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CBNU Prepares for Mextabolic Inflammation Research Center
Metabolic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, and fatty liver have been exploding worldwide, causing high medical expenses, thus driving the need for research on metabolic inflammation and development of new drugs in related fields.Professor Byung-Hyun Park (Dept. of Biochemistry, College of Medicine) and his team were selected as a “Medical Research Center Support Project (MRC Project)” by the Korean Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning, and will conduct research to p..
2017-07-31
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A Quicker Way to Find and Treat Blood Clots
It is no exaggeration to say that a thrombus, the clotted mass of blood in non-interrupted vessels, attached to the vessel wall, is like a “time bomb” as we cannot predict when and where it forms, leading people to die by obstructing the flow of blood. Therefore, it is essential to rapidly diagnose and treat thrombosis, the formation process of blood clots in the non-interrupted cardio-vascular system, to minimize the disorders associated with the disease, and protect life. CBNU professor ..
2017-07-31
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Student Develops Non-toxic Semen Freezing Diluent
Ataur Rhaman (Research student, Veterinary Medicine)'s teamrecently won the "Excellent Poster Award" at the 2017 Spring Conference of the Korean Society of Embryo Transfer. After completing his doctoral coursework at CBNU, Rhaman received the award for "Dog Sperm Cryopreservation in Glucose-fructose or Sucrose Supplemented Glycerol-free Tris: Effect of Post-thaw Incubation Time on Gene Expression Related to Motility and Apoptosis." Through this research, the team developed a non-toxic dil..
2017-07-31
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12 Billion Won of Support Earned for 120 Projects
* A Big Data Analytics Based on Deep Patient Model for Precision Oncology * A Study on Development of Endmill Shape for High Quality Trimming of CFRP* A Study on Statistical Computing Methods in Bayesian Inference* Characterization of Anion Channel Protein and Its Application* Combined Analysis of Association Study and RNA-seq* Controlling P-/N-type of Reduced Graphene Oxide for Applications of Flexible Opto-electronic Devices* Design of Two-Dimensional Organic Molecules for Solar Cells by Quan..
2017-07-31
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CBNU Develops Omega-3 Mass Production Technology
Widely used as a nutritional supplement, omega-3 fatty acid (also known as omega-3) has been extracted mostly from fish oil. However, fish-based omega-3 is subject to oxidation when refined, and a lot of marine life is at high risk of heavy metal contamination due to the water pollution.Krill used to be the only source of omega-3 that contained astaxanthin. Astaxanthin is an antioxidant 300 times more powerful than vitamins A and E, 47 times more powerful than lutein, which is good for eye heal..
2017-06-26
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CBNU Zoonosis Lab Accredited for Large Animal Tests
The Korea Zoonosis Research Institute (KoZRI) of CBNU was accredited as an "ABL-3(Animal Biosafety Level Ш)" facility using large animals by the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC), which allows researchers to investigate high-risk pathogens that occur in and via large animals in a completely blocked environment for the first time in Korea.Previously, the institute received the "BL-3(Biosafety Level Ш)" accreditation in 2015 and the "ABL-3" for small-scale animal use in 20..
2017-05-31
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CBNU Researchers Receive 20 Billion Won
12 Billion Won of Support Earned for 120 ProjectsChonbuk National University has been proving its research competitiveness by continuously winning government and private research support projects.In April and May, CBNU researchers won 120 projects for 12 billion Korean won (approximately 12 million US dollars), in addition to 20 billion won in support for 117 projects in February and March.Following are the projects selected for the recent two months:* A Big Data Analytics Based on Deep Patient..
2017-05-31
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'Top' Cited National University in Korea
Among the Korean national universities, Chonbuk National University (CBNU) ranked first under the indicator of “proportion of top 10% publication” in the CWTS Leiden Ranking 2017.The CWTS Leiden Ranking is an evaluation of the scientific and technological influence of 902 universities in the world by the Center for Science and Technology Studies of Leiden University in the Netherlands.Excluding subjective factors such as questionnaires, the institution evaluates the ratio of the most cited ar..
2017-05-31
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Professor Re-elected for Nature’s Editorial Board
Professor Hoi-Seon Lee (Bioenvironmental Chemistry) has been re-elected as one of the “Editorial Board Members” of the Nature Publishing Group. Lee, elected as a board member in 2015, was invited again after receiving a rigorous evaluation of his accomplishments as an editor in the past two years. Recently, he has published five papers as a correspondent continuously in the sister journals of Nature and published 300 SCI-level articles (60 in the top 1%). Lee will serve for the next ..
2017-05-31
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