2021 KSEA West Gulf Coast Regional Conference
December 11, 2021 (Sat.)
Program and Organizing Committee
Opening remarks (12:30 PM-1:00 PM) (Chair: Dr. Sang Jun Han)
Ambassador Myung Soo Ahn
Consul General of the Republic of Korea in Houston
Dr. Brian Park
President, Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association
Professor, University of Virginia
Mr. Seok-Ho Kim
Managing Director, Korea-U.S. Science Cooperation Center (KUSCO)
Session I: Plenary lecture (1:00 PM - 2:00 PM) (Chair: Dr. Ju-Seog Lee)
Dr. Bert W. O'Malley
Chancellor of Baylor College of Medicine
Title: Structure-Function Studies of Nuclear Receptor-Coactivator Transcription Complexes Suggests New Therapeutic Applications.
Session II: Trainee Research Presentation (2:00 PM – 3:30 PM) (Chair: Dr. Tae Jin Lee)
Breakout sessions for trainee presentations
Short talks for students and postdocs (Presentation 12 min, Q&A 2 min)
Session III: Invited talks (3:30PM – 5:00 PM)
Section A (Chair: Dr. Jung Hwan Kim)
Dr. Jaehoon (Jason) Lee
Associate Professor & Program Coordinator,
Department of Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Counseling Texas Tech University
Title: A synthesis of variable-centered approach and person-centered approach for an effective forecasting of health outcomes and clinical transition.
Dr. James Jihoon Kang
Associate Professor
School of Earth, Environmental and Marine Sciences, College of Sciences University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV)
Title: Biochar for water and soil remediation
Dr. HyeongJun Kim
Assistant Professor
Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Title: Single-molecule biophysics approaches in studying mechanisms of DNA-binding proteins.
Section B (Chair: Dr. Kyuson Yun)
Dr. Janice H. Logan
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Title: Intellectual Property Considerations for Academic Researchers
Dr. In-Hyun Park
Associate Professor
Yale Stem Cell Center, Yale University Scholl of Medicine
Title: Development of the integrated brain organoids for human brain development
Dr. Jayhun Lee
Assistant Professor
Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Title: Developmental regulation of parasite survival and immune evasion by Schistosoma
Session IV: Closing remarks and awards (5:00 PM – 5:15 PM)
Trainee Research Award Chair: Dr. Tae Jin Lee
Session V: Conference Banquet (7:00 PM)
Location; South Texas Chapter (Houston) - Korea House, 10078 Long Point Rd, Houston, TX 77055
A meal ticket will be given to the participants from North Texas Chapter (Dallas) , Austin Chapter (Austin) , Texas Coastal Bend Chapter (Corpus Christi) and Arkansas Chapter
Organizing Committee
Conference Chair
Sang Jun Han
Program Organizer
Tae Jin Lee
KSEA South Texas Chapter
Sung Yun Jung
Jung Hwan Kim
Jong Min Choi
Junho Choi
KSEA North Texas Chapter
Wooram Park
KSEA Austin Texas Chapter
In Hyouk Song
KSEA Texas Coastal Bend Chapter
Soojin Yoo
KSEA Arkansas Chapter
Young Hye Song
Texas Medical Center Faculties
Crystal S Shin
Dongsu Park
Goo Jun
Ji Young Yoo
Joo Hyung Lee
Ju Seog Lee
Jung Hwan Kim
Kyuson Yun
Min Gyu Lee
Min Sup Song
Sang Jun Han
Seung Hee Yoo
Sung Yun Jung
Tae Jin Lee
Yangjin Bae