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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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Harvest the Waste Energy and Convert it into Electricity

SNU College of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Professor YOON Byung Dong and his research team have developed ‘EH Skin’ to convert waste energy into electricity. "While commuting home, I take out my smart-phone and turn on the air conditioner at home, A few minutes later, there’s a pop-up notice which informs me t...

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Discovery of MicroRNA that Maintains Primordial Germ Cells

SNU Professor HAN Jae Yong of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and his research team have discovered a microRNA (miRNA) (a short RNA molecule which regulates the target messenger RNA transcripts and causes gene repression) that maintains undifferentiated properties of blastoderm and primordial germ cells (P...

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Professor Lee Yin-Won Nomited to Become Fellow of American Phytopathological Society

SNU Professor LEE Yin-Won of the Department of Applied Biology and Chemistry has been nominated to become a fellow of the American Phytopathological Society. Professor Lee, renowned world-wide for his research on filamentous fungi, was recognized for his excellent research achievements on fungus toxin biosynthesis and ...

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First Korean Gutenberg Research College Fellow Appointed from SNU

Professor CHAR Kookheon of the SNU School of Chemical and Biological Engineering was appointed a Gutenberg Research College Fellow by the Gutenberg Research College (GRC, affiliated with the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz). A Gutenberg Research College Fellow holds a special researcher rank of international author...

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King’s Diary Inscribed on UNESCO Memory of the World Register

At the 10th International Advisory Committee (IAC) meeting held in Manchester, England, from May 23-25, 2011, “Ilsungrok” was accepted for inscription on the UNESCO Memory of the World Register. The Kyujanggak Institute for Korean Studies of SNU houses this significant historical record. “Ilsungrok” consists of 2,329 v...

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An Essential Part of Genetic Studies Hereafter -- RNA Mutations

The ‘central dogma’ of biology that genetic information of DNA in cell nuclei decides the vital phenomena of human bodies is to be shaken to its core by Korean researchers. The accepted explanation was that protein is created on the basis of RNA, copied information of DNA. In other words, DNA was thought to be the orig...

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College of Medicine Suggests New Guidelines for Asian Diabetes

People who belong to the category of Obese Class 1 of the body mass index (hereinafter, “BMI”) are more susceptible to diabetes than people within normal weight range by 50 percent. People who belong to the category of Obese Class 2 are twice as likely to develop diabetes. Body mass index is defined as an individual's ...

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SNU Ranked Among Top 10 in Materials Science Research

Thomson Reuters published its Global Research Report: Materials Science and Technology on July 1, which contains a careful review of data collected over a period of ten years -- from early 2001 to the beginning of 2011. This 16-page report provides information on the leading institutions and universities for materials ...

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Proliferating Stem Cells More than Double Using Minute Electric Currents

Korean researchers have succeeded in proliferating stem cells more than double by using minute electric currents instead of expensive culture fluid. Professor SUH Yoo Hun of SNU’s College of Medicine and Professor KIM Sung June of the College of Engineering announced on May 27 that as a result of stimulation of stem ce...

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Unraveling the Secret of Plant Biorhythm

Plants grow day by day during summer, but stop growing in the wintertime. During this time, they can look so dried up that they even seem dead. Also, they grow during the day but do not grow during the night. What controls the bio-rhythm of plants? Recently the answer to this question was discovered by an SNU research ...

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SNU Professor Finds A Way to Observe Nano Particles Using Ordinary Microscopes

A Korean research team has found a way to observe nano particles using normal microscopes. The Ministry of Education and Science has confirmed that Professor Yi Jongheop of the SNU School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Professor Kang Tae Wook of Seogang University and Professor Choi Yeon Ho of Korea University...

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Humans and Swine Have Obesity Genes in Common

Through joint research with the Rural Development Administration (RDA), Professor KIM Heebal (SNU College of Agriculture and Life Sciences) has discovered that particular genes of swine are related to human abdominal obesity. The team compared chromosome 6 of swine with chromosome 1 of humans and found that eight out o...