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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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SNU Professor Finds Higher Risk of Cardiac Arrhythmia with Greater Diurnal Range

Professor KIM Ho (Graduate School of Public Health) Professor KIM Ho (Graduate School of Public Health) found that there is a higher risk of cardiac arrhythmia when there is a greater diurnal range during the change of seasons. Diurnal range is the difference between the daily maximum and daily minimum temperature. Nor...

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SNU Professor Leads Innovative Research on Lung Cancer

Professor LEE Ho Young at the center and her lab members Professor LEE Ho Young (SNU College of Pharmacy) was recently selected to receive funding from the Research Leader Support Program, a project administered by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) and the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning. The...

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Smart Cancer Screening Test: Diagnosing Six Cancers from a Drop of Blood

Professor KIM Chul Woo In vitro diagnostics, a method that detects cancer and other diseases from a small blood sample, has been growing in popularity during the past few years. Led by Professor KIM Chul Woo (SNU College of Medicine), Bioinfra Inc. utilizes in vitro diagnosis to identify certain proteins in order to fi...

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SNU Professor Creates Vaccine Delivery System in Third World Countries

SNU Engineering students in Nepal with the portable vaccine storage In developing countries, electricity is scarce and many people are in need of medical treatment, especially vaccinations. Over the past few years, SNU Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Professor AHN Sung-Hoon and his team, which is comprised of his ...

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SNU Demonstrates Automated Vehicle Technology on Highway

SNU VDCL’s automated vehicle is driving on a highway SNU Vehicle Dynamics & Control Laboratory (VDCL) demonstrated its automated vehicle technology on the Gyeongbu Expressway. VDCL was the first research team in Korea to successfully conduct a test drive of a driverless car on the highway. Although a member of the rese...

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SNU Professor Develops a New Cardiac Stimulator

Professor KIM Dae-Hyeong SNU Professor KIM Dae Hyeong (School of Chemical and Biological Engineering) recently developed a"soft cardiac stimulator" that can treat heart failure. In a series of animal experiments, Professor Kim monitored electrical signals flowing through the heart and sent new signals immediately after...

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Detection of Atomic Scale Structure of Cooper-Pairs in a High-TC Superconductor

Professor LEE Jinho Professor LEE Jinho's research team detected a Cooper-pair density wave at an atomic level, which was a breakthrough considering that the high-TC superconductivity has been ever elusive. The research team observed atomic scale structure of Cooper-pairs in the superconductor Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x, a materi...

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Seoul National University Research Team Discovers Way to Fight Alzheimer’s Disease

Professor MOOK Inhee On March 15, a team of Seoul National University medical professors led by Professor MOOK Inhee announced in the esteemed life sciences journal, Autophagy, that they have discovered a mechanism in the brain that regulates the substance which triggers Alzheimer’s disease. In 2013, scientists at the ...

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Professor Mansoo CHOI Develops Highly Efficient Graphene-Based Solar Cell

(Source: Advanced Energy Materials) Professor Mansoo CHOI’s research team (Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering) has developed a highly efficient transparent conductive oxide (TCO)-free inverted perovskite (CH3NH3PbI3) solar cell by using a graphene transparent electrode. Careful engineering of the interf...

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Professor KANG Kisuk Unravels Mystery of Sodium-Oxygen Batteries

Professor KANG Kisuk Professor KANG Kisuk (Department of Materials Science and Engineering) has discovered the reason behind the low performance of sodium-oxygen batteries. Conflicting observations with different discharge products have inhibited the understanding of precise reactions in sodium-oxygen batteries. Profes...

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Professor SEO Jeongsun Takes Part in Genome Asia 100K Initiative

Professor SEO Jeongsun Professor SEO Jeongsun (College of Medicine) will participate as a co-research representative in the Genome Asia 100K Initiative led by Macrogen, a leading biotech company. The Genome Asia 100K Initiative is a non-profit consortium with participating members from 19 Asian countries with the aim o...

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SNU Lattice Gauge Theory Research Center Finds New Physics Beyond the Standard Model

Professor LEE Wonjong, Leader of SNU Lattice Gauge Theory Research Center The SNU Lattice Gauge Theory Research Center, led by Professor Weonjong LEE (Department of Physics and Astronomy), has discovered a deficiency in the Standard Model. The Center found that regarding εK (epsilon K), a parameter of CP violation, exp...