Kaist Institute For The Biocentury

I want to know about department of Kaist Institute For The Biocentury and research areas that they are working on. Would you please tell me about department of Kaist Institute For The Biocentury and research areas.

[Arun Vats]

The KAIST Institute (KI) was established in August 2006 with the support of Korean-American businessman, Dr. Byiung Jun Park, and his wife, Mrs. Chunghi Hong.

As you want to know about department of KAIST Institute for the BioCentury (KIB), here I am providing you department list of KIT.

Following list are :

Department:
[Director] Prof. Sun Chang Kim Dept. of Biological Sciences
[Co-Director] Prof. Sang Yup Lee Dept. of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Prof. Ji-Joon Song Dept. of Biological Sciences
Prof. Byung-Ha Oh Dept. of Biological Sciences
Prof. Chulhee Choi Dept. of Bio and Brain Engineering
Prof. Jin-Hee Han Dept. of Biological Sciences
Prof. Won Do Heo Dept. of Biological Sciences
Prof. Sang Yong Jon Dept. of Biological Sciences
Prof. Byung-Kwan Cho Dept. of Biological Sciences


Research area, that they offers are :
Following is the research area:

Innovative Drug Screening and Development
Novel protein drug for sepsis and inflammation
Development of decoy receptor for tumor and ocular angiogenesis
Research and development for innovative drug screening
Understanding complicated signaling pathways for neurological diseases
Understanding molecular mechanisms underlying cancer metastasis
Innovative vaccine development

Systems and Synthetic Biotechnology
Design and development of intelligent artificial cells
Multi-scale genome annotation and holistic biological network reconstruction
Development of novel molecular toolbox based on next-generation sequencing
Platform technologies for systems metabolic engineering (Chemicals, materials and energy from renewables)
Platform technologies for cellular network analysis

Bio / Medical Instrument Development
Biophotonic technology for early diagnosis and treatment
Biomedical instrumentation for cardiovascular disease & cancers
Wide-field-of-view endoscope capsule with an artificial compound eye
Research and development for novel bio-imaging techniques for visualizing molecular interactions in living cells
Functional imaging for neuroscience and clinical neurology

Contact Detail:

A401, KI Building (E4)
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
291 Daehak-ro, Yusong-gu
Daejon 305-701, Korea

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