Our lab primarily focuses on
1. Biomaterials synthesis: Multifunctional and bioactive materials
- Synthesis of stimuli-responsive polymers including hydrogels
- Synthesis of polymer supports for peptide synthesis
- Conjugation of biosensing materials
2. Biosensor platform: Design of detecting biomolecules
- Detecting cell/tissue secreted molecules including proteases and nitrite ions
- Fluorescence-based single cell detection
- Developing hydrogel-based sensing methods
3. Solid phase peptide synthesis: Synthesis of therapeutic and cosmetic agents
- Solid phase synthesis (peptide and polymer precursors)
- Anti-oxidants and surfactants
- Protease and/or tyrosinase inhibitors
4. High Throughput Screening (HTS)
- One-bead-one-compound (OBOC) library synthesis
- Microbead array fabrication
- Finding new bioactive molecules
Funding sources:
Past
- BeadTech ((주) 비드테크)
Current
- Korea Research Fellowship (한국연구재단)
- Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy (산업통상자원부)
- Ministry of SMEs and Startups (중소기업벤처부)