Laboratory of Chemical Biology
at Yonsei University

Welcome to Prof. YoungSoo Kim's Laboratory of Chemical Biology! This website provides information of our research projects, members, publications, lab activities, pictures, and media exposure. 

Laboratory of Chemical Biology focuses on drug discovery, diagnostic technology development, and pathological understanding for Alzheimer's disease based on Chemical Biology. We integrate multidisciplinary approaches such as peptide engineering, molecular and cellular biochemical techniques, animal behavioral tests for learning and memory, brain imaging/tissue analysis, and clinical sample investigation to study Alzheimer's disease. Located at Yonsei University's International Campus in Songdo, Incheon, our laboratory benefits from a collaborative research infrastructure with strong industry-academic partnerships.

News

Hooding Ceremony

We had a hooding ceremony to celebrate Dr. Kyeonghwan Kim's PhD degree and his graduation on August 28, 2024. Dr. Kim is leaving the lab with 16 papers (3 first author) and 3 more first author papers are on the way.

AAIC Conference Fellowship

Soljee Yoon, a PhD student, recieved AAIC 2024 Conference Fellowship from Alzheimer's Association. AAIC is held at Philadelphia, PA, USA from July 18 to August 1, 2024

AAIC Conference Fellowship

Dr. Illhwan Cho recieved AAIC 2024 Conference Fellowship from Alzheimer's Association. AAIC is held at Philadelphia, PA, USA from July 18 to August 1, 2024

ISMND Travel Fellowship

Heewon Shin, a PhD student, recieved BrightFocus Diversity Travel Fellowship at ISMND  on May 27, 2024.

ISMND 2024

The entire lab attended ISMND 2024 (International Society for Molecular Neurodegeneration) at Coex on May 26-29, 2024

New PhD!

Kyeonghwan Kim passed his PhD thesis defense on May 30, 2024. Congratualtions, Dr. Kim! 

Lab BBQ Day

We had a BBQ party at Songdo Sports Park on May 16, 2024. 

#100 Paper

We had our 100th paper published in Nature Communications on February 2, 2024, first authored by Kyeonghwan Kim. Click this link to read the research article.

Hooding Ceremony

We had a hooding ceremony to celebrate Dr. Minhae Cha's PhD degree and her graduation on February 23, 2024.

New PhD!

Minhae Cha passed her PhD thesis defense on December 15, 2023. Congratulations, Dr. Cha!