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Tumor immunogenicity reprogramming published in Acta Biomaterialia

Our latest research on enhancing immunotherapy efficacy by modulating the tumor immune microenvironment using biodegradable nanoparticles has been published in Acta Biomaterialia. The paper is titled “Degradation-Controlled Synchronization of HIF-2α and MEK Inhibition Using Self-Sealed Porous Silicon Nanoparticles to Reprogram Tumor Immunogenicity.” Juyoung led this study as the first author. This work represents a key […]

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05/29/2026
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Minjong passed his Ph.D. defense

Minjong Kim successfully passed his Ph.D. dissertation defense. Minjong joined our group in 2019 as one of the early members and played a central role in setting up our laboratory. Throughout his time in the lab, he has successfully conducted various research projects on CRISPR delivery systems. Huge congratulations to Dr. Kim on this incredible […]

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05/20/2026
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Juyoung received the Best Poster Award at KBCS

Juyoung Seong received the Best Poster Award at the Spring Meeting of the Korean BioChip Society. Her presentation was titled “Porous silicon nanoparticles enable sustained intracellular co-delivery of belzutifan and trametinib to induce immunogenic cell death in MCC.” Congratulations, Juyoung, on this well-deserved recognition!

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05/15/2026
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Jinhee passed her Ph.D. pre-defense

Jinhee Mun successfully passed her Ph.D. pre-defense. Jinhee is currently conducting her research as a visiting graduate student in Prof. Gabriel Kwong’s laboratory at Georgia Tech. Her research comprehensively spans multi-omics-based cancer diagnosis, drug resistance, and advanced cancer therapies utilizing metastasis inhibition and immune modulation. Congratulations to Jinhee on passing this major milestone in her […]

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03/26/2026
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FAST-CRISPR technology published in Small and featured as the Front Cover

Our research on CRISPR RNP delivery technology using lipid-silica hybrid nanoparticles has been published in the journal Small. The paper is titled “FAST-CRISPR: Fusogenic Association and Secured Transfection of CRISPR/Cas9 Ribonucleoproteins Using Lipid-Silica Hybrid Nanoparticles for Therapeutic Genome Editing”. Minjong led this study as the first author. This work introduces a direct cytosolic delivery system […]

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03/12/2026
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Three new graduate students joined the lab

Three new graduate students have officially joined our laboratory this spring semester. Jiwon Yun has joined our group as an MS/Ph.D. integrated program student after successfully completing an undergraduate internship in our lab since 2025. Yein Seok has enrolled in the Master’s program, following her summer internship through the U-SURF program in 2025. Hyesoo Shim […]

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03/02/2026
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Three undergraduate students joined the lab for Capstone Projects.

Three undergraduate students have joined our laboratory this semester for their Capstone design projects. Hye-Ji An will be working on developing nanorobots for BBB (blood-brain barrier) penetration. Dongho Kim will focus on drug delivery systems for cardiac cell remodeling. Yieun Sim will explore localized delivery of LNPs (lipid nanoparticles) using functional hydrogels. We warmly welcome […]

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Jaehyun received the Best Poster Award at KALAS.

Jaehyun Park received the Best Poster Award at the Korean Association for Laboratory Animal Science (KALAS) conference. His presentation was titled “Clinical transcriptomics uncovers a durable innate immune reprogramming regulator of megakaryocyte-monocyte crosstalk in the immunopathogenesis of sepsis-induced ARDS.” Congratulations, Jaehyun!

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01/30/2026
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New study on precise HCC diagnosis and prognosis published in Biomarker Research.

Our paper on a novel technology for the precise diagnosis and prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) via metabolite profile analysis has been published in Biomarker Research. The study is titled “Liver-specific propanoate metabolism-derived 2-ethylhexanol as a novel biomarker for precise diagnosis and prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma”. Led by Dongyong Lee as the first author, this […]

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10/21/2025
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