LENS (Lab for Emotion, Neurophysiology & Stress)

Zooming in on emotion, brain, and stress

Shy but Shiny

2025 Year-End Party With Prof. Moon, Dr.Choi

(Nguyen and Linh were absent due to an experiment.)

The days were busy,

And every day was hard.

But looking back, it was fun.

I regret how fast time went by,

...We learned and grew a lot in neuroscience in 2025...

2025 8th Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Symposium

Keywords:

Addiction: negative emotion and CRF neurons in the central amygdala (CeA) *CRF neurons in the PVA
excitation–inhibition (E/I) balance; 4:1 ratio
Micro–meso–macro, Structure–function, Chemistry–electric, Mind(Brain)-Body
Magnetoencephalography (MEG)
Salience network
Brain resilience
Bridging Korean medicine and engineering
“Three unrests” era: anxiety, insomnia, dissatisfaction

Presenter:

Prof. Byung-Wook Lee (KAIST): History(E/I), smart!
Prof. Son: a shining face (Science grows with the size of our questions.), Definition (disease, disorder, and syndrome)
Prof. Yang: honesty (Technique matters, but sincerity and attitude matter more.)

Open Journal Club

We run an Open Journal Club to keep everyone a bit more focused and to help improve presentation skills. It also encourages a culture of continuous learning in our group. Over time, I expect this to grow into something much larger and more valuable for our research team.

2025.11.11

2025.11.18

2025.12.02

2025.12.09

The 77th Annual Meeting of The Korean Physiological Society

KM Physiology 2025 Fall Conference in Gyeongju

ISAMS 2025 in Busan

Prof. Bae’s Seminar – AI & Neuroscience (Dept. of Physiology, New Faculty)

2025.10.21

Habiba’s Graduation Photo with Prof. Moon

2025.10.18

Lab Tour — Prof. Hee-Young Kim

A Joyful and Peaceful Chuseok 2025

2025 Promising Technologies for Commercialization in Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology Seminar 제약·바이오 사업화 유망기술 설명회

Date & Time: Monday, September 8, 2025, 14:30–17:30
Venue: Science and Technology Convention Center (ST Center)
Host: Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI)

KSBNS 2025 Aug 24(Sun) – 27(Wed), 2025. Songdo

The Physiological Society of Korean Medicine Conference

On August 22, 2025, at Dong-Eui University

...We have already harvested the low-hanging fruit...

Na-Ri CHOI (Pusan Univ.)

Chang-Eop KIM (Gachon Univ.) “We have already harvested the low-hanging fruit, and now only the more challenging research questions remain.”

LENS x Insilicox

August 21, 2025. Seoul Station

August 14, 2025 NRF (Daejeon)

August 12, 2025

Ending the day with gratitude, together with the researchers who are working hard through the sweltering summer.

"...In everything give thanks..."

Professor Shin’s Retirement Ceremony (Alumni Gathering)

August 7, 2025 – Daegu

Professor Shin leaves us a legacy of the pioneering spirit and dignity.

Thank you for your dedicated service.

We also warmly welcome our new faculty member, Professor Hyojin Bae.

Technical Seminar

Imaging Mass Spectrometer (TimsTOF flex MALDI-2)

강신권, 이광선 Bruker Korea, 2025.07.24

Overview of ion mobility-based mass spectrometry and Introduction of Bruker's solution of omics studies.
Introduction to 4D metabolomics, lipidomics, and proteomics workflow with imaging analysis: biological application highlights.