Preventing Aging Diseases with Our Own Hands... Graduate Student Team from Dong-Eui University Selected for 'National R&D Real Challenge' Program

Recovery Team consisting of So-hyun Park, a first-year master's student in Applied Chemistry and Food Engineering at Dong-Eui University Graduate School, Na-eun Moon, a first-year master's student, and Su-yeon Eom, a second-year master's student.
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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] Graduate students at Dong-Eui University have entered the 'National Challenge' aimed at preventing aging-related diseases.

This project is part of the National R&D Real Challenge program, organized by the Korea Institute for Research and Development of Human Resources in Science and Technology (KIRD).

The Recovery Team, consisting of first-year master's students Park So-hyun and Moon Na-eun, and second-year student Eom Su-yeon from the Department of Applied Chemistry and Food Engineering at Dong-Eui University (President Han Su-hwan), won this project on May 3rd.

The Recovery Team was selected for the project titled "Study on Aging Mechanism Using CRISPR/Cas9 System to Knockout the Anti-Aging Related SIRT1 Gene in Cells."

From May 18 to November 17, they are conducting research aimed at preventing aging-related diseases involving specific proteins.

This program is designed to strengthen the research capabilities of science and engineering master's and doctoral students by planning actual R&D projects. This year, 53 teams from universities nationwide applied, and 24 teams were selected.

In Busan, research teams from Dong-Eui University and Pukyong National University were selected. The teams receive approximately 21 million KRW in research funding over about six months, along with training to enhance R&D capabilities and mentoring from R&D experts.

Park So-hyun, who participates as the research leader, said, "All team members are graduates of the Applied Chemistry major in the Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering at Dong-Eui University," adding, "The well-equipped laboratory has been a great help in conducting research since undergraduate studies, and I am pleased to be selected for this project as I enter graduate school."

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