Kyung Hee University to Host Special Lecture by Harvard Medical School Professor Taekjip Ha

Leveraging High-Resolution Technologies

Breakthroughs in Next-Generation Biomedical Research

The Kyung Hee University College of Medicine is set to host a special lecture on next-generation biomedical research technologies, inviting Professor Taekjip Ha of Harvard Medical School, a globally renowned scholar in the field of biophysics.

On May 14, Kyung Hee University announced that it will hold the special lecture by Professor Taekjip Ha of Harvard Medical School at 5:00 p.m. on May 20 at the College of Medicine’s Main Building 1. The lecture will be themed “Advancing Biomedical Research through High Resolution Technologies.”

Seoul Dongdaemun-gu Kyung Hee University campus view. Photo by Yonhap News Agency

Professor Ha is recognized as a leading authority in technologies that enable precise observation and interpretation of life phenomena at the single-molecule level. In this lecture, he will share the latest research achievements in ultra-precise analytical technologies that are expected to transform the paradigm of modern medicine. In particular, he will showcase research cases that visualize, in real time and at the nanometer scale, the movement and binding of individual molecules, focusing on “single-molecule fluorescence resonance energy transfer (smFRET)” technology and the “optical tweezers” technique. He also plans to explain how these methods are applied to elucidate mechanisms such as DNA repair in cancer cells and antigen recognition in immune cells.

Professor Ha will also present a new approach to analyzing the causes of cancer metastasis and intractable diseases using “TGT (Tension Gauge Tether)” technology, which measures the minute forces exerted by cells.

Kim Dokyung, a professor at Kyung Hee University College of Medicine who organized the lecture, stated, “This lecture with one of the world’s leading scholars will inspire researchers with new analytical methodologies and offer students an opportunity to witness the future direction of biomedical science. I hope it will be a chance to experience the synergy generated by the convergence of basic science and clinical medicine.”

Professor Ha has led biophysics research as a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and an investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). Recently, as an Eminence Scholar (ES) faculty member at Kyung Hee University, he co-authored a paper with Professor Kim Dokyung on “Next-Generation Single-Molecule Imaging Based on Intelligent Fluorophores,” which was published in the world-renowned journal Science Bulletin.

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