Bio-Mineralization & Regenerative Medicine
We study how organisms such as diatoms form bio-silica and bio-calcium minerals, and apply these principles to regenerative materials for bone, skin and muscle and to bio-coating design.
Nano & Artificial Biotechnology Laboratory
Designing artificial biomolecular systems, and carrying them into medicine, materials, and the environment.
Korea University, Sejong Campus
About the lab
Read more →NABL designs and assembles artificial biomolecules — aptamers, nanobodies, engineered proteins and DNA nano-frames — and studies the principles behind how they work: molecular affinity, self-organization, aggregation, cohesive variability, phase behavior, and biological timing. We carry those principles into four areas: next-generation biomedicines, aging and chronobiology, bio-mineralized regenerative materials, and climate and environmental biotechnology.
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View all →Aging Tech (Anti/Slow/Reverse) & Chronobiology
We study how the biological clock shapes health and age-related diseases, and develop strategies to prevent, slow and reverse aging through virtual and physical AI screening, functional foods, drug repurposing and digital health.
New Biomedicine & Bio Nano-Cluster Design
We discover and design aptamers, nanobodies, DNA/RNA–protein conjugates and DNA nano-frames, and assemble them into bio-supramolecules and nanoclusters for next-generation biomedicines, biosensors and drug delivery systems.
Liquid Phase Control & Climate/Environmental Biotech
We control liquid-phase behaviors of biomolecules, including biomolecular condensates, phase separation and coacervates, and develop aggregation/flocculation, microalgae and biocatalyst technologies for climate and environmental challenges.
Synthetic Biology
We design biomolecules from small to large scale to create new bio-functions and bio-regulation systems at the nano-scale, extending toward artificial life.
At a glance
- Publications
- 189
- Patents
- 95
- Researchers
- 11
- Awards
- 8
Recent awards
View all →2024
Excellent Paper Award
Hyojik Yoon · The Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry
2022
Outstanding Oral Presentation Award
Hyojik Yoon · Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
2021
Excellent Paper Award
Hyojik Yoon · Korea University
Outstanding Oral Presentation Award
Hyojik Yoon · Korean Society on Water Environment
2020
Selected as an Outstanding R&D Research Project
Hyojik Yoon · Korea Water Resources Corporation (K-water)
2019
Outstanding Award
Hyojik Yoon · International Young Water Professionals
Contact
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Industry–University Cooperation Bldg., Rooms 301, 320, 321
Korea University Sejong Campus, 2511 Sejong-ro, Sejong 30019, Republic of Korea