○ Area

Yonsei Biomedical Science and Technology Initiative (YBSTI)

● Education of interdisciplinary system and establishment of research foundation as specificity of biomedical science and biotechnology.● Pursuit of the best international competitiveness by development of the cutting edge research program of biomedical science and biotechnology.● Reinforcement of industrial competitiveness.● Establishment of the higher educational institutions.

Training of high quality research human resource

Construction of biomedical science and biotechnology research infrastructure & network

Selection of bioactive drug candidates, proteins and genes

Industrial application

Patent & publication

World-leading research and education initiative in biomedical science & biotechnology

○ Vision And Objectives

1st stage

1st stage 2nd stage Final goal

YBSTI DirectorYBSTI Director

Operating Operating CommitteeCommittee

Advisory Advisory CommitteeCommittee

EducationalEducationalInternational International CommitteeCommittee

ResearchResearchIndustrial Educational Industrial Educational

CommitteeCommittee

EquipmentEquipmentResource Resource CommitteeCommittee

○ Organization and Participants

Function of aging

gene research

Genetic therapy

research

Cancer metastasis research

Proteome research

Protein network research

YBSTIYBSTI

○ Research Fields

Life science and

Biotechnology research

Biotechnology industrialization

Eighty faculty members of Yonsei University with specialties on biomedical science and biotechnology participate the research programs shown above.

○ Activities and Outputs

● Biotechnology Industrialization 1. Collection, preservation and distribution of the resources about microorganisms and their genetic information2. Development of quick diagnostic techniques for microorganisms3. Development of food safety assessment system

● Function of Aging Gene Research 1. Management of aging process2. Fundamental understanding about aging on molecular level with searching of aging gene and finding out its function

● Development of Genetic Therapy Research 1. Development of genetic therapeutics for inveterate diseases which include development of industrialization genetic drug delivery system and guarantee new compounds

● Cancer Metastasis Research 1.Search for genes related on cancer infiltration and metastasis2.Developement of new therapeutic target using proved function of the gene

● Proteome Research 1.The best proteome analysis's development of foundational technique & offer of service for internal and external researchers

● Protein Network Research 1. Investigation of Protein Network of cell growth‘s relation2. Investigation of Protein Network of apoptosis's relation

● Corefacility for Biomedical S&E1. High content screening (HCS) system2. cDNA and small molecules library3. International symposiums and workshops

● Life Science and Biotechnology1. Revitalization of educational system's research of biotechnology field2. The host organization of the introduction of a new technique3. Improvement of research power though revitalization of basic research

○ Contact Point

Prof. Chul Soo Shin

Director, Yonsei Biomedical Science and Technology Initiative

202 Advanced Science & Technology Institute Bldg.,

Yonsei University

134 Shinchon-dong, Seoul, Korea, 120-749

Tel: 82-2-2123-3967, Fax: 82-2-365-3967

Email : csshin@yonsei.ac.kr