Professor
Professor
Professor
- Campus : Shinchon
- Department : the Division of Life Sciences, the Graduate School
- Address : Department of Biotechnology, Yonsei University, Seoul 120-749, KOREA
- Office : B408, Engineering Hall 2
- Tel : 82-2-2123-5885
- E-mail : eunjicheong at yonsei.ac.kr
- Web : http://neurolab.yonsei.ac.kr
Summary of Career
- 2022 ~ Present : Professor, Dept. of Biotechnology, Yonsei University
- 2017 ~ 2022 : Associate Professor, Dept. of Biotechnology, Yonsei University
- 2011 ~ 2017 : Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biotechnology, Yonsei University
- 2010 ~ 2011 : Senior Researcher, Center for Neuroscience, Korea Institute of Science and Technology
- 2010 ~ 2011 : Assistant Prof, Dept Neuroscience, The Univ of Science & Tech
- 2004 ~ 2009 : Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Neuroscience, Korea Institute of Science and Technology
Summary of Education
- 2003 : Ph.D. Dept. of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, USA
- 1995 : M.S. Dept. of Biotechnology, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
- 1993 : B.S. Dept. of Food Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
Honors
- 2021 : KSMCB (한국분자세포생물학회) KSMCB award for Women in Life Science
- 2021 : WBF (여성생명과학기술포럼) WBF-SeokO Bioscience Research Award
- 2020 : KSBNS (한국뇌신경과학회) Award for Glia Research of the Year
Academic Activities
- 2020 ~ Present : KSMCB (한국분자세포생물학회) KSMCB award for Women in Life Science
- 2017 ~ Present : Editor in molecular and cellular neuroscience section, Experimental Neurobiology
- 2020, 2017-2018 : Chairperson in Public Relations committee, KSBNS (Korean society for Brain & Neural Science)
Research Interest
My group is committed to comprehensively understanding the mechanism of sensory information processing and control of the conscious state.
Our recent pioneering discoveries revealed the astrocytic control of sensory processing.
However, it is just the scratch of the surface of huge hidden parts linked to the function of these large populations of glia in the thalamus.
We are well-armed with a profound knowledge base to address important questions, and we are well-equipped with cutting-edge neuroscience techniques to perform any in vitro, ex vivo, and in vivo electrophysiological recordings, imaging, and behavioral experiments by manipulating the molecules spatially and temporally in a cell-type-specific manner.
Our research will expand our understanding of glial function in sensory processing and thalamic sensory representation and provide many novel targets for various neurological disorders accompanying sensory impairment.