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Professor Hyukjin Lee at the College of Pharmacy Selected for “Top 100 Excellent Achievements in National Research...
Professor Hyukjin Lee at the College of Pharmacy Selected for “Top 100 Excellent Achievements in National Research and Development” in 2022 Professor Hyukjin Lee of the College of Pharmacy at Ewha Womans University was selected as one of the top 12 in the “100 Excellence Achievements in National Research and Development” promoted by the Ministry of Science and ICT in 2022. “High-Efficiency Ribonucleic Acid (RNA) Drug Carrier Capable of Targeted Delivery to the Cell” developed by Professor Hyukjin Lee is a technology that enables lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) to effectively deliver messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) substances into the body to treat various infectious and incurable diseases, including COVID-19. Global pharmaceutical companies such as Pfizer and Moderna have created vaccines for COVID-19 using mRNA technology in the short space of a year, demonstrating the safety and efficacy of the technology across the globe. Professor Lee succeeded in discovering ionizable lipids and commercializing LNPs for the first time in Korea, thereby securing a cell-targeting RNA drug delivery platform using LNPs that can be applied as mRNA vaccine carriers. The research results are expected to contribute to the development of RNA treatments and mRNA vaccines in the future and secure an mRNA-LNP platform that quickly responds to unknown diseases as well as existing infectious diseases. In addition, the findings of the study are highly significant in that it secured Korea’s treatment sovereignty through the localization of the LNP platform. Professor Lee won the Scientist and Engineer Award of the Month and the Young Investigator Award from the Lim Seong-gi Investigator Awards for his contribution toward developing a drug carrier that safely delivers mRNA drugs into the body. In addition, he has greatly contributed to the development of mRNA treatments for hemophilia and siRNA anticancer drugs through joint research and technology transfer with various companies and institutions, and continued to develop new drugs based on mRNA. Meanwhile, the College of Pharmacy established the Center for Infectious Disease Treatment & Control with Professor Lee as the director of the project and was selected as a leading project group in the “Ewha Frontier 10-10 project.” Under the slogan of “convergence pharmacology in response to infectious diseases in the post-COVID-19 era,” the project group has been conducting the following studies: developing vaccines for infectious diseases; developing treatments for infectious diseases; evaluating the diagnosis, toxicity, and efficacy of treatments; researching the targets and mechanisms of infectious diseases; and addressing the entire cycle of infectious diseases including clinical analysis and statistical science. Upon the team’s selection for the Excellent Achievements in National Research and Development, further spotlight has been directed to Ewha’s efforts in intensively nurturing pioneering research fields with global competitiveness.
International Conference of Trans-Pacific Sustainability Dialogue Held at Ewha
The second day of events for the “Trans-Pacific Sustainability Dialogue,” an international conference for sustainable development and action against climate crisis in the Asian region, was held at the Lee Sam-bong Hall of the ECC building on October 28 (Fri.). The international conference, co-organized by the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC) at Stanford University and the Ban Ki-moon Foundation for a Better Future, was established in 2015 to accelerate the progress of the Sustainable Development Goals proclaimed by the United Nations in the Asian-Pacific region. Over the two-day event from October 27 to 28, attendees discussed climate change and the achievement of the SDGs, while Ewha hosted the expert and student participation panel on the second day. The event was attended by President Eun Mee Kim of Ewha Womans University, Chairman Ban Ki-moon of the Ban Ki-moon Foundation for a Better Future, Mayor Park Heong-joon of Busan Metropolitan City, and Director Gi-Wook Shin of APARC, alongside world-leading experts in various fields who participated in the four expert panels as keynote speakers, panelists, and moderators. Attendants at the student panels on four themes included master’s degree and Ph.D. students and professors from Korean and international universities including Ewha Womans University, Seoul National University, Korea University, Stanford University, Osaka University, University of Malaya, and De La Salle University. At the opening session, President Eun Mee Kim remarked, “Today we invited the world’s top experts in each field to examine sustainability from the social, economic and environmental perspectives,” and further noted, “I hope that this event allows us to envision new ideas and reinvigorate our motivation, while reaffirming the urgency of the climate crisis and a sense of hope at the same time.” The topics of the expert sessions held at the Lee Sam-bong Hall included: Livable, Sustainable Cities; Climate Change, Disaster Risks, and Human Security in Asia; Valuing Nature in Finance for Systems Transformation; and Valuing Nature to Achieve Sustainable Development. In the student sessions, which were held simultaneously with the expert sessions at B143 of the ECC Building, participants gave presentations and discussed topics including: Green Financing and Sustainable Investments; Gender Mainstreaming and Climate Governance; Development Cooperation for Sustainable Governance; and Bringing Environmental Solutions to Scale Through a Business and Social Justice Lens. The event ended with a closing session under the theme of “Readying Human Capital for Sustainable Development.”
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