(Press-News.org) The Korean Academy of Science and Technology (KAST), the highest institution of its kind in South Korea, announced Charles Lee, Ph.D., FACMG, as a newly inducted fellow of the Academy. This recognition is given to scientists and engineers who have been active in their field for more than 20 years and made significant contributions during that time.
Lee is the scientific director and professor at The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine, and is the Robert Alvine Family Endowed Chair. He was awarded the KAST honor in recognition of his extensive global contributions to human genomics research. Dr. Lee is one of 33 newly appointed fellows to the academy this year. With a total limit of 500 active fellows at KAST, divided across five research areas, he will be one of just 150 current fellows of the Academy’s Faculty of Natural Science.
“I am profoundly honored to join so many inspirational scientists and colleagues who are members of the Korean Academy of Science and Technology, and am deeply grateful for this tremendous opportunity,” says Lee. “At The Jackson Laboratory, we are ideally poised at the interface between human and mouse genetics, to fully realize precision medicine, and we are fully dedicated to improving human health. Understanding structural genomic variation in human biology, evolution and disease has already uncovered many new targets for treatment and still holds so much more potential to significantly impact human health. I couldn’t be more pleased with the advances we’re making.”
The academy highlighted several of Lee’s accomplishments, including his pioneering discovery of structural mutations in everyone’s genomes, linkage of structural mutations to genetic disease as well as his recent success in deciphering the first complete genetic sequences of 43 human Y chromosomes from lineages from around the world.
At JAX, the Lee lab applies state-of-the-art technologies to study structural genomic variation and its contributions to human diseases and vertebrate genome evolution. Dr. Lee is also responsible for the scientific direction and coordination of The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) for Genomic Medicine. He joined JAX in 2013 from Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital. Throughout his career, Dr. Lee has received numerous accolades and awards for his research into the human genome, including an Award from the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) in 2007 and the 2008 Ho-Am Prize in Medicine. He is also an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), a Thompson Reuters Citation Laureate and was previously president of the Human Genome Organization (HUGO) from 2017-2023.
Lee will be inducted at a KAST inception ceremony on January 17, 2024. END
Charles Lee inducted as a fellow of The Korean Academy of Science and Technology
2023-12-13
[Attachments] See images for this press release:
ELSE PRESS RELEASES FROM THIS DATE:
Women may pay a "MOM PENALTY" when AI is used in hiring, new research from NYU Tandon School of Engineering suggests
2023-12-13
Maternity-related employment gaps may cause job candidates to be unfairly screened out of positions for which they are otherwise qualified, according to new research from NYU Tandon School of Engineering.
A research team led by Siddharth Garg, Institute Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, examined bias in Large Language Models (LLMs) – advanced AI systems trained to understand and generate human language – when used in hiring processes.
The team will present its findings in a paper presented at NeurIPS ...
Study presents new pathway for electrochemically controlling ion selectivity
2023-12-13
A new study by researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign advances fundamental knowledge about the role of solvation in ion binding and presents a new pathway for electrochemically controlling ion selectivity. The study was published in JACS Au.
The team, led by Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering professor Xiao Su and recently graduated Ph.D. student Raylin Chen, is building on their prior work exploring electrochemical separations of ions, which has revealed that a critical mechanism for binding ions is solvation.
Here, the researchers set out to control solvation of a polymer and use that to bind different ...
Poor diet quality during adolescence is linked to serious health risks
2023-12-13
Philadelphia, December 13, 2023 – Diet quality among adolescents in the United States is among the worst across all age groups, putting young people at risk for heart attack, stroke, and diabetes, among other cardiometabolic diseases later in life. The research brief shared in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, published by Elsevier, used the Healthy Eating Index-2015 and medical testing to assess a group of youth aged 10-16 years.
This study examined data from the Translational Investigation of Growth and Everyday Routine in Kids cohort. This study measured physical activity, sleep, and overall dietary guidelines for youth living in metropolitan areas ...
Stuart Parkin to receive American Physical Society’s highest award for contributions to spintronics and data storage
2023-12-13
The American Physical Society (APS) has awarded Stuart Parkin of the Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics the 2024 APS Medal for Exceptional Achievement in Research. Parkin will be recognized “for major discoveries in spintronics leading to a revolution in data storage and memory” at a ceremony during the APS Annual Leadership Meeting in January 2024.
“Stuart Parkin is a luminary whose incisive experiments and major discoveries in spintronics led to a revolution in data storage and memory,” said APS President-Elect Young-Kee Kim, who chaired the medal’s selection committee. “His indomitable ...
New research shows that US renters are hit the hardest when a hurricane strikes
2023-12-13
WASHINGTON, DC, December 13, 2023 –With a severe shortage of affordable housing in the United States, renters living along the East and Gulf coasts are uniquely vulnerable to hurricane disasters. Two new studies based on data from 2009 to 2018 show that renters living along the East and Gulf coasts of the United States face rent increases, higher eviction rates, and a lack of affordable housing in the aftermath of a hurricane. The research will be presented in December at the annual meeting of the 2023 Society for Risk Analysis Annual Conference ...
Early research shows Gen Z perceives more dangers in life than previous generations
2023-12-13
There appears to be a common understanding that there is a mental health crisis among young people, but has society understood why?
As presented at the 2023 Society for Risk Analysis Annual Conference, Gabriel Rubin from Montclair State University conducted 40 interviews with members of Gen Z (as of publication) in an ongoing study about risk factors that have led to the current mental health crisis in young people. So far, this study has identified risk factors such as mass shootings, school lockdown drills, parental pressure, social media and the climate crisis.
Despite risk analysis research demonstrating that we ...
Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology examines effects of climate change on allergic conditions
2023-12-13
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (December 13, 2023) – As we head into the new year, some issues may be coming into sharper focus for those involved in allergy-immunology issues. The current issue of Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, the scientific journal of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, focuses its attention on a key problem affecting those with allergic conditions and the world today: climate change.
“We recognize that climate change affects the global population, and that many people feel they as individuals don’t have much control,” says allergist Donald Leung, MD, PhD, Senior Executive Editor of Annals. “But ...
Unique cell-based approach for pulmonary arterial hypertension shown to be safe
2023-12-13
Infusions of potentially therapeutic cells derived from the heart are safe for people with pulmonary arterial hypertension, a form of high blood pressure that occurs in the blood vessels of the lungs and typically affects middle-aged women, according to a study led by Cedars-Sinai investigators.
The Phase I clinical trial results are published in the peer-reviewed journal eBioMedicine, a Lancet journal.
“Although several drugs are approved for pulmonary arterial hypertension, mortality remains high,” said Eduardo Marbán, MD, PhD, executive director of the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai, the Mark S. Siegel Family Foundation ...
Study analyzes what babies hear, say on six continents
2023-12-13
Elika Bergelson, associate professor of psychology at Harvard University, studies how infants and toddlers learn language from the world around them. The developmental psychologist specifically strives to parse the various theories that account for the onset and eventual mastery of language comprehension and production. Bergelson’s latest paper, published this month in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, represents a more global approach to developing and testing such theories.
Written ...
Heart attack deaths spike during the winter holidays
2023-12-13
DALLAS, Dec. 13, 2023 — The winter holidays can turn deadly as research shows that more people die from heart attacks during the last week of December than at any other time of the year. While being aware of the signs of a heart attack and taking steps to reduce your risk are important all year long, the American Heart Association, the world’s leading voluntary organization focused on heart and brain health for all, says that’s especially critical during the next few weeks.
A number of scientific studies confirm ...