▶Interview

​Professor Jin-Ha Choi was appointed at Jeonbuk National University in March 2021. His primary research field involves integrating nano-bio materials into the biomedical engineering to develop early diagnostics and effective therapies. Noble metals such as gold and silver exhibit various optical and electromagnetic properties when fabricated into nano-materials using the plasmonic effect on their surfaces. Applying these plasmonic nanomaterials to the measurement of biomaterials enables the development of highly sensitive biosensors for early diagnostics. Furthermore, by incorporating various drugs, including genes, into nanomaterials, the development of smart nanotherapeutics seems promising.

His recent focus lies in the sensitive biosensor development utilizing CRISPR gene-editing technology and the effective development of nanotherapeutics. To achieve this, he conducts research that maximizes diagnostic and therapeutic effects by incorporating the unique properties of various nanomaterials into CRISPR gene-editing techniques. Additionally, he is interested in developing in vitro models using stem cells, combining them with nanosensors to measure real-time biosignals. Such research is expected to be applied as a drug development platform that can replace experimental animals. Currently, he is recruiting master's and doctoral students who are interested in the field of nanobiomedicine.

▶Education

Feb. 2014  /  Ph.D. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Sogang University​

​Feb. 2008  /   B.S. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Sogang University

​▶Researches

​Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats-Mediated Amplification-Free Detection of Viral DNAs Using Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy-Active Nanoarray / ACS Nano, 15, 8, 13475, 2021.08. IF 17.1, JCR 5.7%

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsnano.1c03975 

CRISPR-Cas12a-based Cell-Free DNA Biosensors via Au Nanoparticle-assisted Metal-Enhanced Fluorescence and Colorimetric Analysis without Nucleic Acid Amplification / Nano Letters, 21, 693, 2021.01. IF 10.8, JCR 10.4%

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c04303 

In Situ Detection of Neurotransmitters from Stem Cell-Derived Neural Interface at the Single-Cell Level via Graphene-Hybrid SERS Nanobiosensing / Nano Letters, 20, 7670 2020.10. IF 10.8, JCR 10.4%

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c03205

​Nondestructive Characterization of Stem Cell Neurogenesis by a Magneto-Plasmonic Nanomaterial-Based Exosomal miRNA Detection / ACS Nano 13, 8793, 2019.07. IF 17.1, JCR 5.7%

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsnano.9b01875

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