Dr. Kim received a new research grant for Basic Research Laboratory Program (한국연구재단 기초연구실 후속연구 지원사업) entitled "Biomaterial-mediated in situ Cell Surface Engineering for NK-Cancer Immune Interaction" as a principle investigator. Our new project will be supported for the next 3 years.

Ms. Jaewon Park was selected a research funding from a Korea Foundation for Women In Science, Engineering and Technology (여대학원생 공학연구팀제 지원사업).

Her team will be working on "Simultaneous Targeting of Pancreatic and Breast Cancer via Biomaterials for NK Cell Surface Engineering."

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Ms. Jaewon Park won a research scholarship for M.S. studies from the National Research Foundation of Korea (석사과정생 연구장려금 지원사업). 

She will investigate "Novel Natural Killer Cell Priming Technology via Cell Clustering by Using Membrane-Anchoring Lipid Biomaterials."

Mr. Sungjun Kim won the Silver Prize in Bio Engineering & Life Science Division at the 30th Samsung Humantech Paper Award (삼성휴먼테크논문대상). 

He received the award in the topic of recognizing his excellent research on "Surface Engineering of Natural Killer Cells with CD44-targeting Ligands for Augmented Cancer Immunotherapy." He is the first recipient from Dongguk University to receive this award for two consecutive years.

Dr. Kim awarded the Special Prize in Bio Engineering & Life Science Division at the 30th Samsung Humantech Paper Award (삼성휴먼테크논문대상). 

This prize was presented to the advisor of Silver Prize winner Sungjun Kim.

Dr. Kim awarded a prize the Damyeon Mid-career Research Award (한국생물공학회 담연학술상) at 2023 Korean Society for Biotechnology and Bioengineering (KSBB).

This prize awards researchers in the biotechnology field under the age of 45. He received this award in recognition of his research achievements, including the publication of approximately 90 international SCI papers to date in the field of biomaterials and cell engineering.

Ms. Chae Eun Lee received the Best Student Poster Presentation Award at 2023 Korean Society for Biotechnology and Bioengineering (KSBB).

Ms. Heewon Park received the Best Oral Presentation Award at the 23rd international meeting of Korean Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Society (KTERMS).

Mr. Sungjun Kim received the Best Poster Presentation Award at the 23rd international meeting of KTERMS.

Ms. Chae Eun Lee received the Oral Presentation Award at the 23rd international meeting of KTERMS.

Mr. Sungjun Kim won the 2023 STAR award at 2023 annual meeting & exposition of the Society For Biomaterials (SFB). His research entitled "Biomaterial-based Ex vivo Natural Killer Cell Surface Engineering for Enhanced Cancer Immunotherapy" was nominated as an outstanding contribution to the SFB 2023 annual meeting.

Dr. Ashok Kumar Jangid's work about "Ex vivo surface engineering of NK cells using pheylbotonic acid-based biomaterial for augmented cancer immunotherapy" received the Best Academic Award at 2023 spring meeting of the Korean Society for Biomaterials (KSBM).

Ms. Heewon Park's work about "Surface engineering of NK cells to increase recognition and boost immunotherapy efficacy agatinst solid tumor" received the Outstanding Paper Presentation Award at 2023 spring meeting of KSBM.

Mr. Sehwan Jeong's work about "Enhanced anticancer efficacy of natural killer cells via surface-decorated quantum dots using PD-1 binding peptides" received the Academic Excellence Award at 2023 spring meeting of KSBM.

Mr. Sungjun Kim won the Bronze Prize in Bio Engineering & Life Science Division at the 29th Samsung Humantech Paper Award (삼성휴먼테크논문대상). 

In recognition of his excellent research about "Biomaterial-based Ex vivo Natural Killer Cell Surface Engineering for Enhanced Cancer Immunotherapy", he became Dongguk University's first recipient of the award in that field.

Our research outcome (Title: Fabrication Parameter-dependent Physico-Chemical Properties of Thiolated Gelatin/PEGDA Interpenetrating Network Hydrogels) was just accepted to Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Special issue: Nano-sized material for tissue regeneration and immune/cancer therapy.

Our collaboratory work with Indian researchers (including a former lab member Dr. Gajendiran) was published in Journal of Molecular Structure (Title: Ferrocenylimine-based homoleptic metal(II) complexes: Theoretical, biocompatibility, in vitro anti-proliferative, and in silico molecular docking and pharmacokinetics studies).

Mr. Sungjun Kim was selected as one of the three awardees for 2021 Hoimyung Grad Student Research Award (회명대학원 연구상) at the Korean Institute of Chemical Engineers (KICHE). His excellent research about ex vivo NK cell surface engineering for the development of next-generation anticancer cell therapy was recongnized in multiple academic conferences.

Ms. Wonjeong Lee also received a Student Outstanding Article Award (Title: Development of Injectable Composite Hydrogels Containing Eutectic Gallium-indium Liquid Metal and Anti-cancer Drug for Photothermal and Photodynamic Treatment) at 2021 Fall meeting of the Korean Society for Biomaterials (KSBM), Jeju, Korea.

Ms. Yerim Jwa received a Best Poster Award (Title: Controllable and Localized TRAIL Delivery System Using Coacervate-Embedded Composite Hydrogels for Improved Long-Term Anticancer Therapy) at 2021 Fall meeting of the Korean Society for Biomaterials (KSBM), Jeju, Korea.

Mr. Sungjun Kim's work about "Biomaterials-mediated NK cell surface engineering" was selected for Best Poster Presentation Award at 22nd Annual Meeting of Korean Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Society (KTERMIS 2021), Seoul, Korea.

Ms. Jihyun Seong was selected as a recipient of Grad School Project Support Program 2021. Her team will investigate exogenous delivery of tumor cell lysates for the activation of immune cellular players in adaptive immune systems.

Dr. Kim awarded a 1,375 million KRW research grant for Basic Research Laboratory entitled "Biomaterial-mediated ex vivo cell surface engineering for enhanced cancer immuno therapy" as a principle investigator. For the next 33 months, our team will investigate surface engineered natural killer cells for allogenic cellular immuno-cancer therapeutic products. Please check this out.

Ms. Yerim Jwa joined C-TEAM Lab as a prospective master grad student and will develop a TRAIL-based immune-cancer cellular interplay for engineering anticancer technologies.

Ms. Wonjeong Lee and Mr. Sehwan Jeong joined C-TEAM Lab through Bachelor-Master integrated cources. Mr. Jeong will investigate exogenous cytokine delivery for natural killer cell activation and Ms. Lee will develop a dual photothermal & photodynamic anticancer therapeutics using composite IPN hydrogels.

Ms. Jihyun Seong was selected as a principle investigator of a research program in the Center for Women in Science, Engineering, and Technology (WISET, 한국여성과학기술인 지원센터). Her team will perform cancer vaccine development using pancreatic cancer cell lysates.

One more 100 citation! One of Dr. Kim's very first publication ("Nanoparticle technology in bone tissue engineering" Journal of Drug Targeting, 2007) exceeded 100 citations in Google Scholar. This review article summarized the particle-based engineering techniqes for develpment of novel bone tissue engineering applications.

Mr. Youngguk Kim started to work in Purgo Biologics R&D center. He will participate in developing biomaterials and biomimetics for dental biologics platforms.

C-TEAM lab's collaboration research (Exosome-mediated diagnosis of pancreatic cancer using lectin-conjugated nanoparticles bound to selective glycans) was featured in BRIC (생물학연구정보센터) "한국을 빛낸 사람들 (한빛사)". Please check this out.

One more exiting news at C-TEAM lab: Mr. Uiseon Park's review paper about exogenous growth factor delivery for skin tissue regeneration was selected for 2020 BBE Best Article Award (High citation record) from Biotechnology & Bioprocess Engineering journal (Title: Multiple Growth Factor Delivery for Skin Tissue Engineering Applications). Congratulations! 

Exiting news at the beginning of 2021: Our collaborative research outcome for pancreatic cancer exosome detection was just accepted to Biosensors and Bioelectronics (IF 10.257, JCR Top <1%) (Title: Exosome-mediated diagnosis of pancreatic cancer using lectin-conjugated nanoparticles bound to selective glycans). We all appreciate authors' tremendous efforts for this accomplishment. 

Mr. Youngguk Kim successfully defends master thesis (Title: Exogenous Delivery of Active Biomolecules For Enhanced Cellular Functionality). Congratulations, Younggguk England Kim!

Mr. Sungjun Kim was selected as one of Student Outstanding Article Awardees in Annual Fall Meeting of Korean Society of Biomaterials 2020 (Title: Development of Multi-functional NK Cell CoatingMaterials for Enhanced Cancer Immuno Therapy). Many congrats!

Mr. Youngguk Kim received a "Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering student outstanding article award" in 2020 Korean Society for Biotechnology and Bioengineering (KSBB) Fall meeting and International Symposium. His research about exosome-mediated intercellular signaling (Title: Exosome-mediated Bidirectional Signaling between Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Chondrocytes for Enhanced Chondrogenesis) highlights a potential medical usage of stem cell-dereived exosomes for cartilage tissue repair. Many congrats!

One more exiting news at C-TEAM lab: Mr. Uiseon Park's review paper about exogenous growth factor delivery for skin tissue regeneration was selected for 2020 BBE Best Article Award (High citation record) from Biotechnology & Bioprocess Engineering journal (Title: Multiple Growth Factor Delivery for Skin Tissue Engineering Applications). Congratulations! 

Ms. Hyeran Cho's manuscript for cartilage repair was just accepted to Journal of Controlled Release  (IF 7.727, JCR Top 5%) (Title: Dual Delivery of Stem Cells and Insulin-like Growth Factor-1 in Coacervate-embedded Composite Hydrogels for Enhanced Cartilage Regeneration in Osteochondral Defects). Our research will be featured for the development of 3D composite hydrogel systems for the repair of damaged knee cartilage tissues.

Mr. Uiseon Park got accepted to to Ajinomoto Genexine (OCS Project Team) in Osong. 2nd C-TEAM member who will be participating in bio-pharmaceutical industry! Congraturation!! 

Mr. Sungjun Kim was selected as a recipient of Dongguk Global Researcher Scholarship 2020. Many congrats!

Ms. Heejung Jo got accepted to Theracion Biomedical, a outstanding research company in the field of biocompatible/biodegradable polymeric biomaterial-based medical devices. Another big progress of our graduate from C-TEAM lab. Congrats!!  

Dr. Mani Gajendiran got a new position in Indian Oil R&D Centre, Faridabad, India. We all appreciate Gaja's tremendous and fabulous contribution to our C-TEAM lab for the last 4 years, especially for the development and synthesis of novel materials. Thank you! 

Dr. Kim moved to the Department of Chemical & Biochemical Engineering, Dongguk University, Seoul, Korea. Cell-Tissue Engineering & Advanced Materials (C-TEAM) laboratory will be soon launched with an innovative facilities in a new location. 

Mr. Uiseon Park's recent outcome is featured in press (Title:  김교범 교수, 흉터 억제 피부재생용 조직공학 기술개발). A series of news articles could be found here. Our team's research focus on musculoskeletal tissue engineering with the aid of therapeutic growth factors opens a new medical way for skin tissue regeneration.

Ms. Hyeran Cho got accepted to Ajinomoto Genexine (OCS Project Team). She will work in Osong Center for optimizing cell culture media for bio-pharmaceutical customer companies. Big achievement of our 1st grad from the TESCS lab!!

Mr. Uiseon Park's manuscript for skin scar reduction was just accepted to Acta Biomaterialia (IF 6.383) (Title: Coacervate-mediated Exogenous Growth Factor Delivery for Scarless Skin Regeneration). This research investigates the therapeutic efficacy of exogenous growth factor administration to improve the quantity & quality of damaged skin tissue, especially for reducing scars during wound healing. 

Ms. Hyeran Cho successfully completed her master thesis defense. She will be the 1st TESCS lab alumni. Many congrats to Hyeran!

One more publication recorded 100 citation ("Osteochondral Tissue Regeneration using a Bilayered Composite Hydrogel with Modulating Dual Growth Factor Release Kinetics in a Rabbit Model" Journal of Controlled Release 2011)! This research is now followed by our current project to develop coacervate-embedded composite hydrogel system for cartilage repair.

Dr. Kim's visited Department of Chemical Engineering & Biomedical Engineering Program at Chulalongkorn University in Thailand and signed MOU for international research collaboration and student/faculty exchange. The 1st international MOU in Division of Bioengineering, INU was successfully completed! The MOU signing was also featured in news articles.

Mr. Uiseon Park received best oral presentation award at the Fall meeting of Korean Society for Biotechnology and Bioengineering (한국생물공학회). His research title is "Coacervate-mediated Exogenous Growth Factor Delivery for Scarless Wound Healing".

Mr. Sungjun Kim received best poster award at the Fall meeting of Korean Society for Biomaterials (한국생체재료학회). His research title is "Enhanced Skull Bone Regeneration by Sustained Release of BMP-2 in Interpenetrating Composite Hydrogels", which was published in Biomacromolecules 2018.

Ms. Hyeran Cho received best oral presentation award (Student Oral Comepetition) at the Fall meeting of Korean Society for Biomaterials (한국생체재료학회). Her research title is "Dual Delivery of Insulin-like Growth Factor and Adipose-derived Stem Cells using Coacervate-Embedded Interpenetrating Composite Hydrogels for Cartilage Repair".

Dr. Kim's interview for our recent collaborative work is featured in INU magazine (Vol 78, Summer 2018). Please enjoy the story here.

Dr. Kim received "Young Investigator Award" from 2018 Korean Society for Biotechnology and Bioengineering (KSBB) International Academia-Industry Joint Meeting (한국생물공학회 신인학술상).

Dr. Kim received "Best Poster Award" from ACS Biomacromolecules at the 5th Symposium on Innovative Polymers for Controlled Delivery (SIPCD 2018), Suzhou, China.  Dr. Kim was the only international awardee out of 8 award recipients out of 353 presentations. Please find the wonderful certificate here.

Mr. Sungjun Kim's another manuscript (Title:  Enhanced Skull Bone Regeneration by Sustained Release of BMP-2 in Interpenetrating Composite Hydrogels) was accepted to ACS Biomacromolecules (IF 5.738). This work was achieved by the collaboration with Dr. Byungae Kang's group in School of Veterinary Medicine, Kangwon National University. Many congrats to Sungjun! Please find out the summary here.

Our group's collaborative work  about "Gallium-Indium Liquid Metal" was featured in INU official newsletter.

Dr. Mani Gajendiran's manuscript about a novel nanoconjugate system for anti-cancer drug delivery was just accepted to ACS Biomacromolecules (Title: Development of Folate Decorated Di- (or)Tricarboxylate-PEG-Gold Nanoconjugates for in vitro Anti-breast Cancer Activity). We have developed a polymer/nanoparticle combined delivery platform for a efficient delivery of 5-FU chemical drug, specifically for a breast cancer treatment. Please check this research outcome here.

Our recent achievement for the publication in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces was featured in press (Title:  김교범 교수, 액체금속 활용한 조직공학 플랫폼 기반기술 발표). Please check the articles in 대학저널,    인천뉴스, 중부일보, 기호일보, 아시아투데이, and 헤럴드경제.

Dr. Kim received a research travel grant for Scientist Exchange Program between the National Research Foundation (NRF Korea) and the National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT) (한/태국 연구자 교류사업). We will develop international research collaboration with Dr. Sorada Kanokpanont in Chulalongkorn University (Dept of Chemical Engineering & Biomedical Engineering Program) for "Natural Polymer Processing for Fabrication of Tissue Engineering Applications".

A recently submitted manuscript (Title: Cytotoxicity of Gallium-Indium Liquid Metal in Aqueous Environment) for our recent collaboration with  Dr. H. Koo (Seoul Nati'l Univ of Sci & Tech) was  just accepted to ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (IF 7.504). Our MS grad student, Mr. Sungjun Kim, is one of the co-first authors of this achievement.

Our undergrad team received a research grant from Incheon National University Field- customized (X-Corps) Project Group (학부생 현장맞춤형 실전문제 연구팀). The research will investigate therapeutic and regenerative capacity of stem cell-dereived exosomes in multiple musculoskeletal tissues.

Ms. Heejung Jo was awarded a research grant as a principle investigator from the Center for Women in Science, Engineering, and Technology (WISET, 한국여성과학기술인 지원센터). She will conduct a research about the development of polycation-based coacersomes for intracellular delivery of proteins and nucleotides. Ton of congrats to Heejung!

Mr. Sungjun Kim received the best poster presentation award at 2018 Spring meeting of the Korean Society for Biomaterials. Mr. Kim's research investigates a skull bone regeneration using interpenetrating (IPN) composite hydrogels containing polycation-based coacervates for bioactive growth factor delivery (Title: Sustained Release of Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 using Gelatin-PEGDA Composite Hydrogel Enhanced Skull Bone Regeneration). This study has been performed by a collaboration with Dr. Byung-Jae Kang (Kangwon National University, School of Veterinary Medicine). Many congrats to Sungjun!

Dr. Kyobum Kim received "MegaGen-Implant Young Investigator Award (신진연구자상)" at 2018 Spring meeting of the Korean Society for Biomaterials.

Another 100 citation! One of Dr. Kim's previous publications ("The influence of stereolithographic scaffold architecture and composition on osteogenic signal expression with rat bone marrow stromal cells" Biomaterials, 2011) recorded 100 citations in Google Scholar. This study investigated how intrinsic construction parameters could facilitate osteogenic potentials of a progenitor cell population in 3D culture systems. .

Dr. Kyobum Kim was promoted to Associate Professor.

Another 100 citation! One of Dr. Kim's previous publications ("Early osteogenic signal expression of rat bone marrow stromal cells is influenced by both hydroxyapatite nanoparticle content and initial cell seeding density in biodegradable nanocomposite scaffolds" Acta Biomaterialia, 2011) recorded 100 citations in Google Scholar. This study investigated how to modulate stem cell fates via controlling intrinsic physico-chemical properties of implantable scaffold biomaterials.

Our group received a research grant funded by the Ministry of Small and Medium Business Administration & Startups (2017 맞춤형 기술파트너 지원사업). This new research project will focus on the development of tissue engineered composite hydrogel for guided skull bone regeneration in craniofacial bone regions.

Our group received a research grant via a collaboration with Dr. Jonghoon Choi (Chung-Ang Univ.) and Dr. Hyung Joon Koo (Seoul Nat'l Univ. of Sci. & Tech.) from National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT. This new research project (Title: Development of Lectin-Janus nanoparticles for the detection of pancreatic cancer cell secreted exosomes) will be continued for the next 2 years to develop a nano-bio diagnostic platform for pancreatic cancer-specific exosomes.

Our postdoc Dr. Mani Gajendiran received a best poster award in 2017 Fall Meeting of the Korean Society for Biomaterials. One of his current researches focuses on the development of gold nano-conjugate delivery system for a controlled release of anti-cancer drugs via folate-thioglycolate and citric acid PEG hyper branched polymer.

Mr. Sungjun Kim was selected as one of the best poster awardees in the 12th International Symposium on Biomedical Polymer (FBPS 2017). This conference is biannual "Gorden Research Conference" style- symposium for worldwide researchers in the field of biomaterials & tissue engineering. Mr. Kim's research investigates a cytotoxicity of liquid metals for biomedical applications (Title: Evaluation of Release Properties and Biocompatibilty of Gallium- Indium Eutectic Liquid Metal). Tons of congrats to Sungjun!

Drs. John P. Fisher and Yadong Wang visited in Seoul, Kore for the 12th International Symposium on Biomedical Polymer (FBPS 2017). Welcome Drs. Fisher & Wang!. Please find the group photo here.

Dr. Kim's previous work on the digital light processing for an innovative 3D printing technology was issued for the United States Patent (US 9,488,023 B2). Please fine a brief abstract for this patent and a detailed information here.

Dr. Kim's recent research for the development of a patch-style growth factor delivery system for skin tissue regeneration was introduced in  school official leaflet.

Dr. Kim's team is selected one of the best performance groups for "Faculty-Student Friendship Program (교수학생친화활동)".  Dr. Kim appreciate all the undergrad members for this activity throughout spring 2017. Our team will have a priority for the selection in the next-round.

Our group is awarded an internal undergrad capstone research grant (현장맞춤형 실전문제연구팀) from INU. This research is supported by X-mind Corps program of National Research Foundation (NRF) of Korea funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Plannig (NRF-2017H1D8A1029391). We will develop a hydrogel-based bone tissue engineering application for the guided bone regeneration using rat calvarial (i.e., skull) model.

Our previous collaboration about enhanced neovascularization in animal skin flap survival via GF delivery was introduced in the Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Hanyang University (한양대학교 산학협력단), as one of the best research outcomes. Please find the new article here.

Our grad student, Hyeran Cho, received a research grant as a principle investigator from Korean Center for Women in Science, Engineering, and Technology (WISET, 한국여성과학기술인 지원센터). She will conduct a research about development of composite hydrogel system for cartilage tissue regeneration via cell/growth factor delivery. Other capstone students, Aerie Lee and Jiwon Jung, will also support this research project.

Dr. Kim received a new research grant from Korean National Research Foundation (한국연구재단 신진연구자지원사업). Our new project (Development of Bilayered Composite Hydrogel for Dual Delivery of Cell & Growth Factor for Cartilage Regeneration) will be supported for the next 3 years. 

Dr. Kim's recent publication about skin tissue regeneration with scar reduction is introduced in a series of newspapers and broadcastings. Please check 헤럴드경제, 인천뉴스, 머니투데이, 연합뉴스, and  중도일보.

One of our international collaborations (Dual Delivery of Growth Factors with Coacervate-Coated Poly(Lactic-co-Glycolic Acid) Nanofiber Improves Neovascularization in a Mouse Skin Flap Model) was just accpeted in Biomaterials (IF 8.557).  This research has been conducted with Dr. Y. Wang (BioE, Univ of Pittsburgh ), Dr. H. Shin (BioE, Hanyang Univ), and Dr. H. Yang (NanoBio Sci, Dankook Univ). We  thank to all the authors' remarkable efforts.

Another 100 citation-recorded publication! One of Dr. Kim's publications ("Effect of Initial Cell Seeding Density on Early Osteogenic Signal Expression of Rat Bone Marrow Stromal Cells Cultured on Cross-Linked Poly(propylene fumarate) Disks" Biomacromolecules, 2009) recorded 100 citations in Google Scholar. We appreciate Dr. Dean, Dr. Mikos, and Dr. Fisher!

One of Dr. Kim's publications ("Stereolithographic Bone Scaffold Design Parameters: Osteogenic Differentiation and Signal Expression" Tissue Engineering Part B, 2010) recorded 100 citations in Google Scholar. We appreciate all former PIs and co-authors to complete this achievement! 

Dr. Kim's recent publication about a polycation-based delivery platfrom is introduced in a series of newspapers and broadcastings. Please check KNS, 매일경제, 머니투데이, 연합뉴스, and 스포츠경향.

 Hyeyoung Kim will leave to the USA in July for pursuing her Ph.D training at the Department of Molecular Biosciences (Microbiology program), University of Kansas. We all appreciate her great contribution to the TESCS lab so far and wish her wonderful achievement during Ph.D courses. Thank you so much, Hyeyoung!

  Dr. Mani Gajendiran joined our group as a postdoctoral researcher. He will be working on the project of organic synthesis of polymeric biomaterials. Welcome to the TESCS lab @ INU!

Dr. Kim's review artcle "Polycations and their biomedical applications, Progress in Polymer Science

(2016) (IF 26.383)" is introduced in BRIC (생물학연구정보센터) "한국을 빛낸 사람들".

Please check this out.

Dr. Kim's review paper about the development of polycation-based biomedical applications was published in one of the most prestigious journals in a filed of polymer science, "Progress in Polymer Scinece" (IF 26.383), in collaboration with Dr. Y. Wang's group in Dept of Bioengineering, Univ. of Pittsburgh (USA). Please enjoy our recent acheivement here.

TESCS laboratory is finally & officially completed. Take a look at the lab images here.

Our division of bioengineering moved to the brand-new BIOE building at the west costal region of the campus. Please enjoy the beautiful view from our lab!

Dr. Kim joined Division of Bioengineering, Incheon National University as Assistant Professor.

Please find the departmental update from University of Maryland, College Park (USA) here.