Bio-Science & Technology Symposium (BSTS)

For Call for Papers for this symposium, go here.

Symposium Co-Chairs:

Kwang-Soo Kim (김 광수), Harvard Univ., kskim@mclean.harvard.edu

Sangdun Choi (최 상돈), Caltech, schoi@caltech.edu

Hemin Chin  (진 혜민),  Nat'l Inst. of Health,  hemin@nei.nih.gov

Jang-Hyun Youn (윤 장현), USC, youn@usc.edu

Gye-Won Han (한 계원), Scripps Research Inst., gyewon@scripps.edu

Jacqueline E. Lee, Univ. of Colorado, Jackie.Lee@colorado.edu

 Kyungjin Kim (김 경진), Seoul National Univ., kyungjin@snu.ac.kr

 Myeong-Hee Yu (유 명희), KIST, mhyu@kist.re.kr

 ShinYong Moon (문 신용), Seoul National Univ., shmoon@plaza.snu.ac.kr

 Pann-Ghill Suh (서 판길), POSTECH, pgs@postech.ac.kr

 Kuiwon Choi, KIST, choi@kist.re.kr

Symposium Program Committee:

Myung-Hee Park (박 명희), Nat'l Institute of Health, mhpark@nih.gov

 

Symposium Advisory Committee:

Sung Hou Kim (김 성호), UC Berkeley (Co-Chair)

Dewey Doo-Young Ryu (유 두영), UC Davis (Co-Chair)

In Eon Moon, Sitolonic, drmoon@sitolonic.com  

 Sae-Young Ahn (안 세영), SNU & Solco BioMedical Inst. (Co-Chair)

 Zang-Hee Cho (조 장희), Gachon Medical School, Korea and UCI, USA (Co-Chair)


August 11, Thursday AM

BSTS-1: Signal Transduction (Location: MSTB 122)

Chairs:   Dr. Sangdun Choi -  California Institute of Technology
              Prof. Pann-Ghill Suh -  POSTECH

8:00AM a Introduction/ Announcement
8:10AM a Signaling Coupling Between GPCR and RTK (abstract)
a a Prof. Kyong-Tai Kim - POSTECH
8:30AM a Regulation of dendritic spine morphogenesis by PSD-95 (abstract)
a a Prof. Eunjoon Kim - Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
8:50AM a Role of an apCAM-associated Protein in Long-Term Facilitation in Aplysia (abstract)
a a Prof. Bong-Kiun Kaang - Seoul National University
9:10AM a Signal Transduction in Immune Cells (abstract)
a a Dr. Sangdun Choi - California Institute of Technology
9:30AM a The cytoplasmic Purkinje onconeural antigen cdr2 down-regulates c-Myc function: implications for neuronal and tumor cell survival (abstract)
a a Prof. Woong-Yang Park - Rockefeller University/Seoul National University College of Medicine
9:50AM a Improvement of 27mer siRNA by predetermining the polarity of Dicer Processing (abstract)
a a Dr. Dong-Ho Kim - Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope
10:10AM a A Specific Olfactory Circuit Mediates an Avoidance Behavior in Drosophila (abstract)
a a Dr. Greg S.B. Suh - California Institute of Technology

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August 11, Thursday PM

BSTS-2: Women in Bio-science (Location: MSTB 122)

Chairs:   Dr. Gye-Won Han -  The Scripps Research Institute
              Dr. Myeong-Hee Yu -  KIST

2:40PM a Introduction/ Announcement
2:50PM a Proteomics Effort to Discover Biomarkers in Korea (abstract)
a a Dr. Myeong-Hee Yu - KIST
3:20PM a Informatics for Proteomics: Database, Algorithm, and Software Tool (abstract)
a a Prof. Eunok Paek - University of Seoul
3:50PM a The transcriptional regulatory network in the developing spinal cord (abstract)
a a Prof. Soo-Kyung Lee - Baylor College of Medicine
4:20PM a Adult Stem Cells for Tissue Regeneration: Skin and more (abstract)
a a Dr. Youngsook Son - Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences
4:50PM a Peer Review Process of NIH Grants (abstract)
a a Dr. Sooja Kim - NIH

 


August 12, Friday AM

BSTS-3: Neuroscience (Location: RH 306)

Chairs:   Prof. Jacqueline E. Lee -  University of Colorado at Boulder
              Dr. Hemin Chin -  NIH
                 
Prof. Kyungjin Kim - Seoul National University College of Medicine

8:00AM a Introduction/ Announcement
8:10AM a Keeping Tab on NeuroD (abstract)
a a Prof. Jacqueline E. Lee - University of Colorado at Boulder
8:35AM a Specification of Ectoderm: Epidermal versus Neural Fate (abstract)
a a Prof. Ken Cho - University of California at Irvine
9:00AM a Role of K+-dependent Na+/Ca2+ exchangers in Ca2+-homeostasis at axon terminals of mammalian central neurons (abstract)
a a Prof. Suk-Ho Lee - Seoul National University College of Medicine
9:25AM a Role of Complexin in Regulated Exocytosis (abstract)
a a Prof. Robert Chow - Keck School of Medicine, USC
9:50AM a New approaches to study Parkinson's disease (abstract)
a a Prof. Marie-Francoise Chesselet - UCLA
10:15AM a Population-based brain mapping and application (abstract)
a a Prof. Dong Soo Lee - Seoul National University College of Medicine

 


August 12, Friday PM

BSTS-4: Stem Cell (Location: MSTB 118)

Chairs:   Prof. Kwang-Soo Kim -  McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School
              Prof. Shin-Yong Moon - Seoul National University College of Medicine

2:40PM a Introduction/ Announcement
2:50PM a Occurrences of chromosomal abnormalities in prolonged human embryonic stem cell cultures (abstract)
a a Prof. Shin-Yong Moon - Seoul National University College of Medicine
3:10PM a Detection of large-scale copy number variations in the human genome (abstract)
a a Prof. Charles Lee - Harvard Medical School
3:30PM a Granulocytes-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) based stem cell therapy in myocardial infarction (abstract)
a a Prof. Hyun-Jae Kang - Seoul National University College of Medicine
3:50PM a BMP signaling in the establishment of the circulatory system (abstract)
a a Prof. Kyunghee Choi - Washington University Medical School
4:10PM a Efficient Generation of Oligodendrocytes and GABAergic Neurons from Embryonic Stem Cells and Their Application to Spinal Cord Injury Models (abstract)
a a Prof. Dong-Wook Kim - Yonsei University College of Medicine
4:30PM a Embryonic stem cells as a transplantable cell source of Parkinson¡¯s disease: Hope or Hype? (abstract)
a a Prof. Kwang-Soo Kim - McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School
4:50PM a Preantral Follicle Manipulation and Germ Cell Characterization (abstract)
a a Prof. Jeong M. Lim - Seoul National University

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August 13, Saturday AM

BSTS-5: Biomedical Engineering (Location: MSTB 120)

Chairs:   Prof. Jang-Hyun Youn -  USC
              Dr. Kuiwon Choi -  Korea Institute of Science and Technology

8:00AM a Introduction/ Announcement
8:10AM a Non-intrusive Monitoring of Biological Signal for Ubiquitous Healthcare (abstract)
a a Prof. Kwang Suk Park - Seoul National University College of Medicine
8:30AM a Development of Web based Biosignal data management system (abstract)
a a Prof. Nam Hyun Kim - Yonsei University College of Medicine 
8:50AM a Technology and Performance Advances in Cochlea Implants (abstract)
a a Dr. Jae S. Lee - Advanced Bionics Corp.
9:10AM a MEMS MULTIRESONANT BIONIC EAR (abstract)
a a Prof. Mark Bachman - UCI
9:30AM a Microfluidic Neuronal Culture Platform for Neuroscience Research (abstract)
a a Prof. Noo Li Jeon - UCI
9:50AM a The Effects of Cyclic Mechanical Stimuli on the Osteoblast-like Cell Differentiation in a 3-D Scaffold (abstract)
a a Dr. Kuiwon Choi - Korea Institute of Science and Technology
10:10AM a Biomimetic micro devices for the medical and biological applications (abstract)
a a Prof. SangHoon Lee - Dankook University
10:30AM a Kneeling at high knee flexion angles after total knee arthroplasty does not effect patellofemoral joint contact area and pressure (abstract)
a a Prof. Thay Q Lee - VA Healthcare System, Long Beach, California & UCI

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