{"firstName":"Minsuk","lastName":"Kwak","position":"Assistant Professor","department":"Graduate Program of Nano-Biomedical Engineering, Advanced Science Institute, Yonsei University","homepages":["https://sites.google.com/view/kwak-lab","https://ibs.yonsei.ac.kr"],"homepage":"https://sites.google.com/view/kwak-lab","orcid":"","googleScholar":"https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=5FaZPpEAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao","emails":["minsuk.kwak@yonsei.ac.kr"],"email":"minsuk.kwak@yonsei.ac.kr","phoneOffice":"02-2123-4291","phoneNumbers":[],"phoneLab":"","thumbAlt":"MinSukKwak","listDescription":"","listThumbAlt":"MinSukKwak","visibility":"public","researchKeywords":["Nano-biotechnology","Synthetic biology","Receptor engineering","Mechanobiology","Nano-Immuno-Engineering"],"researchInterest":["Cell signaling and gene expression control using nanotechnology and synthetic biology","Remote, spatiotemporal deep-tissue cell modulation for neuroscience and immunology","Molecular mechanism of receptor-mediated cell signaling regulation"],"education":[{"period":"2011-2016","content":"Yale University, USA (Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering)"},{"period":"2007-2011","content":"Rice University, USA (B.S. Bioengineering)"}],"career":[{"period":"2025-Present","content":"Deputy Director, Max Planck-Yonsei IBS Center, Yonsei University"},{"period":"2021-Present","content":"Assistant Professor, Department of Nano-Biomedical Engineering, Yonsei University"},{"period":"2017-2020","content":"LSRF Postdoc Fellow, University of California San Francisco (UCSF), USA"}],"patents":[{"year":"2023-09-18","content":"출원번호:10-2023-0124318; 공명주파수(들)을 사용하는 음파 패턴을 발생시키는 표적 힘-감응 이온채널의 개폐 제어 장치 및 뇌 기능 제어 장치"},{"year":"2023-09-18","content":"PCT, 출원번호: PCT/KR2023/01407; 공명주파수(들)을 사용하는 음파 패턴을 발생시키는 표적 힘-감응 이온채널의 개폐 제어 장치 및 뇌 기능 제어 장치"},{"year":"2023-08-17","content":"PCT, 출원번호: PCT/KR2023/012209; 자기토크 접합체 기반 약물"},{"year":"2022-09-16","content":"대한민국, 출원번호: 10-2022-0117422; 음파를 이용한 힘-감응 이온채널의 활성 및 뉴런 활성 조절 방법, 그를 이용한 표적치료 방법"},{"year":"2022-09-16","content":"대한민국, 출원번호: 10-2022-0117423; 자성입자의 회전력에 의한 음이온 이온 수송 막단백질 개폐 조절 및 신경활동 억제 방법"},{"year":"2022-08-16","content":"대한민국, 출원번호: 10-2022-0102313; 자성입자의 회전력을 통한 세포 특이적 이온 수송 막단백질의 개폐 조절 방법"},{"year":"2022-08-10","content":"출원번호: 10-2022-0100260; 이온 수송 막단백질 개폐 조절용 나노입자 및 이를 이용한 이온 수송 막단백질의 개폐 조절과 세포활동 억제 방법"},{"year":"2021-08-10","content":"출원번호: 10-2021-0105208; 자성입자의 회전력과 세포특이 유전자를 통한 세포 특이적 이온 수송 막단백질 개폐 조절 방법"},{"year":"2021-08-10","content":"출원번호: 10-2021-0105207; 자성입자의 회전력에 의한 이온 수송 막단백질 개폐 조절 방법"}],"awards":[{"period":"2019","content":"Best Poster Award, ACS Publications & IBS Forum: Nanomaterials for Energy and Life Sciences"},{"period":"2018-2019","content":"Burroughs Wellcome Fund 2018 Collaborative Research Travel Award($10,000)"},{"period":"2018-2021","content":"Life Science Research Foundation (LSRF) Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, The Shurl and Kay Curci Foundation, $62,000/year"},{"period":"2015-2016","content":"Edward L. Barlow Fellowship, Yale University, Selected from Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Graduate School Tuition and Support."},{"period":"2015","content":"Conference Travel Fellowship, 2015 (Yale University): Financial assistance is awarded on a competitive basis to students who are presenting their original work at academic conferences ($1000)."},{"period":"2014","content":"Best Poster Award Nominee, 2014 Spring Material Research Society Spring Meeting and Exhibition (Material Research Society), 2014: Selected as one of the most outstanding poster presentations"},{"period":"2007-2011","content":"Allen International Fellowship (Rice University), 2007-2011: Merit-based scholarships for outstanding international students. Full university tuition and fee, renewable for 4 years ($124,000)"}]}