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- University of Edinburgh visited Department of Chemistry, College of Science
- Professor Eleanor Campbell, a chair of School of Chemistry at the University of Edinburgh, UK, visited the Department of Chemistry in College of Science on April 18. Professor Campbell took a tour of the major facilities and laboratories of the Department of Chemistry. She visited the labs of Professor Lee Jinyong, Professor Lee Hyoyoung, Professor Kwon Younguk, Professor Song Chang-sik and Professor Paeng Keewook. Following the lab tours, a faculty meeting was held with Chemistry professor Kwon Younguk, professor Lee Hyoyoung, professor Song Changsik, professor Paeng Keewook, and professor Huh Joonsuk. Meeting was held for about one hour, various exchanges such as academic and student exchanges between the two departments were discussed. After a tour of the facility on the Natural Sciences campus of SKKU, Professor Campbell held a meeting with chemistry undergraduates who applied for the University of Edinburgh Summer Lab Internship program. Students have had the opportunity to freely ask questions about the campus life and residential environment, as well as laboratory internships and future graduate study. Meanwhile, the Department of Chemistry at the College of Science is in the process of signing an exchange agreement with the School of Chemistry at the University of Edinburgh. College of Science dispatched chemistry undergraduate students through our summer internship program in the summer of 2016, and the same program is under way this year. The two universities are planning to explore specific ways to make substantial exchanges.
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- 작성일 2017-04-26
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- Vietnam National University-SungKyunKwan University Science Experience Program
- Office of the College of Science held a short-term program called ‘VNU-SKKU Science Experience Program’ from February 8 to 12. Invited guests are undergraduates from three universities of Vietnam National University (Ho Chi Minh City University of Science, Ho Chi Minh City International University and Hanoi University of Science). This program is aimed at students who are interested in entering the graduate school of College of Science, SKKU. On the first day of the activity, Dr. Yu Intae (Dean of Collge of Science), Dr. Park Seokhee (Department of Biological Sciences), Dr. Kim Changheon (Department of Mathematics) and Dr. Lee Jinyong (Department of Chemistry) attended. The 16 invited students had the chance to take a look at the Natural Sciences Campus, including campus tours and library tours as well as College of Science. They were able to indirectly experience the laboratory through the activity hours of each department, and to have beneficial time through the introduction of the departments and labs with graduate students of each department. In particular, they shared in-depth talks about graduate school advancement through individual interviews with professors. Supporting cultural activities for invited students, Doumso, traditional musical instrument playing club from the College of Science were able to have a good time together. At Sungkyun Language School, they had time to speak Korean by Korean lectures. The College of Natural Sciences strives to enhance internationalization and long-term exchange through attracting outstanding students from overseas universities and overseas dispatch programs for domestic students.
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- 작성일 2017-04-17
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- The 7th Graduate School of College of Science Fair "Science, Even Deeper"
- On April 5, the 7th Graduate School of College of Science Fair "Science, Even Deeper" was held at Seminar Room (31317) of Research Center for Basic Science in the 1st Science Building. The event was attended by about 50 undergraduates and graduate students interested in the Graduate School of College of Science. Beginning with the greetings of Dr. Yu Intae, Dean of College of Science, the event was held with providing information about graduate school entrance and undergraduate studies. Special lectures by Professor Kwon Young-uk of Department of Chemistry were also conducted. After that, Invited graduate students who are studying in each department were had a round-table meeting and a question and answer session. First semester of the 2017 graduate school introduction seminar (graduate school Hanmadang) was also held at the first floor of the Samsung Library on that day. The booths of the departments belonging to the Natural Sciences campus were arranged so that individual consultation was possible.
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- 작성일 2017-04-07
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- [SKKU Webzine] SKKU Students Now
- Won Yubin, who was elected as the president of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences has been introduced in the 'SKKU Students Now' section last edition. Now we meet Oh HoonYoung (Mathematics 12’), who was elected as the president of the 49th Student Council president of Sungkyunkwan University's Natural Science Campus. Mr.Oh was asked about the opportunity to run for the student council president. Oh, Hoon Young, answered this question in response to the experience of the Student Council of College of Science. "In 2016, I was a president of Student Council of College of Science, and I felt a great pleasure. There were also some projects that were not responding well, but there were also projects that showed good responses and those reactions gave me feeling of accomplishment. In particular, the projects and responses that have been conducted for the students of the College of Science remain unforgettable in my memory. In the Natural Science campus, there were a lot of female students at the College of Science relatively, so I planned and conducted many projects related to 'making'. For example, I had events such as 'making a wish bracelet' and events such as cocktail lectures. I remember that I had a much better response than expected. As a student council president, I thought that I would like to expand projects seeing various reactions. So I was running for the president of the University Student Council. The College of Science Student Council was a 'New World' for me. It was a precious opportunity to experience and feel things that one person could not do. In some ways, it was the first time that I had experienced society properly. I remember memories of meeting with the staff members in Office of College of Science and the Administration Office and expressing the positions of the students and delivering the demands of the students. In addition, the experience of trying to accommodate the needs of the students in consideration of the current situation of the school is rewarding and proud. I think that these experiences and one year 's life in the College of Science will help me to build a more professional student society. I think that I can improve the weak points that I felt during the last year through the way of operation and situation that I learned while I was a student council of the College of Science. I would like to make a more comprehensive student society based on the experience of the student society of the College of Science. Getting a good response while conducting various projects became my dream. For fulfilling my dream, I was running for the president of the student council. I was elected as the president of the student council, and now I am working hard with other coworkers in the Students Council. "It's been almost a month since I started my term of tasks, and I still have a hard time to be a president of the student council, especially because I have to keep all the promises I made during the campaign. I think that I can make a difference in my school life, but I think that I am working in a world that I do not know yet. I will be the student president who communicates and act for the pledge I want to achieve. There are geographical limitations, so it is difficult to exchange between Humanities & Social Sciences Campus and Natural Science Campus. However, I think that the Humanities & Social Sciences Campus and Natural Science Campus can communicate smoothly if we strive for exchange. I would like to take the first step to establishing the frequent shuttle bus system. Another promises I want to make to expand is students’ athletic space. Although I have a relatively large exercise space than the Humanities & Social Science Campus, I would like to cooperate with the sports side to create a good environment for exercise. I dream of a Natural Sciences Campus with active exercises. I want to be remembered as 'Sung-Kuem' who become closer to classmates. I want to be evaluated as a president of student council that has good communication with the students. I will be a president of student council listening to the voice of students regardless of any matter. I want to be remembered as a small student society. I hope that the role of the student council becomes smaller in the school operation and the role and influence of the student associations and students of the college become bigger. I would like to be a part of student associations and student clubs, and the total student body will support and combine them. For that reason, we wants to proceed the business of the dualization of student council fee.“ "I will do my best to receive praise for this year 's student council at the end of this year. Finally, ‘Sung Kuem’ will always be with Sungkyunin.
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- 작성일 2017-03-21
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- Chronic myelogenous leukemia, the acute phase of the secret is solved
- Our researchers first found the gene involved in the progression of chronic myelogenous leukemia in acute phase. Professor Kim Hong-tae, a professor at Sungkyunkwan University's Brain Science Imaging Research Center, has succeeded in finding genes involved in the progression of chronic myelogenous leukemia to the acute stage through collaborative research with Professor Kim Dong-wook of Catholic University and Professor Myung Kyung-Jae of UNIST. The researchers looked for the Coble 1 gene through the next generation gene analysis method, a new precise medical technique, and suggested a clue to overcome the tyrosine kinase inhibitor, a target cancer drug for chronic myelogenous leukemia. Chronic myelogenous leukemia is a disease caused by "Philadelphia chromosome abnormality", which is caused by excessive proliferation of abnormal cells in bone marrow. In the early stage of the diagnosis, if the mild condition of the chronic phase lasts for 5 ~ 6 years and the target cancer treatment fails, suddenly the leukemic cancer cells grow infinitely and become acute period that leads to death within one year. In the meantime, researchers around the world have sought to identify the cause of the progression of chronic myelogenous leukemia, but failed to find a definitive gene. In the next generation of gene analysis methods, which are the latest precise medical techniques, the researchers found that when the Coble 1 gene increases, the symptoms suddenly deteriorate due to tolerance to the target anticancer drugs such as Gleevec, Tac Signa and Sprycel. Patients with elevated Coble 1 gene expression after acute phase transplantation have also reported that leukemia cells are more likely to respond to targeted chemotherapy if the mortality rate increases and artificially lowered expression of this gene despite treatment with the latest targeted chemotherapy. Professor Kim Hong-tae, who led the study, said, "Another puzzle about the acute phase progression of chronic myelogenous leukemia resistant to the anticancer drug has been solved by the identification of the Coble 1 gene function." Coble 1 gene is an index that measures progression and prognosis of leukemia. At the same time, it could become a target with the possibility of developing a therapeutic agent that inhibits it. " The results of the study were published on February 24th in the Internet edition of Leukemia (IF 12.104), the world's leading international journal in the field of sisterhood medicine and blood cancer.
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- 작성일 2017-03-15
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- Orientation for 2017 Graduate School Freshmen
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The College of Science held the orientation on February 20th(Mon) which was for 2017 graduate school freshmen. Starting at 2 PM, the event dealt with safety education, introductions on four each department in college and laboratory, special lecture and etc.
Time Room No. Events 14:00~15:00 Engineering building I 23217 Safety Education 15:00~15:30 Science building I 31213 Introduction on Graduate School Academic Affairs/ Survey 15:30~16:00 Introduction on Departments and Laboratories (Q&A) 16:00~17:00 Special Lecture 17:00~17:30 Sexual Harassment Preventative Education Orientation takes place in every February and August for graduate school freshmen of each semester. And, there will be separate program for foreign students. -
- 작성일 2017-02-28
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- Development of a Low Cost, Highly Efficient Catalyst to Convert Exhaust Fumes
- SKKU’s research team led by Prof. Young Dok KIM developed an oxidized steel catalyst using metal particles, sized 1nm. This catalyst can be used to convert carbon monoxide, a toxic substance usually discharged from automobiles, to carbon dioxide which is considered to cause no harm to the human body. Unlike the white gold catalyst which is expensive and can be activated from 150°C, this new catalyst can be activated from room temperature at 30°C. This study was published in the International Research Paper, Scientific Report. http://www.nature.com/articles/srep40497
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- 작성일 2017-02-23
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- Professor SONG, Choongeui Research Team of Sungkyunkwan University has discovered Gamma amino acid synthesis method
- Professor SONG, Choongeui Research Team of Sungkyunkwan University has discovered a groundbreaking synthetic method for synthesizing novel gamma amino acid derivatives with an all-carbon quaternary stereogenic center. Gamma amino acids are widely used in various neurological and psychiatric disorders. One of those is pregabalin having a tertiary carbon chiral center of Pfizer, a global pharmaceutical company for treating epilepsy, peripheral neuropathic pain and anxiety. The synthesis of new gamma amino acid derivatives is an area of continuous research and effort in the pharmaceutical industry to reduce side effects and improve drug efficacy. However, although gamma amino acids with quaternary carbon chiral centers are expected to have better pharmacological effects, they have not been able to overcome the synthetic difficulties. As a result of the study, new gamma amino acid derivatives are expected to be available for the development of new drugs in the therapeutic drug group using gamma amino acid. According to the results of this study, hydrophobic hydration, which occurs when water is used as a reaction medium in the in vivo reaction, is precisely controlled using a hydrophobic organic catalyst. It has become possible to produce gamma amino acid derivatives having quaternary carbon chiral centers which could not be synthesized in existing method. As a result, research on related drugs has become more active and the first steps toward the development of new drugs have been made. Professor Song, who led the research, said, "It will have a tremendous impact on academia by introducing a new biomimetic methodology that will enable not only the synthesis of new gamma amino acids but also reactions that have seemed to be impossible. This research was carried out with the support of the Basic Research Center and the Advanced Research Project of the Korea Research Foundation. The permanent achievement was published in the online edition of Angewandte Chemie International Edition(http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.201611466/full), the world's top scientific journal. In addition, process patents and material patents for related technologies are currently filed. Original article: http://edu.donga.com/?p=article&ps=view&at_no=20170125155206452752
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- 작성일 2017-02-15
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- Physics Festival was held by Department of Physics
- Physics Festival was held by Department of Physics Physics Festival was held for two days from January 13 to 14, 2017 at the Natural Science2 Building and the Samsung Library in Natural Sciences Campus. The program, hosted by the Department of Physics Student Council and sponsored by the Division of HRD for Next Generation Leaders in Physics, was attended by more than 50 students from domestic and foreign universities' Department of Physics and related majors. Beginning with the introduction of Professor Yu Intae's lecture, special lectures by professor HAN Jung Hoon and professor PARK Sung Ha, Lab Tour and group activities were conducted. The special lecture on January 13, the first day of the event, covered the research topic that won the Nobel Prize for Physics, which is now an issue in physics, and the fourth industrial revolution. After that, a tour of the physics laboratory was conducted for exploring research topics and experimental equipment of each laboratory. On the second day of the ceremony, 14th of January, group activities were main. It was a great opportunity for students from different schools to meet and communicate in various ways. During the 'solving problem' in group activities, prize was awarded from the 1st to the 4th according to the score obtained in each group. The Physics Department holds this event every year for the intellectual exchange of students studying physics from all over the country. The Department of Physics of Sungkyunkwan University will continue to develop and provide such a program in order to demonstrate its leadership as a leading Department of Physics in Korea.
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- 작성일 2017-01-28
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- [Book Introduction] "It's easy to learn mathematics" Professor Lee Sang-gu’s 'Pioneers of modern mathematics in Korea'
- "Lee Sang-seol, Choi Kyu-dong, Yu Il-sun, Lee Chun-ho, Choi Yoon-sik, Jang Ki-won, Hong Yim-sik, Lee Yim-hak“ Who are those unfamiliar people? You can quickly find the answer through “The pioneers of modern mathematics in Korea (Man's Pattern, 2013)” written by Lee Sang-gu, professor of Department of Mathematics in Sungkyunkwan University, Professor Lee introduces them as follows: (Like the title of the book, they are pioneers of Korean modern mathematics.) △ Lee Sang-seol: The father of Korean modern mathematics education (1870-1917) △ Yu Il-sun: The first Korean mathematics bachelor (1879 ~ 1937) △ Choi Kyu-dong: Mathematician of street, one of the very first president of Seoul National University (1882 ~ 1951) △ Lee Choon-ho: The first Korean master of mathematics (1983 ~ 1950) △ Choi Yoon-sik Received his first doctoral degree in mathematics in Korea (1899 ~ 1960) △ Jang Ki-won: The very first expert in History of Mathematics in Korea (1903 ~ 1966) △ Hong Yim-sik: The first female doctor of mathematics (1916 ~ 2009?) △ Lee Yim-hak: The first Korean mathematician known to world wide (1922 ~ 2005) If people who have lost interest in mathematics and are afraid of mathematics read this book, they might say, "Ah, that was it!" or "If teachers teach us these things and solve math problems, we might not give up math!“ In this book, we can see that there are many pioneers of modern mathematics in East Asia such as China and Japan including Korea. In China, there was mathematicians such as HuaRuoGeng (1810-1985) and HuMingFu (1891-1927) the first Chinese mathematician doctor. In addition, ChenXingSan was named as the 20th-century representative geometer who served as the first director of the Berkeley Institute for Mathematical Sciences. Kikuchi Dairoku (1855-1917) received his first doctoral degree in mathematics in Japan in 1888 and served as a professor at the University of Tokyo, established in 1877. He served as Deputy Minister and Minister of the Ministry of Education and the President of the University of Tokyo and the President of Kyoto University. Fujiwara Riki Taro established Japanese mathematics education from the Meiji era and introduced Western mathematics. In particular, he made a death survival chart and contributed greatly to the birth of the life insurance industry in Japan. It also contributed to the election law by applying statistical theory to election data. This book explains in detail how Korean traditional mathematics has moved into modern mathematics, and who played a central role in Korean mathematics. There is a lot of suggestion about the interdisciplinary exchanges and developments between North and South Korea. Just by looking at the difference in terms, there are many things to solve between them. Those are just a few of them. △ Subtraction – Reduced △ Polynomial - Multidimensional Expression △ Graph – Diagram △ Venn Diagram - Meeting Diagram Original: http://kor.theasian.asia/archives/169943
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- 작성일 2017-01-23
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