Nahee Hwang (황라희), Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biomedical Sciences (March 2024~present)

Ph.D., Dept. of Medical Science,  Yonsei University 

Project: Bioinformatics-based biological sciences

Dr. Hwang has been trained to investigate the molecular mechanisms of tumorigenesis and migration in gastric cancer. In addition, Dr. Hwang has been trained to develop her techniques in the field of omics including single cell RNA seq, spatiotranscriptomic analysis, and genomics using human PBMC samples from COVID-19 vaccination with myocarditis and colonic tissues from patients with ulcerative colitis. After graduate program, Dr. Hwang has continued her research career as Research Staff in Fang Lab from March 2024. 

Minki Kim (김민기), Ph.D. student

Dept. of Medical Science (March 2019~August 2024, expected)

B.S., Catholic University

Project: FXR signaling in Cancer metabolism

#1 Mr. Kim has investigated physiological roles of nuclear receptor FXR signaling that controls cellular energetics to regulate cell survival, ER stress, inflammation and tumorigenesis in colorectal cancer. 

#2 Mr. Kim has investigated amino acid metabolic networks that are essential to sustain cancer cell proliferation and survival. 

Jae Woong Jeong (정재웅), Ph.D. student

Dept. of Medicine (March 2020~February 2025, expected), Medical Technologist

B.S., Sangji University

Project: Signal transduction in Cancer metabolism

#1 Mr. Jeong is a licensed medical technologist and has investigated molecular mechanisms of how Glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) secretion is modulated by nutritional status. 

#2 Mr. Jeong has investigated the molecular mechanisms of how epigenetic eraser controls transcriptional networks modulating cellular energetics and tumorigenesis in pancreatic cancer. 

Sugyeong Jo (조수경), Ph.D. student

Dept. of Medical Science (March 2020~present)

B.S., Sejong University

Project: Nuclear receptor signaling in Metabolic syndromes & Cancer metabolism

#1 Ms. Jo has investigated molecular mechansisms of estrogen receptor signaling pathway controls tumorigenesis in gastric cancer.

#2 Ms. Jo has investigated the molecular mechanisms of how epigenetic writer controls transcriptional network modulating cellular energetics in pancreatic cancer. 

Seyeon Joo (주세연), Ph.D. student

Dept. of Medical Science (March 2022~present)

Research Assistant, Severance Biomedical Science Institute (January 2021~February 2022)

B.S., Korea University

Project: Metabolic syndromes & Oncology

#1 Ms. Joo recently joined Fang Lab for the graduate program March 2022. She is currently working on molecular mechanisms to investigate glutaminolysis & energy homeostasis in colorectal cancer.

Hyeonuk Jeon (전현욱), Ph.D. student

Dept. of Medical Science (March 2022~present)

B.S., Korea University

Project: Metabolic syndromes & Oncology

#1 Mr. Jeon has examined the molecular mechanisms of pathogenesis of metabolic syndromes including insulin resistance and MASH using gut-specific FXR agonist.

#2. Mr. Jeon also has investigated novel molecular mechanisms of anticancer drug resistance in colorectal cancer in response to chemotherapy. 

Chae Min Lee (이채민), Ph.D. student 

Dept. of Medical Science (March 2023~present)

R.N., Yonsei University College of Nursing

Project: Cellular metabolism in tumor microenvironment of TNBC

#1 Ms. Lee joined Fang Lab from Jul. 2022 as research assistant. She graduated from Yonsei University College of Nursing and is now Ph.D. student in the department of medical science from March 2023. She is currently working on the molecular mechanisms of how Triple-negative breast  cancer modifies cellular metabolism for chemo-resistance.

Ye-Chan Park (박예찬), Ph.D. student

Dept. of Medical Science (March 2024~present)

B.S., Yonsei University 

Project: Bioinformatics in Lung cancer microenvironment & senescent fibroblast in atopic derma 

Mr. Park joined Fang Lab from Mar. 2023 as a research assistant. He is undergraduate student in College of Life and Biotechnology and currently merging and analyzing human and mouse lung cancer microenvironment tissue single cell RNA seqeuncing to identify novel therapeutic target for cancer therapy.
Also, he is interested in identifying novel senescent fibroblast cluster in atopic derma to find novel therapeutic target for atophy.

Yune Huh (허윤)

 Department of Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine 

Project: Machine learning-based novel therapeutic target identification in breast cancer

Mr. Huh joined Fang Lab from Spring 2021 as an undergraduate research assistant. During research mentoring program, Mr. Huh has been analyzing immune profiles of multiple inflammatory diseases including COVID-19. Currently, Mr. Huh has focused on his research theme on Machine learning-based novel therapeutic target identification in breast cancer using numerous public database.

Dongwoo Kang (강동우)

Department of Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine 

Project: Bioinformatics-based novel therapeutic target identification for inflammatory bowel diseases

Mr. Kang joined Fang Lab from January 2022 as a undergraduate research assistant. During research mentoring program, Mr. Kang has been analyzing immune cells and multiple environmetal cell types of creeping fat from Crohn's disease using single cell RNA sequencing technique. Currently, Mr. Kang has been analyzing spatiotranscriptomic data to identify novel cell-to-cell communications in inflammatory tissues from ulcerative colitis patients to identify early biomarkers to predict pathology of inflammatory bowel disease.

Andrew Kim (김세훈)

Vanderbilt University 

Project: Bioinformatics in COPD tissue & immunometabolism

Mr. Kim joined Fang Lab from summer 2021 as a undergraduate research assistant. Even after military service, he re-joined Fang lab and started his research experience with a project related to bioinformatics. Mr. Kim currently has analyzed human and mouse COPD tissue and lung cancer tissues single cell RNA seqeuncing to identify novel relevant biomarkers.

Apply to: BK21 Project for Medical Science (연세대학교 대학원 의과학과)

Requirement of Dept. of Medical Sciences for full scholarship: Official English score of  IBT (>83) or Yonsei TOEFL (>560)

Feel free to contact PI for internship or applying the Fang Lab.

https://bk21-medsci.yonsei.ac.kr/ko/index.html