School of Pharmacy - Pharmacy
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- Assistant Professor Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
- LEE, SO AH
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- +82-31-290-7732
- soahlee@skku.edu
- DRC Building 2F 840214
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Research Interest
Tissue engineering In vitro biopharmaceuticals · cosmetics screening platform 3D Bioprinting and bioink development Regenerative medicine iPSC-based personalized medicine
Education
- (2011-2016) MS/PhD in Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
- Thesis: Hydrogel-based artificial cell niche: mimicking biophysical cues of extracellular matrix for tissue regeneration
- Advisor: Dr. Fan Yang, PhD.
- (2007-2011) BS in Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
- Graduated Summa Cum Laude
Experience
- (2022-Current) Assistant Professor, Biopharmaceutical Convergence Program, Department of Pharmacy, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, South Korea
- (2016-2022) Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford, CA, USA
- Advisor: Dr. Sean M. Wu, MD. PhD.
Journal Articles
- (2022) devCellPy is a machine learning-enabled pipeline for automated annotation of complex multilayered single-cell transcriptomic data. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 13, 1
- (2022) In vivo visualization and molecular targeting of the cardiac conduction system. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION. 132, 20
- (2020) Patient-Specific Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Implicate Intrinsic Impaired Contractility in Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. CIRCULATION. 142, 16
- (2020) Wnt Activation and Reduced Cell-Cell Contact Synergistically Induce Massive Expansion of Functional Human iPSC-Derived Cardiomyocytes. CELL STEM CELL. 27, 1
- (2019) Hydrogels with enhanced protein conjugation efficiency reveal stiffness-induced YAP localization in stem cells depends on biochemical cues. BIOMATERIALS. 202,
- (2017) Contractile force generation by 3D hiPSC-derived cardiac tissues is enhanced by rapid establishment of cellular interconnection in matrix with muscle-mimicking stiffness. BIOMATERIALS. 131, x
- (2016) Winner of the Young Investigator Award of the Society for Biomaterials (USA) for 2016, 10th World Biomaterials Congress, May 17-22, 2016, Montreal QC, Canada: Aligned microribbon-like hydrogels for guiding three-dimensional smooth muscle tissue regeneration. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH PART A. 104, 5
- (2016) Effects of the poly(ethylene glycol) hydrogel crosslinking mechanism on protein release. BIOMATERIALS SCIENCE. 4, 3
- (2014) The effects of varying poly(ethylene glycol) hydrogel crosslinking density and the crosslinking mechanism on protein accumulation in three-dimensional hydrogels. ACTA BIOMATERIALIA. 10, 10
Honors / Awards
- (2018-2021) NIH F-32 Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Recipient
- (2017-2018) Stanford Child Health Research Institute Grant & Postdoctoral Award Recipient
- (2016) 2016 Young Investigator Award Manuscript, Society for Biomaterials
- (2015) Stanford Centennial TA Award
- (2012-2015) Stanford Bio-X Interdisciplinary Bowes Fellowship Recipient
- (2011-2012) Stanford Materials Science & Engineering Department Predoctoral Fellowship Recipient
- (2007-2011) National Scholarship for Science and Engineering, Korea Student Aid Foundation