PROGRAMME

Nanoparticle-based Drug and Gene Delivery for Anti-Cancer Therapy PROF. KIM, Won Jong POSTECH Professor Won Jong Kim received his B.Sc. from Hanyang University and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Biomolecular Engineering from Tokyo Institute of Technology. He completed postdoctoral training at the University of Utah with Professor Sung Wan Kim. He is currently the Mueunjae Chaired Professor in the Department of Chemistry at POSTECH. Professor Kim’s research focuses on polymer chemistry and nanomedicine, particularly polymer-based drug and gene delivery systems. He has published over 210 peer-reviewed papers in leading journals, including Nature Biomedical Engineering, Nature Communications, Advanced Materials, and ACS Nano. In 2025, he was elected a Member of the National Academy of Engineering of Korea. He serves as an Associate Editor of WIRES: Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology and Nanotheranostics.

Micropatterned nanofibrous scaffold for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine PROF. KOH, Won-gun Yonsei University Won-Gun Koh is an Underwood Distinguished Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Yonsei University. Since earning his Ph.D. from Penn State University and completing postdoctoral research at Stanford, he has published over 200 peer-reviewed papers in top-tier journals. His research focuses on functional hydrogels, biosensing platforms, and tissue engineering. He currently serves as an Associate Editor for Biomaterials Science.

Metabolic Fitness and Functional Adaptation of T Cells in Tumor microenvironment PROF. LIM, Seon Ah Ewha Womans University Dr. Seon Ah Lim is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Life Science at Ewha Womans University. She received her Ph.D. from Korea University and completed postdoctoral training at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Her research focuses on cancer immunology and immunometabolism, particularly the regulation of T cells and NK cells in the tumor microenvironment.

Atomic Force Microscopy Based Nanomechanical Characterization of Cancer Cells PROF. KENAR LIM, Necla Kocaeli University,türkiye

Advancements and Applications of Lens-Free Digital Inline Holographic Microscopy for Cell Imaging and Point-of-Care Diagnostics MR. LEE, Jongmuk Sol Inc.