최낙원, Nakwon Choi
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Cornell University (2010)
M.S. Chemical Engineering, Cornell University (2008)
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Seoul National University (2004)
Mar. 2017 – Present
- Principal Researcher, Center for BioMicrosystems, Brain Science Institute, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST)
Jan. 2012 – Feb. 2017
- Senior Researcher, Center for BioMicrosystems, Brain Science Institute, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST)
Jun. 2010 – Dec. 2011
- Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow, Hit Discovery Group, Center for Proteomic Chemistry, Lead Finding Platform, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research (NIBR), Cambridge, MA, USA
- Research Affiliate (Postdoctoral Fellow), Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA
Jan. 2010 – May 2010
- Postdoctoral Associate, School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
Aug. 2004 – Dec. 2009
- Research Assistant/Teaching Assistant, School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
- Brain/neural tissue engineering: development of brain-on-chips (physiologically relevant 3D culture platforms) such as neural circuit-on-a chip, neurovascular unit (NVU)-on-a chip, and blood-brain barrier (BBB)-on-a chip
- Brain neural tissue engineering: development of disease models in vitro based on brain-on- chips such as brain tumor and Alzheimer’s disease
- Hydrogel-based in vitro diagnostics and prognosis: development of hydrogel-based bioassays for multiplex detection of DNAs (qPCR), miRNAs, and proteins associated with various diseases including neurodegenerative diseases
- Choi W†, Yeom SY†, Kim J, Jung S, Jung S, Shim TS, Kim SK, Kang JY, Lee SH, Cho I-J, Choi J*, Choi N*, Hydrogel micropost-based qPCR for multiplex detection of miRNAs associated with Alzheimer’s disease, Biosensors and Bioelectronics 101, 235-244 (2018)
- Kim SH†, Im S-K†, Oh S-J†, Jeong S, Yoon E-S, Lee CJ, Choi N*, Hur E-M*, Anisotropically organized three- dimensional culture platform for reconstruction of a hippocampal neural network, Nature Communications 14346 (2017); highlighted in Nature Reviews Materials
- Kim J, An H, Seo Y, Jung Y, Lee JS, Choi N*, Bong KW*, Flow lithography in ultraviolet- curable polydimethylsiloxane microfluidic chips, Biomicrofluidics 11, 024120 (2017)
- Roh YH, Sim SJ, Cho I-J, Choi N*, Bong KW*, Vertically encoded tetragonal hydrogel microparticles for multiplexed detection of miRNAs associated with Alzheimer’s disease, Analyst 141, 4578-4586 (2016); selected as the journal cover
- Yeom SY, Son CH, Kim BS, Tag SH, Nam E, Shin H, Kim SH, Gang HM, Lee HJ, Choi J*, Im H- I*, Cho I-J*, Choi N*, Multiplexed Detection of Epigenetic Markers Using Quantum Dot (QD)-Encoded Hydrogel Microparticles, Analytical Chemistry 88, 4259-4268 (2016)
- Kim JA, Kim HN, Im S-K, Chung S, Kang JY*, Choi N*, Collagen-based brain microvasculature model in vitro using three-dimensional printed template, Biomicrofluidics 9, 024115 (2015)
- Morgan JP, Delnero PF, Zheng Y, Verbridge SS, Chen J, Craven M, Choi NW, Diaz-Santana A, Kermani P, Hempstead B, Lopez JA, Corso TN, Fischbach-Teschl C, Stroock AD, Formation of microvascular networks in vitro, Nature Protocols 8 (9), 1820-1836 (2013)
- Choi NW, Kim J, Chapin SC, Duong T, Donohue E, Pandey P, Broom W, Hill WA, Doyle PS, Multiplexed detection of mRNA using porosity-tuned hydrogel microparticles, Analytical Chemistry 84, 9370-9378 (2012)
- Zheng Y, Chen J, Craven M, Choi NW, Totorica S, Diaz-Santana A, Kermani P, Hempstead B, Fischbach-Teschl C, López JA, Stroock AD, In vitro microvessels for the study of angiogenesis and thrombosis, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 109 (24), 9342-9347 (2012)
- Choi NW†*, Verbridge SS†, Williams RM, Chen J, Kim JY, Schmehl R, Farnum CE, Zipfel
Songhyun Lee
Education
B.S. Electronics, Radio and Information Communications Engineering, Chungnam National University (2007)
M.S. Information & Communications Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (2011)
Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (2018)
Post-Doc. Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (2018.03~2018.05)
- Organ-on-a-chip, vascularized organoids and neural/muscle circuit
Yousang Yoon
Education
B.S. Electronic Engineering, Hanyang University (2012)
Ph.D. Electronics and Computer Engineering, Hanyang University (2019)
- Hydrogel-based bioassay
Woongsun Choi
Education
B.S. Chemical & Biological Engineering, Korea University (2015)
- Hydrogel-based bioassay
Sohyeon Jeong
Education
B.S. Food Science and Technology, Seoul National University of Science and Technology (2015)
- 3D in vitro culture platform for reconstruction of neural circuit
Junbeom Kim
Education
B.S. Chemical & Biological Engineering, Korea University (2016)
- Hydrogel-based bioassay
Hyunwook Kang
Education
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Korea University (2018)
- 3D in vitro culture platforms
Sviatlana Belaya
Education
B.S. Biological Faculty, Belarusian State University (2017)
- Hydrogel-based bioassay
So Hyun Kim
Education
B.S. Nano Biotechnology, Ewha Womans University (2004)
M.S. Nano Biotechnology, Ewha Womans University (2008)
Ph.D. Nano Biotechnology, Ewha Womans University (2011)
Neurosurgery researcher, Ilsan Paik Hospital (2004 ~ 2006)
Researcher, Center for Intelligent Nano-Bio Materials (2011 ~ 2013)
KIST Star Postdoctoral Fellow (2013 ~ 2016)
Currently @ Research center for Anti-cancer Treatment, SK biopharmaceuticals
- 3D in vitro culture platform for reconstruction of neural circuit
Sangyun Yeom
Education
M.S. Chemical & Biological Engineering, Korea University (2016)
B.S. Chemical & Biological Engineering, Korea University (2014)
Currently @ LG Chem Ltd.
- Hydrogel-based bioassay
Brittany Sincox
Education
Currently @ M.Res./Ph.D., Neuroscience, University College London and National Institutes of Health
B.S. Biochemistry, Grand Valley State University (2019)
- Hydrogel-based bioassay
