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- MEDICAL HACK 2016 with SKKU and Samsung Medical Center
- Convergence of Medical and IT: doctors, technicians, designer Hackathon, under the joint auspices SKKU and Samsung Medical Center, will be held in need of ‘Digital Health Care’ converging with medical and ICT technology, due to a paradigm shift of medical treatment from remedy to prevention and health care. The event is to actualize services that are necessary to doctors and patients. Participants in the event should select one of the following areas: (1) Big Data, (2) Connected Healthcare, and (3) Smart Hospital, and work on in-depth projects based on actual health data. MEDICAL HACK will be providing various privileges to those people who are about to start, or already started healthcare business, such as networking with medical staff, support for clinical demonstration process, etc. If the project is recognized as excellent, various awards will be given as well as support for expanding studies. The contest will be held for 2 days from Oct 8th (Sat) to Oct 9th (Sun) and applications can be submitted via the homepage of MEDICAL HACK 2016 (www.medicalhack2016.com) until Sep 19th (Mon). Participants will be provided with a Microsoft Azure Pass (about $100), 3 year coupon for Autodest products, meals, and snacks.
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- 작성일 2016-10-14
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- pH-Responsive Biodegradable Polymeric Micelles for MR Imaging in Detection of Cerebral Ischemic Area
- Cerebral Ischemic Stroke mostly occurs in elderly people, and is a condition caused when there isn’t enough blood flow to the brain to meet metabolic demand. Due to high expenses and the sudden decline of people's quality of life after having a stroke, early diagnosis is considered the most important. However, the research on MRI probes and targeted therapy still remains in the early stages. To find possible treatments, several studies and the development of drugs are ongoing, as well as the ways to increase the impact of these drugs. Creating new nanocarrier systems using biodegradable polymeric micelles is one of the possible ways to increase drug effectiveness. This research is about new intelligent nanocarrier systems for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), based on biodegradable polymeric micelles in order to detect cerebral ischemic areas. A novel type of pH-responsive biodegradable copolymer was developed based on methyloxy-poly(ethylene glycol)-block-poly[dopamine-2-(dibutylamino) ethylamine-L-glutamate] (mPEG-b-P(DPA-DE)LG), and applied to act as an intelligent nanocarrier system for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The mPEGb-P(DPA-DE)LG copolymer was synthesized by a typical ring opening polymerization of N-carboxyanhydrides (NCAs-ROP) using mPEG-NH2 as a macroinitiator, and two types of amine-terminated dopamine groups and pH-sensitive ligands were grafted onto a side chain by a sequential aminolysis reaction. This design greatly benefits from the addition of the dopamine groups to facilitate self-assembly, as these groups can act as high-affinity anchors for iron oxide nanoparticles, thereby increasing long-term stability at physiological pH. The mPEG moiety in the copolymers helped the nanoparticles to remain well dispersed in an aqueous solution, and pH-responsive groups could control the release of hydrophobic Fe3O4 nanoparticles in an acidic environment. The particle size of the Fe3O4-loaded mPEG-b-P(DPA-DE) LG micelles was measured by dynamic light scattering (DLS) and cryo-TEM. The superparamagnetic properties of the Fe3O4-loaded mPEG-b-P(DPA-DE)LG micelles were confirmed by a superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID). T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of Fe3O4-loaded mPEG-b-P(DPA-DE)LG phantoms exhibited enhanced negative contrast with an r2 relaxivity of approximately 106.7 mM−1 s−1. To assess the ability of the Fe3O4-loaded mPEG-P(DE-DPA)LG micelles to act as MRI probes, we utilized a cerebral ischemia disease rat model with acidic tissue. We found that a gradual change in contrast in the cerebral ischemic area could be visualized by MRI after 1 hour, and maximal signal loss was detected after 24 h post-injection. These results demonstrated that the Fe3O4-loaded mPEG-b-P(DPA-DE)LG micelles can act as pH-triggered MRI probes for diagnostic imaging of acidic athological tissues. These results suggest that, due to their unique acid-triggered abilities, the pH-responsive mPEG-b-P(DPA-DE)LG copolymers may have more applications in the biomedical field from MR diagnostic imaging, to therapeutics for other acidic pathologic tissues. The result of this research was published in the journal nanoscale of Royal Society of Chemistry, UK.
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- 작성일 2016-10-14
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- Joon Hee HAN, The Youngest Korean Employee at Google
- “Many friends are asking me how to join Google, but there are not many people actually applying to the company. Try first!” said Joon Hee HAN (22) who started working at Google last October. HAN is the youngest Korean to enter Google, a destination many students dream of. He is working with a local advertising team, mainly in charge of exposing related advertisements when users search something online. He never thought about having this kind of job even at the moment of graduating from SKKU last February. After receiving a job offer from Google, he had meetings with various managers to decide what team he should join. Google lets managers pick the employees they want. He was interviewed at least 7 times. HAN has been immersed in computer programming since he was very young, as he was really good at Science and Math at school. He applied to SKKU to study more in depth, and entered the Department of Software. He participated in the International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) two times as a representative of Korean universities, and received special prizes. HAN said, “I thought I didn’t have enough qualifications to apply to Google. I just wrote about my experiences in contests, internships, and other things briefly and got a job offer. Failure once does not mean you cannot join Google forever. Try first!” HAN is the youngest Korean to enter Google, a destination many students dream of. He is working with a local advertising team, mainly in charge of exposing related advertisements when users search something online. He never thought about having this kind of job even at the moment of graduating from SKKU last February. After receiving a job offer from Google, he had meetings with various managers to decide what team he should join. Google lets managers pick the employees they want. He was interviewed at least 7 times. HAN has been immersed in computer programming since he was very young, as he was really good at Science and Math at school. He applied to SKKU to study more in depth, and entered the Department of Software. He participated in the International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) two times as a representative of Korean universities, and received special prizes. HAN said, “I thought I didn’t have enough qualifications to apply to Google. I just wrote about my experiences in contests, internships, and other things briefly and got a job offer. Failure once does not mean you cannot join Google forever. Try first!”
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- 작성일 2016-10-14
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- SKKU Made The Top 7 in Computer/Software Engineering of Korea
- SKKU ranked 7th in Joong Ang Daily’s Computer/Software Engineering rankings (in Korea). Joong Ang Daily evaluated 72 universities based on the performances of 12 indexes including research, number of students per faculty, scholarships per student, job employment rate, etc. Korea University, Seoul National University, SKKU, Ewha Womans University, POSTEC, and Hanyang University placed in the top 7 on the list. Besides the Computer/Software Engineering, the Departments of Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Advanced Materials Sciences and Engineering, and Mathematics were recognized within the top 10% in Korea.
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- 작성일 2016-10-14
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- SKKU ranked 8th in Asia’s Most Innovative Universities by Reuters
- SKKU ranked 8th in Asia’s Most Innovative Universities by Reuters based on the quality and impact of research and patents. 5 universities in Korea: KAIST, Seoul National University, POSTEC, SKKU, and Yonsei University, as well as 5 universities in Japan, made up to top 10. Reuters explained that, “Universities in Korea and Japan overwhelmed in patent applications and it has helped the two countries to became hot spots in innovation.”
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- 작성일 2016-10-14
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- Seoyoung Engineering Made a Donation to The Sungkyun Writing Contest
- □ On Aug 30th (Tues), Seoyong Engineering made a huge donation (₩10 million won) to support the Sungkyun Writing Contest. □ Hak Sik SIM, CEO of Seoyoung Engineering, explained the purpose of the donation as, “I was very impressed that the Sungkyun Writing Contest is not only an event of SKKU, but also an event promoting Korea and Hangul to the world. I hope that this event becomes an international one, with growth in size abroad.” □ Seoyeong Engineering is an excellent engineering company providing consulting services for key infrastructures on urban planning, land development, construction management, and more. Seoyoung Engineering has created an exemplary work environment that promotes technical excellence, while maintaining the highest quality of service.
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- 작성일 2016-10-14
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- Student Body of SKKU held Campus Clean Up Helping Hand Event
- □ S-Wing, the Student Body of SKKU (President: Sung Hae CHO, Vice President: Lucia Lim), held a ‘Campus Clean Up Helping Hand’ event on Aug 31st, a day before the beginning of the semester. □ This event was organized to thank all members of the university and share their hard work. Even though the project was held during the vacation period, about 100 students volunteered and participated in the event. They cleaned up many buildings on the Humanities and Social Sciences Campus, including the 600th Anniversary Hall, Suseon Hall, and International Hall. □ President of the Student Body, Sung Hae CHO mentioned that “I felt rewarded by cleaning up the campus with many students. I hope this event helped members of the university who always work hard for us.”
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- 작성일 2016-10-14
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- 30 Students from Tsinghua University visited SKKU
- □ 30 scholarship students from the student council 思源 in Tsinghua University visited SKKU on Aug 30th (Tue), in order to learn about the differences of Confucianism between Korea and China, and share opinions for the development of Confucianism. Under the program 思源, the university selects 30 out of 300 freshmen students with excellent records each year, to cultivate leaders for the next generation in China. □ The students of Tsinghua University looked around the old Sungkyunkwan, the home of Korean Confucianism, and visited the College of Confucian Studies and Eastern Philosophy. The Dean of the College, Jeong Geun SHIN, welcomed them and said the “Role and duties of leaders of the next generation like you, is very important to inherit and develop traditional Confucianism.” □ Tsinghua University is a prestigious university producing many distinguished people including President Xi Jinping and Hu Jintao.
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- 작성일 2016-10-14
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- Prof. Jun Yeob LEE (School of Chemical Engineering) Nominated at ‘13th Merck Award’
- Merck Korea nominated Prof. Jun Yeob LEE of SKKU and Prof. Yoon Hee KIM from Gyeongsang National University as the ‘13th Merck Award’ winners. The Merck Award is for those who are recognized as outstanding contributors to research in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Prof. LEE had contributed to the research and commercialization of Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diodes (AMOLED) when working for Samsung SDS. Also, he invented several materials such as Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLED), Organic Thin-Film Transistor (OTFT), and more.
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- 작성일 2016-10-14
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- Prof. Chul Kwon gave a Lecture on ‘Korean Law’ at The Law School of Tokyo
- Prof. Chul KWON of the College of Law was appointed as a special professor of The Law School of Tokyo University from Jul. 22nd, and gave lectures on ‘Korean Law’ to Law School students (63) and general undergraduate students (23). The lecture focused on the introduction of Korean Law such as; Korean Law History and the Judicial System, but also delivered various classical and modern issues. Even though the lecture was an intensive course covering materials of one whole semester within a few days, it received a huge interest from the students. During the course, each student had to pick one subject and compare Law systems in Korean and Japan. Most of the students said that learning Korean Law was very interesting compared to the law systems of other countries like France and America, and expressed their will to learn more. Prof. Kwon said, “It was very encouraging that many students participated in the 'Comparative Law', especially during this moment of tension between Korea and Japan.”
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- 작성일 2016-10-14
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