The Hwa-nong Foundation established by Dr. Baekhyun Cho, the first dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at SNU, annually awards the Hwa Nong Prize to outstanding researchers in the field of agricultural sciences. We interviewed Professor Kee Hoon Sohn, a plant microbiology major in the Department of ...

The western U.S., particularly the Southwest, has experienced a notable increase in record-breaking high temperatures over recent decades, with recurring drought and heatwaves. These conditions have resulted in severe consequences for both human and nature systems, including dire water shortages, rampant wildfires, ...

On an April afternoon marked by lingering cold, I had the privilege of meeting Professor Kang Changku, a distinguished member of the Department of Applied Biology and Chemistry at Seoul National University. Professor Kang has made significant contributions to the field, notably solving a longstanding mystery regardi...

Last year, a convergence research team led by Professor Seonyeong Kwak in Biomaterials Engineering major at the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and Professor Dae Hong Jeong in the Department of Chemistry Education at the College of Education, developed nanosensors that monitor multiple stress signal molecul...

Professor Il-Kwon Park (Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Bioresources) (Lee, S. C., Lee, J. W., Lee, D. H., Huh, M. J., Nam, I., Park, J. H., Jung, M., & Park, I. K. (2022). Identification of Sex Pheromone Components of Korean Dioryctria abietella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) Population and Synergism of...

Professor Cheol-Heui YUN (Department of Agricultural Biotechnology)Young-Jun Ju, Sung-Woo Lee, Yoon-Chul Kye, Gil-Woo Lee, Hee-Ok Kim, Cheol-Heui Yun* & Jae-Ho Cho* (Nat. Commun. 2021 Oct 18; 12: 6059.) *CorrespondenceSelf-reactivity of naïve CD8+ T cells has been reported to be highly correlated with...

Professor Hyo Won Kwak (Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Bioresources)This work was published in Carbohydrate Polymers in 2021.(YunJin Kim, Junsik Bang, Jungkyu Kim, June-Ho Choi, Sung-Wook Hwang, Hwanmyeong Yeo, In-Gyu Choi, Hyoung-Joon Jin, Hyo Won Kwak, 2021, Cationic surface-modified regenerated nanocellu...

Professor Yong-Hwan Lee(Department of Agricultural Biotechnology)This work was published in Nature Communications in 2020. Kim, S., Chi-Yeol Kim, C.Y., Park, S.Y., Kim, K.T., Jeon, J., Chung, H., Choi, G., Kwon, S., Choi, J., Jeon, J., Jeon, J.S., Khang, C.H., Kang, S., and Lee, Y.H. 2020. Two nuclear effectors of t...

Professor Youngryel Ryu(Department of Landscape Architecture and Rural Systems Engineering) Dechant, B., Ryu, Y., Badgley, G., Zeng, Y., Berry, J.A., Zhang, Y., Goulas, Y., Li, Z., Zhang, Q., Kang, M., Li, J., & Moya, I. (2020). Canopy structure explains the relationship between photosynthesis and sun-indu...

Professor Heebal Kim (Department of Agricultural Biotechnology)Kwondo Kim, Taehyung Kwon, Tadelle Dessie, DongAhn Yoo, Okeyo Ally Mwai, Jisung Jang, Samsun Sung, SaetByeol Lee, Bashir Salim, Jaehoon Jung, Heesu Jeong, Getinet Mekuriaw Tarekegn, Abdulfatai Tijjani, Dajeong Lim, Seoae Cho, Sung Jong Oh, Hak-Kyo Lee, J...