Oh Uhtaek

Oh Uhtaek
Born	(1955-06-29) June 29, 1955 (age 71) South Korea
Education	Seoul National University University of Oklahoma
Scientific career
Fields	Department of Physiology
Workplaces	Professor, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University
Doctoral advisor	Robert D. Foreman

Oh Uhtaek or Oh Woo-Taek (Korean: 오우택; born June 29, 1955) is a South Korean physiologist. He is also a professor at College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University. His research is largely known for Cardiac Pain and other Visceral Pain Mechanism and as well as cloning.

Education

1978 Seoul National University, College of Pharmacy, B. S.

1982 Seoul National University, College of Pharmacy, M. S.

1987 University of Oklahoma, School of Medicine, Department of Physiology, Ph.D.

Work

• 1987 - 1988: Postdoctoral Training, Marine Biomedical Institute, University of Texas, Medical Branch at Galveston
• 1988: Assistant, Associate, Professor, College of Pharmacy, SNU
• 1994 - 1995: Visiting professor, Department of Physiology, Rosalind Franklin University HSC/Chicago Medical School
• 1997: Director, Sensory Research Center, Creative Research Initiatives, SNU
• 1998 – 2003: Associate editor, Neuroscience Letters, Elsevier
• 1999 – 2000: Editor-in-chief, Archives of Pharmacal Research
• 2000 – 2000: Secretary general, Korean Society for Brain and Neural Science
• 2004 – 2004: Secretary general, Korean Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• 2004 – 2004: Secretary general, Federation of Asian Pain Societies
• 2004: Member of the Korean Academy of Science and Technology
• 2005 – 2007: Secretary general, Organizing Committee, 19th FAOBMB Seoul Conference
• 2007 - 2013: Treasurer, FAOBMB
• 2008 – 2013: Chairman, WCU Dept of Molecular Medicine & Biopharmaceutical Sciences
• 2011 - 2013: National R&D Review Board of the MEST, Board Member
• 2011 - 2013: Biomedical Technology Development Steering Committee of MEST, Chair
• 2013: Chairman of the board, Institut Pasteur-Korea

Major Research Activities

• 2012: Cho H et al., The Calcium-activated Chloride Channel Anoctamin 1 acts as a Heat Sensor in Nociceptive Neurons. Nature Neuroscience (2012)
• 2008: Yang YD et al., TMEM16A Confers Receptor Activated Calcium-dependent Chloride Conductance. Nature (2008)
• 2002: Shin J et al., Bradykinin-12-lipoxygenase-VR1 signaling pathway for inflammatory hyperalgesia. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA (2002)
• 2002: Cho H et al., Mechano-sensitive Ion Channels in Cultured Sensory Neurons of Neonatal Rats. J Neurosci (2002)
• 2000: Hwang SW et al., Direct activation of capsaicin receptors by products of lipoxygenases: Endogenous capsaicin-like substances. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA
• 1996: Oh U et al., Capsaicin Activates a Non-selective Cation Channel in Cultured Neonatal Rat Dorsal-root Ganglion Neurons. J Neurosci

Awards

• 2006: National Academy of Science Award (Korea)
• 2009: Korea Science Award (Presidential Award)
• 2009: Scientist of the Month, Ministry of Science and ICT and National Research Foundation of Korea
• 2010: Top Scientist and Technologist Award of Korea (Presidential Award, Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies (ko))
• 2019: Ho-Am Prize in Medicine
• 2020: Asian Scientist 100, Asian Scientist

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