Yonsei Advanced Science Institute

IBS Center for NanoMedicine hosted Global Leader Symposium on May 11th 2018. 5 distinguished global scholars including Nobel Laureate Prof. Randy Schekman (UC-Berkeley), Joan Valentine, Editor of Accounts of Chemical Research, Joachim Spatz, Director of Max Planck Institute, Joanna Aizenberg, Director of Kavli Institute and Prof.Euisik Yoon from University of Michigan were invited to symposium. The symposium was run under the title of 'Nanoscience: Expanding our Understanding of Life, Driving Innovation for the Future.'

Director CHEON Jinwoo of the Center for Nanomedicine was honored with 2017/2018 International Alumni Award for Exceptional Achievement by University of Illinois. The Award is given to the international Illinois alum who made a positive social impact through his/her contributions to government, science, or art. Established on the funds donated by Dr. Jagdish N. Sheth, the award is officially known as the Madhuri and Jagdish N. Sheth International Alumni Award for Exceptional Achievement.

IBS CNM Global Workshop Series on "Big Waves on the Interface of Nano/Life Sciences" was held on March 2, 2018 at Baekyang Nuri, IBK Hall, Yonsei University.

Prof. Randy Schekman, Nobel Laureate in Medicine or Physiology (2013), conducted two-day lecture program on Exploring Careers in Biomedical Science on September 18~29, 2018.

Dr. Byung-Kuk Yoo visited Y-IBS Institute to give us a research seminar on 4D Ultrafast Electron Microscopy.

Prof. Hakho Lee (Harvard Medical School) visited Y-IBS Institute to provide us with a lecture on Exosomes as a Courier of Cancer Information.

Prof. Donghee Son (Texas A&M University) visited Y-IBS Institute to give us a lecture on Energy and Charge Transfer Processes and Energetic Hot Electrons from Low-dimensional Colloidal Semiconductor Nanostructures

Director Steve visited Y-IBS Institute Center for NanoMedicine to provide a lecture under the title of 'Some Suprises and Open Questions in Soft Matter Science.'

Prof. Han Woong Yeom (Department of Physics, Pohang Institute of Science and Technology (POSTECH)) came to visit Y-IBS Institute to give a lecture on Chiral Solitons for Robust Informatics

Prof. Hak Soo Choi had the talk regarding Target-Specific Contrast Agents for Bioimaging and Nanomecidine