News

July 2024: JinA's abstract was selected as an oral presentation for the young scientist session at the 2024 KSMCB RNA Summer Symposium.

June 2024:  Yong-ki defended his Ph.D. thesis. Congratulations to Dr. Lee.

June 2024:  Sujin and Stephanie's paper on mitochondrial RNA modification is accepted for publication in Molecular Cell. 

April 2024:  Keonyong is selected as a recipient of the Presidential Graduate Student Fellowship (대학원 대통령과학장학금)

April 2024:  Yewon's proposal is selected for the 2024 VRPGP Research Program (공과대학 석박사 모험연구).

April 2024: Yewon is selected as a recipient of 2024 Research Subsidies for MS Students by National Research Foundation (석사과정생연구장려금).

March 2024: Jayoung and Keonyong are featured in Molecular Cell  for their work on inverted Alu repeats. https://www.cell.com/molecular-cell/fulltext/S1097-2765(24)00141-2

February 2024: Yewon (양예원) and Jiyoon (정지윤) joined the lab as M.S. students.

February 2024: Professor received Prize for excellence in teaching in commemoration of the 53rd founding anniversary.

January 2024: Jimin is featured in the RNA Society as a student member of the month. https://www.rnasociety.org/jimin-yoon

January 2024: Jayoung and Keonyong's work on inverted Alu repeats is accepted for publication in Molecular Cell. 

January 2024: Homepage renewal


December 2023: Keonyong and Jayoung's review on inverted Alu repeats is accepted for publication in Experimental & Molecular Medicine.

November 2023: Our lab's name is changed to "RNA Engineering & Application Lab".

November 2023: Keonyong received an excellent research award at KAIST Q-day. Congratulations!

September 2023: Tria and Subin (문수빈) joined the lab as M.S. students.

September 2023: Stephanie is selected as a recipient of the Hyundai Motor Chung Mong-Koo Global Scholarship (현대차 정몽구 재단).

August 2023: Sujin and Jimin's review on mitochondrial RNA is accepted for publication in Experimental & Molecular Medicine.

August 2023: Jimin is selected as a recipient of Research Subsidies for Ph.D. Candidates (박사과정생연구장려금) by National Research Foundation of Korea.

July 2023: Doyeong won the best poster award at the 2023 KSMCB RNA Summer Symposium.

July 2023: Keonyong's abstract was selected as an oral presentation for the young scientist session at the 2023 KSMCB RNA Summer Symposium.

June 2023: Jimin served as a member of RNA Junior Scientists at the 28th Annual Meeting of the RNA Society (https://www.rnasociety.org/junior-scientist)

May 2023: Sujin, Jayoung, and Yongsuk successfully defended their Ph.D. theses. Congratulations to the three fresh doctors.

March 2023: Borris' paper on fucosylation of secretome in drug-resistant cancer is accepted for publication in eLife.

March 2023: Jimin and Doyeong's paper on resveratrol is accepted for publication in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 

March 2023: Hyukjun (정혁준), Yerim (이예림), and Soohwan (김수환) joined the lab as M.S. students

January 2023: Jimin is selected as a recipient for graduate student fellowship in biomedical research by the ASAN foundation (아산사회복지재단 의생명과학 대학원 장학생). Congratulations!

 

December 2022: Sujin and Jimin's protocol paper on the analysis of mitochondrial double-stranded RNAs is accepted for publication at STAR Protocols.

November 2022: Jimin is selected as a recipient for the 2023 Korea-US exchange program for women scientists by the National Research Foundation of Korea (한국연구재단 한국 이공계 대학원생 미국 연수 프로그램).

September 2022: Jimin's paper on studying the role of mitochondrial dsRNAs in the pathogenesis of autoimmune sjogren's syndrome is accepted for publication in Molecular Therapy - Nucleic Acids.

September 2022: Keonyong's paper on analyzing gene regulatory networks is accepted for publication in the Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering.

July 2022: Sujin and Keonyong's paper on studying the role of mitochondrial dsRNAs in the development of osteoarthritis is accepted for publication in Cell Reports.

July 2022: Keonyong is selected as a recipient for the Ph.D. Student Fellowship by SBS Foundation (SBS 문화재단 국가미래인재 육성을 위한 대학원 장학생)

July 2022: Minjeong, Raisa, and Jaemin's paper on developing RNA-based dynamic biomarker for chemotherapy is accepted for publication in Molecular Therapy - Nucleic Acids

June 2022: Jimin's abstract was selected as an oral presentation for young scientist session at the 2022 KSMCB RNA Summer Symposium

June 2022: Doyeong won the best poster award at the 2022 KSMCB RNA Summer Symposium.

June 2022: Sujin won the best poster award at The 27th Annual Meeting of the RNA Society, USA.

May 2022: Yongsuk is selected as a recipient of Research Subsidies for Ph.D. Candidates (박사과정생연구장려금) by National Research Foundation of Korea.

May 2022: Doyeong won the best poster award and Jina won the best oral presentation award at the 2022 KAIST CBE Graduate Student Symposium.

February 2022: Namwook Kim (김남욱) joined the lab as a new MS student. Welcome

February 2022: Jayoung and Namseok's paper on toxicity of particulate matter is accepted for publication in Science of the Total Environment.

 

November 2021: Doyeong won the Excellent Poster Award at the 2021 Korean Society for Molecular and Cellular Biology (KSMCB) International Conference. Congratulations

September 2021: Stephanie Tan and Moonhyun Jeon (전문현) joined the lab as new MS students. Welcome.

June 2021: Minjeong successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis and became the first Ph.D. graduate of the lab. Congratulations

April 2021: Borris' paper on AXL is accepted for publication in Scientific Reports

April 2021: Professor Kim became a guest editor for Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences

March 2021: Yongsuk and Ryeong-eun's paper on Staufen1 is accepted for publication in PNAS

March 2021: Stephanie Tan won the 2nd prize (우수상) at the URP workshop. Congratulations

March 2021: Professor Kim is promoted to associate professor

February 2021: Minji Kim (김민지), Seung Hwan Son (손승환), Jaemin Jeon (전재민) joined the lab as new MS students.

January 2021: Professor Kim became an editorial board member for Molecules and Cells.

January 2021: Professor Kim became an editorial board member for the Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering.

 

December 2020: Jayoung won a fellowship given to graduate students in biomedical research by the ASAN Foundation (아산사회복지재단 의생명과학 대학원 장학생). Congratulations!

October 2020: Sujin is selected as a recipient of the KSMCB Young Investigator Research Award and Jimin won the Excellent Poster Award at the 2020 Korean Society for Molecular and Cellular Biology (KSMCB) International Conference.

October 2020: Professor Kim received the Young Scientist Research Award (신인학술상) by the Korean Society for Biotechnology and Bioengineering.

September 2020: Jayoung's paper on the detection of cancer-specific alternative splicing variant AIMP2-DX2 is accepted for publication in Communications Biology!

September 2020: Doyeong won the POSCO Science Fellowship (포스코사이언스 팰로십) by POSCO Chung-Am Foundation (포스코 청암재단). Congratulations!!

August 2020: Keonyong won the 2nd prize (우수상) at the URP workshop. Congratulations

August 2020: Keonyong received the valedictorian award in 2020 KAIST graduation (과학기술정보통신부 장관상).

July 2020: Jimin won the best poster award at the 2020 KAIST CBE Graduate Student Symposium. Congratulations.

July 2020: Keonyong is selected as a fellow for the Kwanjeong Educational Foundation (관정 대학원 장학생). Congratulations

June 2020: Sujin is selected as a recipient of Research Subsidies for Ph.D. Candidates (박사과정생연구장려금) by National Research Foundation of Korea. Congratulations

June 2020: Jayoung's paper on dsRNA detection is highlighted by several domestic and international media including YTN (바이러스 감염병 쉽게 찾는 만능 진단기술 개발) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyYlfOOabDo&t=9s

May 2020: Ahsan and Raisa's review paper on the application of spiropyran is selected as a cover article in Analytica Chimica Acta.

April 2020: Jayoung's paper on dsRNA detection for diagnosis of infectious disease is accepted in Biomacromolecules

March 2020: Our lab's first patent on dsRNA detection is registered.

February 2020: Sujin won a fellowship given to graduate students in biomedical research by the ASAN Foundation (아산사회복지재단 의생명과학 대학원 장학생). Congratulations!

February 2020: Keonyong Lee (이건용) and Doyeong Ku (구도영) joined our lab as new Master's students. Welcome.

January 2020: Ahsan and Raisa's review on spiropyran is accepted in Analytica Chimica Acta.

 

November 2019: Borris, Jayoung, Monica, and Stephanie's paper on drug cross-resistance is now accepted in Science Advances.

August 2019: Our URP student Doyeong Ku won the grand prize at the URP workshop for her research on investigating the mechanism of cancer drug. Congratulations

August 2019: Jimin won the best poster award at the 2019 US-Korea Conference on Science, Technology, and Entrepreneurship. Congratulations

May 2019: Our lab's research is highlighted in the May issue of Newsmaker (뉴스메이커) http://www.newsmaker.or.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=75400

May 2019: Jayoung won the best poster award at 2019 KAIST CBE Graduate Student Symposium. Congratulations.

April 2019: Sujin, Yongsuk, and Jayoung's review paper on cellular dsRNA is accepted for publication in BioEssays.

April 2019: Ryeongeun and Yongsuk's proposal on high-throughput analysis of dsRNA induction by anti-cancer drug is selected for the 2019 VRPGP Research Program (공과대학 석박사 모험연구).

April 2019: Our dsRNA detection technology using spiropyran is featured in yakup news (약업신문) as one of the top 10 KAIST pharmaceutical biotechnologies.

February 2019: Our undergraduate researcher Mark Borris Aldonza won the grand prize at the URP workshop for his research on investigating collateral drug resistance. Congratulations

February 2019: Namseok Lee (이남석) and Jimin Yoon (윤지민) joined our lab as new Master's students. Welcome

January 2019: Ahsan, Minjeong, and Raisa's paper on detection of dsRNA is accepted for publication in BMC Biomedical Engineering.

January 2019: Jina Lim (임진아) joined our lab as a new Master's student. Welcome

 

December 2018: A method paper on PKR fCLIP-seq is accepted for publication in The Journal of Visualized Experiments.

October 2018: Our recent paper on PKR and double-stranded RNAs is highlighted in Nature Chemical Biology.https://www.nature.com/articles/s41589-018-0159-4

September 2018: Ryeongeun Cho (조령은) joined our lab as a new Master's student. Welcome!

September 2018: Prof. Kim became an Editorial Board member of the BMC Biomedical Engineering.

June 2018: Our lab is selected as the First Innovation Lab (최초혁신실험실) by NRF.

May 2018: Jayoung Ku is selected as a recipient of the Kim Youngha n Global Leader Fellowship (김영한 글로벌리더 장학생). Congratulations!

May 2018: Our book chapter on Argonaute-microRNA-target interaction is accepted for publication.

April 2018: Prof. Kim gives a lecture on bio-integrative research at the KBS-KAIST 4th industrial science concert (사과콘)

April 2018: Jayoung's proposal on studying signal transduction by mtRNAs is selected for the 2018 VRPGP Research Program (공과대학 석박사 모험연구).

April 2018: Yongsuk's proposal on developing single-molecule imaging of LINE-1 transcript during neuronal differentiation is selected for the 2018 integrative VRPGP Research Program (융합형 모험연구).

April 2018: Ahsan and Sujin won the best poster award at the 2018 KAIST CBE Graduate Student Symposium. Congratulations~

February 2018: Yong-ki Lee (이용기) and Kyunghoon Hur (허경훈) join our lab as new Master's students. Welcome!

January 2018: Our lab is now officially part of KAIST Institute for Health Science and Technology (KIHST)

 

September 2017: Minjeong Kang, Yongsuk Ku, and Ali Ahsan Ausaf joined the lab. Welcome~

August 2017: Our URP students (Seung Hee Yoon and Geonho Park) won the Best Poster Award at the 2017 summer URP workshop. Congratulations!

August 2017: Our first review paper is published in IET Systems Biology.

July 2017: Our lab is selected for a collaboration project with Institut Pasteur Korea on the analysis of signaling crosstalks for enhanced chemotherapy. http://www.medigatenews.com/board/people/view/472

June 2017: Prof. Yoosik Kim is featured in etnews explaining our work on AI & RNA research. http://www.etnews.com/20170611000146?SNS=00002&dable=30.1.6

April 2017: Sujin and Yongjin's proposals are selected for the 2017 VRPGP Research Program (공과대학 석박사 모험연구)

March 2017: Sujin Kim and Jayoung Ku joined the lab as new Master’s students.

January 2017: Dr. Raisa Kharbash joined the lab as a research professor.

 

September 2016: Yongjin Jang and Min A Kim joined the lab. Welcome!

May 2016: Our article is chosen as the featured article of the issue in Molecular Cell and invited for the“Meet the Author”.http://www.cell.com/molecular-cell/meet-the-author/kim-park-yi?src=page

Jan 2016: Yoosik Kim Lab Opened