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Structural Basis for Mitoguardin-2 Mediated Lipid Transport at ER-mitochondrial Membrane Contact Sites

Their findings have been published in the June 2022 issue of Nature Communications.

Abstract The endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-mitochondria contact site (ERMCS) is crucial for exchanging biological molecules such as phospholipids and Ca2+ ions between these organelles. Mitoguardin-2 (MIGA2), a mitochondrial outer membrane pro... Read More

UNIST Graduate Accepted into Ph.D. Program at Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology

Sungbin Lim, 2021 MSc graduate from UNIST, has recently been accepted into a Ph.D. program IMPRS of MPI EvolBio.

Sungbin Lim, a former graduate from the Department of Biological Sciences at UNIST, is excited to begin the next chapter in his life. He has recently been accepted into a Ph.D. program at the International Max Planck Institute for Evolution... Read More

May 19, 2022 By JooHyeon Heo People

New Study Unveils Hepatic MIR20B Promotes NAFLD by Suppressing PPARA

The findings of this research have been published in the online version of eLife on December 30, 2021.

A research team, jointly led by Professor Jang Hyun Choi and Professor Dougu Nam in the Department of Biological Sciences at UNIST has discovered that the genetic material in the liver, called MIR20B inhibits the expression of PPARA protein... Read More

Mar 24, 2022 By JooHyeon Heo Research

UNIST Alumni Apprised of His Appointment to Professorship

Hansol Kim has been appointed to a faculty position within the Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering at Inje University.

The Department of Biological Sciences at UNIST has announced the appointment of its graduate as an assistant professor at Inje University. Hansol Kim (Advisor: Professor Sebyung Kang) is an alumnus who has recently been appointed to a facul... Read More

Feb 24, 2022 By JooHyeon Heo People

“A Spinning Toy Meets Hydrodynamics and Sets Point-of-Care Diagnostics in Motion”

[ARN MAGAZINE] Professor Yoon-Kyoung Cho's research team introduced a fast spin test for urinary tract infection.

Professor Yoon-Kyoung Cho (Department of Biological Sciences) and her research team from the Center for Soft and Living Matter (CSLM), within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) at S. Korea’s Ulsan National Institute of Science and Techno... Read More

Jul 19, 2021 By JooHyeon Heo Research

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