Medical Students Research Assistants 

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 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. 

1. Kim H, Ahn HS, Hwang N, Huh Y, Bu S, Seo KJ, Kwon SH, Lee HK, Kim JW, Yoon BK*, Fang S* (2023) Epigenomic landscape exhibits interferon signaling suppression in the patient of myocarditis after BNT162b2 vaccination. Scientific Reports 13(1):8926 (link) 

2. Hwang N, Huh Y, Bu S, Seo KJ, Kwon SH, Kim JW, Yoon BK*, Ahn HS*, Fang S* (2022) Single-cell sequencing characterizes the altered transcriptomic landscape of classical monocytes in BNT162b-induced myocarditis. Frontiers in Immunology 13:979188 (1st Author: Nahee Hwang & Yune Huh) (link)   

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 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.

1. Hwang N, Kang D, Shin SJ, Yoon BK, Chun J*, Kim JW*, Fang S* (2023) Creeping fat exhibits distinct inflammation-specific adipogenic preadipocytes in Crohn's disease.  Frontiers in Immunology 14:1198905 (1st Author: Nahee Hwang & Dongwoo Kang) (link) 

Eunsu Lee (이은수)

Department of Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine 

Project: Discovery of novel diagnostic markers and therapeutic targets for autoimmune diseases

Ms. Lee joined Fang Lab from Jan 2024 as a student intern. Ms. Lee has been analyzing numerous public PBMC single cell RNA seq datasets from patients of COVID-19, COPD, and other respiratory autoimmune diseases to identify novel biomarkers for early diagnosis of lung fibrosis.

1. Jeon H, Lee S, Kim Y, Kim Y, Shin S, Lee Y, Kim M, Ko E, Lee E, Song BM, Choi H, Hwang N, Han SE, Hwang B, Kim JW, Oh CM*, Fang S* (2025) Exercise alters transcriptional profiles of senescence and gut barrier  integrity in intestinal crypts of aging mice. npj Aging 11(1):51 (link) 

Minjin Kwon (권민진)

Department of Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine 

Project: Discovery of novel diagnostic markers& therapeutic targets for pancreatic cancer

Ms. Kwon joined Fang Lab from Jan 2025 as a student intern. Ms. Kwon has been analyzing numerous public PBMC single cell RNA seq datasets from Pancreatic cancer patients to identify novel biomarkers for early diagnosis of cancer progession & novel therapeutic targets for Pancreatic cancer.

Junhyup Song (송준협)

Department of Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine 

Project: Machine Learning-based novel biomarker discovery for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) & Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) 

Mr. Song joined Fang Lab from Jan 2025 as undergraduate research assistant. Mr. Song has been analyzing immune cells and multiple environmetal cell types of lung microenvironment from COPD & IPF patients using single cell RNA sequencing technique. Currently, he has been identifying novel biomarkers and therapeutic targets for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) using Machine Learning with UK biobank datasets.