On September 22, Professor Kim Dae-Hyung (Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering) was selected as one of the so-called ‘TR35’ by the world renowned academic journal Technology Review, which produces an annual list of 35 scientists under the age of 35 who have opened up new possibilities in technology. Techno...

A SNU professor has revealed that the regeneration remedy Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) makes rotator cuff replacement surgery more effective. A team of researchers led by JO Chris Hyunchul of SNU’s College of Medicine and Boramae Hospital have shown that replacement surgeries using PRP are more successful compared with o...

Professor SEO Hak Soo of SNU’s Department of Plant Science has announced that he has discovered the mechanism behind the transformation of NO3 absorbed from roots into ammonium, which can be used for compounding substances. Nitrogen is one of three prime nutrients that are important in germination, growth and developme...

Professor LEE Byeong Chun of SNU’s Department of Veterinary Medicine and his research team have succeeded in cloning a trangenic dog, “Tegon,” that conditionally expresses green fluorescent protein (GFP) when fed a particular antibiotic called doxycycline. Tegon is a female beagle and her name comes from Tet-on (Tetrac...

Doctor Kim Dae Hyung Develops a Health Surveillance Tattoo We’re living in the era of ‘smart phones’ and thriving in the convenience that the handy gadgets bring us. Now, we receive groundbreaking news that the era of ‘smart skin’ could be just around the corner. When the technology of ‘electronic skin’ reaches its ful...

Professor JANG Jyongsik of SNU's School of Chemical and Biological Engineering and his research team recently invented a transparent and flexible speaker using graphene electrodes and PVDF film. This cutting-edge speaker is expected to have diverse applications, attached to various surfaces such as car windows and comp...

Professor NOH Tae Won of SNU’s Department of Physics and Astronomy was awarded the 2011 Korea Best Scientist Award. The Korea Best Scientist Award is a prestigious award that has recognized Korea’s best scientists and engineers since 1963. The Ministry of Education Science and Technology and the KOFST (The Korean Feder...

Professor PARK Young Jun of SNU’s Department of Electrical Engineering and his research team have developed a high performance biosensor with the world's greatest sensitivity and measuring range. SNU announced that the research team has succeeded in creating a"nano biosensor chip", a combination of nano material and se...

Professor LYOO In Kyoon of the SNU College of Medicine and Professor KIM Ji Eun of Ewha Womans University's Department of Cognitive Science have discovered the relation between the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) and post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). They conducted a 5-year observation of 30 survivors from ...

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...

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...

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 ...