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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 CHA Suk-Won Develops Nano-metal Catalyst with High Stability

Professor CHA Suk-Won Professor Cha Suk-Won has developed a few-nanometer-thick oxide coating produced by atomic layer deposition in a low-temperature solid oxide fuel cell with a noble metal-based cathode. The coating is demonstrated to enhance both thermal stability and oxygen reduction activity by a significant marg...

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Professor Jina KANG Points out Negative Effects of Technology Alliances

Professor KANG Jina, Technology Management Economics and Policy Program ”Alliance Addiction: Do Alliances Create Real Benefits?,” an article co-written by Professor Jina KANG (Department of Industrial Engineering) and Doctor Gunno PARK (Samsung SDS) was recognized by THNK, a global think tank. THNK built on Professor K...

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Professor Yongtaek HONG Develops Key Technology for Large Area Formations of Organic Semiconductors

Professor HONG Yongtaek, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering A team led by Professors Yongtaek Hong (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering) and Zhenan BAO (Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University) has developed a novel technique which enables large area formations of organic se...

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Seoul-Type Keratoprostheses Introduced in Keratoprostheses and Artificial Corneas

Keratoprostheses and Artificial Corneas, a famous US textbook on keratoprostheses Seoul-type keratoprostheses (Seoul KPro) developed by SNU Hospital was allotted an entire chapter in Keratoprostheses and Artificial Corneas, a famous US textbook on keratoprostheses. This is the first time a surgical technology developed...

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Professor Chang Hyun KANG Develops New Treatment for Jeune Syndrome

Professor KANG Chang Hyun Professor Chang Hyun Kang (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, SNU Hospital) reported a successful case of treating a Jeune syndrome (asphyxiating thoracic dysplasia) patient using thoracic cage enlargement. Children with Jeune syndrome have rib cages that are significantly smal...

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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...

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Professor SHIN Dong Hoon Excavates Ancient Remains in Rakhigarhi, India

Professor Shin discovered two adult males, one adult female, and one child, next to whom a pot with grain and shell bracelets found. Professor Shin Dong Hoon (College of Medicine) and an excavation team from Deccan College in India excavated the remains of a Bronze Age family in Rakhigarhi. Rakhigarhi, a village in Har...

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Professor KIM Youn Sang Develops Transparent Thin Film Diodes

Professor KIM Youn Sang Professor Kim Youn Sang’s research team (Graduate School of Convergence Science and Technology) has developed a thin film diode which can be used to make transparent displays. Formerly, transparent thin film diodes were made by combining P-type and N-type semiconductors (PN junction diodes). But...

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Professor LEE YeongJu’s Complete Translation of Li Bai

Complete Works of LI Bai translated by Professor LEE Yeong Ju Professor Lee YeongJu (Department of Chinese and Chinese Literature) made a complete translation of mid-Tang dynasty poet Li Bai’s poetry. One thousand seventy-two poems are ascribed to Li Bai and the complete translations had to be published in eight books....

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Professor CHO Kuk Most Frequently Cited Korean Legal Scholar

Professor CHO Kuk Professor Cho Kuk (School of Law), who teaches criminal and criminal procedure law, is the most frequently cited Korean legal scholar. According to the National Research Foundation of Korea, Professor Cho’s work has been cited a total of 280 times from 2004 to February 2015. He published forty papers ...

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New Technology to Manufacture Polymer Composites with Well Dispersed Graphene Particles

Professor YOUN Jae Ryoun Professor YOUN Jae Ryoun (Department of Materials Science) and his research team have developed an innovative method to fabricate polymer composites with well dispersed graphene particles in the matrix resin by using solvent free powder mixing and in-situ polymerization of a low viscosity oligo...

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World’s Smallest Bubbles Observed

Professor HONG Byung Hee Professor CHO Sung-Pyo Bubbles are called bubbles because they vanishes so quickly before our eyes. However, bubbles survive quite a long time in nanoscale and affect our lives. Divers’ disease (decompression sickness), for example, is known to be caused by these nano-size bubbles remaining in ...