Systems and Synthetic Biology Laboratory
Kwang-il Lim's Lab
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Sookmyung Women's University
2026. 07.
. Minju Kim, Eunsol Cho and Ye-rin Jeon have joined the group! Welcome on board!
2026. 06.
. A research article co-authored by Professor Kwang-il Lim, titled “SEM Mapping of Sequence-Specific Protein–DNA Interactions on Long DNA Molecules” has been accepted for publication in Nucleic Acids Research, IF=15.0
The study presents an SEM-based approach for visualizing and mapping sequence-specific protein–DNA interactions on long DNA molecules, offering a valuable tool for gene regulation and genome engineering research.
2026. 02.
. Our paper entitled "Safe and Localized Lentiviral Gene Delivery via Injectable Mesoporous Scaffolds for Potent Antitumor Immunity" has been accepted for publication in Advanced Materials. IF=29.1
2026. 01.
. Minji Kim, Su-vin Yoon, Sieun Yoon and Soyeon Lim have joined the group! Welcome on board!
2025. 07.
. Yeahn Kim and A-bin Kwon have joined the group! Welcome on board!
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2025. 03.
. Our manuscript titled “Rapid and Sensitive Detection of RNA Viruses through Imaging of Marker Molecules Derived from Designed Circular DNA Probes” has been accepted for publication in Small Methods. IF=8.7
2025. 02.
. Professor Lim has been appointed as the president of the Korean Society of Gene and Cell Therapy (KSGCT).
2024. 12.
. The government has granted our research to develop therapies against autoimmune diseases for the next four years.
2024. 12.
. Soyeon Kim has joined the group! Welcome Soyeon!!
2024. 11.
. Yeon-ju Kim has just received an award for the best poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Korean Society of Gene and Cell Therapy (KSGCT).
2024. 10.
. A paper titled as "Artificial Intelligence Enhanced Analysis of Genomic DNA Visualized with Nanoparticle-Tagged Peptides under Electron Microscopy", where our lab was involved in part, has been just accepted for publication in Small. IF=12.1
2024. 07.
. A paper titled as "Scanning Electron Microscopy Imaging of Large DNA Molecules Using a Metal-Free Electro-Stain Composed of DNA-Binding Proteins and Synthetic Polymers", where our lab was involved in part, has been published in Advanced Science. IF=14.1
2024. 08.
. Professor Lim was honored with the Minister of Health and Welfare Award for his significant contributions to gene and cell research in the field of regenerative medicine.
2024. 08.
. Na-yoon Kim has just joined the lab. Welcome!
2024. 07.
. Our new research project to develop next-generation retroviral and lentiviral vectors with greatly enhanced gene delivery efficiencies based on various genome engineering will be supported by the Korean health industry development institute.
2024. 05.
. Our new research project to develop gene therapies against multiple sclerosis will be supported by the Korean government research funding agency.
2024. 05.
. Recent research work, where we were partly involved, has been published in Advanced Science with a title of “SEM Imaging of Large DNA Molecules Using a Metal-Free Electro-Stain Composed of DNA-Binding Proteins and Synthetic Polymers”. IF=14.1
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2024. 04.
. Samsung Science & Technology Foundation decides to support the second round of our collaborative research project to construct the Y chromosome sequence maps using SEM.
2023. 08.
. Jeongmin Kang has just joined the lab. Welcome!
2022. 11.
. The cover image for our manuscript "Probe-free identification of RNA virus variants with point mutations by surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy" has been selected as a supplementary cover for Analytical Chemistry.
2022. 11.
. Our new paper, "Probe-free identification of RNA virus variants with point mutations by surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy" has been accepted in Analytical Chemistry, IF=7.4
2022. 10.
. Dr. Yoon-ha Jang will be awarded the Best Young Female Scientist Award from the Korean BioChip Society (KBCS).
2022. 08.
. Our new paper, "Counting DNA molecules on a microchannel surface for quantitative analysis" has been published in Talanta, IF=6.1
2022. 04.
. Min-jeong Son has just joined a research team of SD Biosensor, a leading molecular diagnostic company.
2022. 01.
. Yeon-ju Kim and Su-jin Hong have published an article on COVID-19 in the chemical world of the Korean Chemical Society (KCS).
2022. 01.
. Da-young Shin has just joined the lab. Welcome!
2021. 09.
. Sunjin Kim, Yujeong Ha, and Jungmi Park have just joined the lab. Welcome on board!
2021. 08.
. Yoon-ha Jang has just received her PhD degree in Chemical and Biological Engineering. She will start to work at KIST as a postdoctoral fellow. Her new research will include high-throughput diagnosis and single cell analysis.
Many congratulations Dr. Jang!
2021. 08.
. Our paper, "Graphene oxide supported microwell grids for preparing cryo-EM samples with controlled ice thickness", has been accepted by Advanced Materials, IF=32.1
Ji-yeon Shim and Prof. Lim have been involved in the relevant collaborations with other research teams.
Congrats Ji-yeon!!
2021. 04.
. We will newly start a project to complete the DNA sequence of human Y chromosome in collaboration with research teams of Sogang Univ, Sungkyunkwan Univ, and Korea Univ.
This new ambitious attempt will be supported by the Samsung Science & Technology Foundation.
2020. 08.
. The new boss has arrived in Yoon-ha's family.
Many congratulations on Yoon-ha Jang :)
2020. 08.
. Professor Lim has joined the reviewer board of Pharmaceutics.
2020. 08.
. Biotechnology and Bioengineering accepted our paper, "Alteration of gammaretroviral vector integration patterns by insertion of histone and leucine zipper into integrase."
IF=4.5
Many congratulations on Yeji Yang, Ji-eun Lee, Hye-young Jeong, Ji-yeon Shim, Min-jeong Son, and Yeon-ju Kim!
2020. 04.
. Professor Lim has joined the reviewer board of International Journal of Molecular Sciences.
2020. 03.
. Hye-young Jeong will join the Cellatoz Therapeutics Incorporation in April, 2020.
2019. 12.
. Ji-eun Lee will join the Health & Environment Research Institute of Gwangju in December, 2019.
2019. 11.
. Yoonha Jang won a prize at Annual meeting of Korean Society of Gene and Cell Therapy.
2019. 09.
. Analytical chemistry selected our paper,
"Identification of newly emerging influenza viruses by detecting the virally infected cells based on surface enhanced raman spectroscopy and principal component analysis.", as a cover of the journal Vol. 91, Issue 9. IF=6.8
Many congratulations on Jung-soo Nam and Hye-in Song!
2019. 05.
. Yeji Yang will join the Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI) in May, 2019.
2019. 04.
. Our project, "Development of synthetic promoters for Mitochondrial gene expression", has been selected by the WISET.
2019. 03.
. Nanoscale accepted our paper,
"Nanotopography-based engineering of retroviral DNA integration patterns."
IF=6.9
Many congratulations on Yoon-ha Jang, Jung-soo Nam, Ye-ji Yang and Ji-eun Lee!
2019. 03.
. Analytical chemistry accepted our paper,
"Identification of newly emerging influenza viruses by detecting the virally infected cells based on surface enhanced raman spectroscopy and principal component analysis"
IF=6.8
Many congratulations on Jung-soo Nam and Hye-in Song!