○ Area Yonsei Biomedical Science and Technology Initiative (YBSTI)

● Education of interdisciplinary system and establishment of research foundation as specificity of biomedical science and biotechnology. ● Pursuit of the best international competitiveness by development of the cutting edge research program of biomedical science and biotechnology. ● Reinforcement of industrial competitiveness. ● Establishment of the higher educational institutions.  Training of high quality research human resource  Construction of biomedical science and biotechnology research infrastructure & network  Selection of bioactive drug candidates, proteins and genes  Industrial application  Patent & publication  World-leading research and education initiative in biomedical science & biotechnology ○ Vision And Objectives 1st stage 2nd stage Final goal

YBSTI Director Operating Committee Advisory AdvisoryCommittee Committee EducationalInternationalCommitteeResearch Industrial Educational CommitteeEquipmentResourceCommittee ○ Organization and Participants

Function of aging gene research Genetic therapy research Cancer metastasis research Proteome research Protein network research YBSTI ○ Research Fields Life science and Biotechnology research Biotechnology industrialization Eighty faculty members of Yonsei University with specialties on biomedical science and biotechnology participate the research programs shown above.

○ Activities and Outputs ● Biotechnology Industrialization 1. Collection, preservation and distribution of the resources about microorganisms and their genetic information 2. Development of quick diagnostic techniques for microorganisms 3. Development of food safety assessment system ● Function of Aging Gene Research 1. Management of aging process 2. Fundamental understanding about aging on molecular level with searching of aging gene and finding out its function ● Development of Genetic Therapy Research 1. Development of genetic therapeutics for inveterate diseases which include development of industrialization genetic drug delivery system and guarantee new compounds ● Cancer Metastasis Research 1.Search for genes related on cancer infiltration and metastasis 2.Developement of new therapeutic target using proved function of the gene ● Proteome Research 1.The best proteome analysis's development of foundational technique & offer of service for internal and external researchers ● Protein Network Research 1. Investigation of Protein Network of cell growth‘s relation 2. Investigation of Protein Network of apoptosis's relation ● Corefacility for Biomedical S&E 1. High content screening (HCS) system 2. cDNA and small molecules library 3. International symposiums and workshops ● Life Science and Biotechnology 1. Revitalization of educational system's research of biotechnology field 2. The host organization of the introduction of a new technique 3. Improvement of research power though revitalization of basic research

○ Contact Point Prof. Chul Soo Shin Director, Yonsei Biomedical Science and Technology Initiative 202 Advanced Science & Technology Institute Bldg., Yonsei University 134 Shinchon-dong, Seoul, Korea, Tel: , Fax: