

Professor HONG Byung Hee (Dept. of Chemistry) Professor HONG Byung Hee HONG (Dept. of Chemistry) and Samsung Techwin have developed a way to mass produce graphene and apply it to smartphones. Graphene has high electrical conductivity and so was expected to be used in manufacturing electronic goods. However, there were ...

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Professor KIM Jin-Soo Developed RNA-guided Engineered Nucleases (RGENs)

Professor KIM Jin-Soo (Department of Chemistry) Professor KIM Jin-Soo’s research team (Department of Chemistry) developed RNA-guided engineered nucleases (RGENs) which use enzymes to cut certain parts of DNA in order to create DNA with certain wanted characteristics. Professor Kim is one of the leading scholars in the ...

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Developing Drugs for the Global Market

A good doctor can save thousands of patients whereas an outstanding drug can save millions of patients. This is the philosophy of Professor KIM Sung Hoon of SNU’s Dept. of Molecular Medicine and Biopharmaceutical Sciences. Professor KIM Sung Hoon Although he was from a family of doctors that goes back generations, as a...

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Genes Responsible for Lung Cancer Investigated

Professor SEO Jeong Sun Korean medical researchers have found genetic mutants which cause lung cancer by analyzing a genome of cancer tissues from patients suffering from lung adenocarcinoma, which is responsible for 40% of the annual worldwide occurance of lung cancer. They also discovered four specimens of fusion gen...

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New Cure for Ischemic Stroke Developed Using Ceria Nanoparticles

The joint research team led by Chair Professor HYEON Taeghwan of SNU’s Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Professor LEE Seung Hoon of the College of Medicine has succeeded in developing a new cure for ischemic stroke.[1] Professor Hyeon, Director of the Institute for Basic Science (IBS)’s Center for Nanop...

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Worming Innovation: The Meshworm

Rarely is a flexible image conjured when thinking of robots. The term ‘robot’ is mostly associated with rigidness, with joints and hinges that squeak on. The new Meshworm, an innovative robotic worm, therefore breaks preconceived notions of robots with fresh force. A team of researchers from MIT, Harvard University and...

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Professor CHOI Bong Kyu Finds a Cause of Periodontitis

A team of researchers led by Professor CHOI Bong Kyu of SNU's School of Dentistry published a paper that showed a cause of periodontitis, a type of gum diseases, in the prestigious immunology journal 'Immunity' on May 25. Periodontitis is an infectious disease arising from germs in gums. As a consequence, one's gums mi...

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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...