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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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Akkermansia muciniphila secretes a glucagon-like peptide-1-inducing protein that improves glucose homeostasis and ameliorates metabolic disease in mice

Akkermansia muciniphila secretes a glucagon-like peptide-1-inducing protein that improves glucose homeostasis and ameliorates metabolic disease in mice

Prof. GwangPyo Ko

The gut microbiota, which includes Akkermansia muciniphila, is known to modulate energy metabolism, glucose tolerance, immune system maturation and function in humans.

Direct radiative forcing of biomass burning aerosols from the extensive Australian wildfires in 2019–2020

Direct radiative forcing of biomass burning aerosols from the extensive Australian wildfires in 2019–2020

Prof. Sujong Jeong

In 2019, an unusually strong positive Indian Ocean Dipole spawned hot and dry weather in southeastern Australia, which promoted devastating wildfires in the period from September 2019 to February 2020.

Three-dimensional nanoprinting via charged aerosol jets

Three-dimensional nanoprinting via charged aerosol jets

Prof. Mansoo Choi

Here we introduce a technique for direct 3D printing of arrays of metal nanostructures with flexible geometry and feature sizes down to hundreds of nanometres, using various materials.

Overlimiting Current in Nonuniform Arrays of Microchannels: Recirculating Flow and Anticrystallization

Overlimiting Current in Nonuniform Arrays of Microchannels: Recirculating Flow and Anticrystallization

Prof. Sung Jae Kim

Overlimiting current (OLC) through electrolytes interfaced with perm-selective membranes has been extensively researched for understanding fundamental nano-electrokinetics and developing efficient engineering applications.

Direct 2D-to-3D transformation of pen drawings

Direct 2D-to-3D transformation of pen drawings

Prof. Sunghoon Kwon

Pen drawing is a method that allows simple, inexpensive, and intuitive two-dimensional (2D) fabrication. To integrate such advantages of pen drawing in fabricating 3D objects, we developed a 3D fabrication technology that can directly transform pen-drawn 2D precursors into 3D geometries.

Lenslet VR: Thin, Flat and Wide-FOV Virtual Reality Display Using Fresnel Lens and Lenslet Array

Lenslet VR: Thin, Flat and Wide-FOV Virtual Reality Display Using Fresnel Lens and Lenslet Array

Prof. Byoungho Lee

We propose a new thin and flat virtual reality (VR) display design using a Fresnel lenslet array, a Fresnel lens, and a polarization-based optical folding technique. The proposed optical system has a wide field of view (FOV) of 102˚×102˚, a wide eye-box of 8.8 mm, and an ergonomic eye-relief of 20 mm. Simultaneously, o...

A new ankylosaurid skeleton from the Upper Cretaceous Baruungoyot Formation of Mongolia: its implications for ankylosaurid postcranial evolution

A new ankylosaurid skeleton from the Upper Cretaceous Baruungoyot Formation of Mongolia: its implications for ankylosaurid postcranial evolution

Prof. Yuong-Nam Lee

A new articulated postcranial specimen of an indeterminate ankylosaurid dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous (middle-upper Campanian) Baruungoyot Formation from Hermiin Tsav, southern Gobi Desert, Mongolia includes twelve dorsal vertebrae, ribs, pectoral girdles, forelimbs, pelvic girdles, hind limbs, and free osteoderms.

Effects of extreme temperature on China's tea production

Effects of extreme temperature on China's tea production

Prof. Sujong Jeong

The production of tea (Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze), the world's second most consumed beverage, is susceptible to extreme weather events. However, our understanding about the impacts of extreme temperatures and climate change on tea yields remains fairly limited.

Long-read sequencing and de novo genome assemblies reveal complex chromosome end structures caused by telomere dysfunction at the single nucleotide level

Long-read sequencing and de novo genome assemblies reveal complex chromosome end structures caused by telomere dysfunction at the single nucleotide level

Prof. Junho Lee

Karyotype change and subsequent evolution is triggered by chromosome fusion and rearrangement events, which often occur when telomeres become dysfunctional.

DNMT1 maintains metabolic fitness of adipocytes through acting as an epigenetic safeguard of mitochondrial dynamics

DNMT1 maintains metabolic fitness of adipocytes through acting as an epigenetic safeguard of mitochondrial dynamics

Prof. Jae Bum Kim

White adipose tissue (WAT) is a key regulator of systemic energy metabolism, and impaired WAT plasticity characterized by enlargement of preexisting adipocytes associates with WAT dysfunction, obesity, and metabolic complications.

Maintenance of type 2 glycolytic myofibers with age by Mib1-Actn3 axis

Maintenance of type 2 glycolytic myofibers with age by Mib1-Actn3 axis

Prof. Young-Yun Kong

Age-associated muscle atrophy is a debilitating condition associated with loss of muscle mass and function with age that contributes to limitation of mobility and locomotion.

Realization of superabsorption by time reversal of superradiance

Realization of superabsorption by time reversal of superradiance

Prof. Kyungwon An

Emission and absorption of light lie at the heart of light–matter interaction.