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2025.09.02 Congratulations to Korea National University of Transportation for being selected for the 2025 Glocal Lab Project, hosted by the Ministry of Education.

The Glocal Lab Project is a large-scale initiative launched by the Ministry of Education this year to foster university research institutes as regional research hubs, generate excellent fundamental research outcomes, and nurture the next generation of academic talent.

Korea National University of Transportation was the only institution in the Chungcheongbuk-do, Chungcheongnam-do, Daejeon, and Sejong region to be selected for the Glocal Lab hub category (non-metropolitan area). It will now undertake large-scale R&D. The university will receive a maximum of 14.6 billion KRW (13.5 billion KRW from the government and 1.1 billion KRW from local governments) over up to nine years to carry out the project.

The institution leading the research, the Korea National University of Transportation's Institute of Biometric Convergence Technology, has a vision to "develop a self-responsive actuator hydrogel that causes physical and chemical changes from factors expressed in the inflammatory osteoarthritis microenvironment for diagnostic and therapeutic applications, and to grow into a hub research institute for fostering healthcare talent using this technology."

The project is led by Professor Park Sung-young of the Department of Nanomedical Engineering, with participation from Professors Kim Hwan, Lee Seung-jun, Lee Won-seok, Park Kang-moon, and Jeong Jae-hak. Professor Hak-soo Choi of Harvard Medical School is also joining as a co-researcher, leveraging a global R&D network to develop a bio-active actuator hydrogel. www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20250901151000064 

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