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Molecular Bioimaging and Molecular Biomimetics Laboratory

Assistant Professor Chang, Jae-Byum

1. Vision

logo Biological systems, including those in humans, animals, insects, plants, and even bacteria, are highly functional, compared to man-made materials. These elaborate functionalities originate from their complex internal molecular structures, made of millions of different molecules, including proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates, lipids, and inorganic materials. Therefore, we need a method by which to visualize such complicated molecular structures to understand how biological systems work and to synthesize new highly functional materials.

2. Mission

Our goal is to develop a new imaging technique, which can visualize unlimited number of molecular species at a single-molecule resolution with ultra-high throughput. Once developed, it could be used to understand the molecular mechanisms of disorders, such as brain disorders, cancers, and vascular diseases, and also to develop a better diagnostics. Detailed molecular information could also be used to synthesize new functional materials by mimicking the molecular assemblies of biological systems.

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3. Research Fields

  • Super-resolution bioimaging based on expansion microscopy

    • Development of a single-molecule resolution molecular imaging technique

    • Development of an ultra-high throughput imaging system

  • Emerging Semiconductor Processes for Memristors

    • Developing precise, reliable and well-controlled thin-film processes for the high-quality memristors.

    • Integrating memristive devices

  • Molecular biomimetics

    • Development of a new super-resolution multi-material nanofabrication technique to pattern various materials, including organic/inorganics materials on a surface

    • Development of a new material synthesize method to synthesize materials with a molecular comlexity of biological systems

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