Yun Chae-ok

Yun Chae-ok
Born (1963-05-09) 9 May 1963 (age 63)[citation needed]
Busan, South Korea
Academic background
EducationIllinois Institute of Technology
ThesisIsolation and characterization of R̲h̲o̲d̲o̲c̲o̲c̲c̲u̲s̲ Sp. strain IGTS8 promoters and functional analysis of 16S rRNA promoters from R̲h̲o̲d̲o̲c̲o̲c̲c̲u̲s̲ and E̲. C̲o̲l̲i̲ in homologous and heterologous systems (1996)

Yun Chae-ok (Korean: 윤채옥; born 9 May 1963) is a South Korean scientist and professor of Bioengineering at Hanyang University.

Biography and education

Yun received her Bachelor of Science in biology in 1986 and in 1988 her Master of Science in biology, both in Sogang University, located in Seoul. She finished her Ph.D. in Cell and Molecular Biology in 1996 at the Illinois Institute of Technology. She continued her postdoctoral education at Harvard Medical School, for 2 years, and moved back to Korea in 2000.

Research

Her research interests approach cancer gene therapy, immunotherapy, angiogenesis, the combination of viral with non-viral vectors, nanomedicine, and tumor biology.

Selected publications

Honors and awards

She was elected to the National Academy of Engineering of Korea.[when?]

References

  1. 1 2 Press, Dove. "Dr Chae-Ok Yun | Dove Press editor profile". www.dovepress.com. Retrieved 2023-12-29.
  2. ↑ Yun, Chae-OK (1996). Isolation and characterization of R̲h̲o̲d̲o̲c̲o̲c̲c̲u̲s̲ Sp. strain IGTS8 promoters and functional analysis of 16S rRNA promoters from R̲h̲o̲d̲o̲c̲o̲c̲c̲u̲s̲ and E̲. C̲o̲l̲i̲ in homologous and heterologous systems. OCLC 45060047.
  3. ↑ "Chae-Ok Yun | For Researchers | Springer Nature". www.springernature.com. Retrieved 2023-05-11.
  4. ↑ Houssein, Alexandros (2019-01-09). "BMC Series blog Succeeding as a woman in biomedical engineering". blogs.biomedcentral.com. Retrieved 2023-05-11.
  5. ↑ "NAEK The National Academy of Engineering of Korea". www.naek.or.kr. Retrieved 2023-05-11.