KSBB-BEST-SBJ Joint Symposium | The Society for Biotechnology, Japan 76th Annual meeting (2024)

2024.07.24
2024.09.03

We have invited five speakers from The Korean Society for Biotechnology and Bioengineering (KSBB) and two speakers from the Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering Society of Taiwan (BEST) to the 76th SBJ meeting. They will give a lecture at the KSBB-BEST-SBJ Joint Symposium on September 9, 2024.

(Session 1) Pioneering the Future: Advances in Engineering Biology
September 9, 2024 (9:00–11:00)　Room A (West Bldg. 9, Multi-Purpose Digital Hall)
(Session 2) Shaping the Next Wave: Young Innovators in Engineering Biology
September 9, 2024 (13:00–15:00)　Room A (West Bldg. 9, Multi-Purpose Digital Hall)

Invited Speakers from the KSBB

Prof. Sung Kuk Lee
(Ulsan Natl. Inst. of Sci. & Technol. (UNIST))

Title: From hot spring to green chemistry: The potential of Cupriavidus cauae PHS1 for biorefineries

Date&Time： September 9, 2024 (9:02–9:24)
Presentation No.: 2S-Aa01
Chair: Choi, Jonghoon (Chung-Ang Univ.)

Prof. Sung Kuk Lee’s research interests are the metabolic pathway engineering and the development of recombinant DNA tools to modify existing, or to introduce entirely new metabolic pathways and regulatory systems within cells in order to improve their capacity for overproduction of desired molecules (Biofuels, Bioplastics, Chemicals, Cosmetics, Drugs).

Prof. Hyun Ho Lee
(Myongji Univ.)

Title: Microbiologically sythesized biomolecular electronic device

Date&Time: September 9, 2024 (9:54–10:16)
Presentation No.: 2S-Aa03
Chair: Lan, Chi-Wei (John) (Yuan Ze Univ.)

Prof. Hyun Ho Lee is the Secretary General of The Korean Society for Biotechnology and Bioengineering (KSBB). His specialization is bioelectronics, biosensor, neuromorphic device.

Prof. Jonghoon Choi
(Chung-Ang Univ.)

Title: Lectin-immobilized nanoparticles for specific binding to the cancer-specific glycan on the membrane of target cancer cells and subsequent immunotherapy of the target cells

Date&Time: September 9, 2024 (10:38–11:00)
Presentation No.: 2S-Aa05
Chair: Tomoaki Matsuura (Tokyo Tech)

Dr. Jonghoon Choi is a full professor in the School of Integrative Engineering at Chung-Ang University. He is also an adjunct professor in the School of Dentistry at Yonsei University. Dr. Choi founded a biotech venture company in 2020, Feynman Institute of Technology, Nanomedicine Corp in Korea and served as the CEO of the same. Dr. Choi’s research aims to develop novel nanobiosensors and smart nanobiomaterials for their applications in nanomedicine.

Prof. Jong Uk Lee
~~(Sunchon Natl. Univ.)~~
→(Dongguk Univ.) Updated.

Title: Plasmonic nanostructures: From synthesis to application in clinical diagnosis

Date&Time: September 9, 2024 (13:02–13:24)
Presentation No.: 2S-Ap01
Chair: Bu, Jiyoon (Inha Univ.)

Dr. Jong Uk Lee is an assistant professor in the department of Chemical Engineering at Sunchon National University. His research interests are Novel Approaches for Synthesis of Plasmonic Nanomaterials, Fundamental Studies for Biological Events, and Biomedical Applications of Nanoplasmonics.

Prof. Jiyoon Bu
(Inha Univ.)

Title: Microfluidics for Cancer Immunotherapy

Date&Time: September 9, 2024 (14:38–15:00)
Presentation No.: 2S-Ap05
Chair: Natsuko Miura (Osaka Metro. Univ.)

Dr. Jiyoon Bu is an assistant professor of Biological Engineering at Inha University. Dr. Bu received his Ph.D. from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in 2017 and worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin from 2017 to 2022.

Invited Speakers from the BEST

Prof. John Chi-Wei Lan
(Yuan Ze Univ.)

Title: Advancing the circular economy: Biorefinery of brewing waste for value-added biomolecule production

Date&Time: September 9, 2024 (9:24–9:46)
Presentation No.: 2S-Aa02
Chair: Lee, Sung Kuk (UNIST)

Prof. John Chi-Wei Lan is the Vice President of the Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering Society of Taiwan (BEST). His research interests are biorefinery technologies, bioseparation,electro-fermentation, and bio-based materials.

Prof. Ethan I Lan
(Natl. Yang Ming Chiao Univ.)

Title: Metabolic engineering for the biological synthesis of anti-catabolic agent hydroxymethylbutyrate

Date&Time: September 9, 2024 (13:54–14:16)
Presentation No.: 2S-Ap03
Chair: Yuki Soma (AIST)

Dr. Ethan I Lan received his B.S. degree in Chemistry from the University of Maryland in 2009 and PhD degree in Biomedical Engineering from UCLA in 2009 where he worked with Professor James C. Liao on the development of microbial cell factory for biofuel production. His research in the metabolic engineering of cyanobacteria achieved the first direct photosynthetic conversion of CO2 into 1-butanol. He began his academic career as an Assistant Professor at National Chiao Tung University (Currently National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, NYCU) in the Fall of 2014. He is currently a Professor and Associate Dean of the College of Biological Science and Technology at NYCU.