Abstract:   기술은 세상을 변화시킨 가장 중요한 요소였고, 과학은 세상을 바라보는 관점을 바꾸는 가장 확실한 방식입니다. 신석기 혁명을 열었던 농업의 발명처럼, 지금 우리가 사는 세상에서도 아이패드와 구글 포토는 생활을 바꾸고 있습니다. 뇌 지도를 그리는 과학자들의 작업이 성공한다면 인류는 전혀 가보지 […]

Abstract:   These days, when the so-called STEM fields attract more of students and resources in higher-education institutions the world over, a number of academicians have explained why courses in literature, history, philosophy and the arts are indispensable to the […]

Abstract:   Since the childhood, the dream as “a scientist” has been an on-going project with many questions. What is a good attitude in life? What are good vision and prospect in life? To be famous or meaningful? To be […]

Biography: KIM Doochul, the president of IBS, is a theoretical physicist. He received his B.S. in electronic engineering from Seoul National University in 1970, and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Johns Hopkins University in 1974 with a focus in statistical […]

Abstract: Recent developments on imaging mass spectrometry such as MALDI (matrix-assisted laser desorption and ionization) and SIMS (Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry) have provided ultrahigh content molecular information on cells and tissues. However, MALDI imaging with ~ 10-micrometer spatial resolution cannot […]

Abstract:   Autophagy is an evolutionarily conserved process which delivers cytoplasmic components to lysosomes for degradation of aggregated proteins and damaged organelles such as mitochondria. To study the role of autophagy in insulin target tissues, we produced mice with deletion […]

Abstract:   More than one third of our genome encodes membrane proteins, which are essential gate keepers of cellular information. In spite of their importance in biological sciences, membrane proteins have largely evaded our efforts to observe their structure and […]

Abstract:   One of the important challenges in cell biology/cell physiology/cell pathology and signal-transduction of today is to translate in vitro findings to the living organism. The insulin-secreting pancreatic β-cell is situated within the endocrine pancreas, the islets of Langerhans, […]

Abstract: Electrochemical methods provide a powerful approach to investigate neurotransmitter release and storage from and in single cells. Additionally, the fly model (Drosophila melanogaster) provides a unique system to examine neurotransmitter release and drug dependence mechanisms in a small, but […]

Abstract: Emotional behaviors are associated with internal states that are perceived in humans as feelings. Aggression and sexual behavior are highly conserved, prototypic emotional behaviors that proceed through a series of appetitive and consummatory phases associated with increasing levels of […]