2024-04-16 02:40:49
Jeonbuk Special Self-Governing Province signed an agreement with a famous U.S. research center for cooperation in the human body-related bio field. Jeonbuk Self-Governing Province, which challenged the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy’s bio-specialized complex contest, is securing competitiveness in the bio industry by signing a business agreement with a famous U.S. research center for cooperation in human-related bio fields.
Jeonbuk Special Self-Governing Province announced on the 15th that it signed a business agreement to foster the bio industry with the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Microbiological Tissue System Research Center, Chonbuk National University, and Wonkwang University.
The business agreement signed on this day included Jeonbuk Special Self-Governing Province Governor Kim Kwan-young, Kim Deok-ho, director of the Microbiological Tissue System Research Center at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Chonbuk National University President Yang Oh-bong, Wonkwang University President Park Sung-tae, Jeonbuk Techno Park Director Lee Gyu-taek, Jeonbuk Bio Convergence Industry Promotion Agency Director Lee Eun-mi, and Kim Cha-young of Korea. Jeonbuk branch director of the Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Jeong Byeong-yeop, director of the Advanced Radiation Research Institute of the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, and Hwang Gyeong-hwa, head of the Jeonbuk branch of the Safety Assessment Research Institute, attended and expressed their commitment to fostering the bio industry.
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine’s Microbiological Tissue Systems Research Center is an innovative research institute that aims to establish a hub for prediction of human disease and precision medicine applications, and development and validation of stem cell-based in vitro 3D organotypic models.
The main contents of the agreement include ▲cooperation in carrying out international joint research projects ▲sharing of research data, publications, and information ▲exchange of research personnel ▲other cooperative exchanges agreed upon by both organizations, and will play a major role in future bio research and development and human resource development in Jeonbuk Self-Governing Province. expected to do so.
Following the agreement, Jeonbuk Self-Governing Province and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine’s Microbiological Tissue System Research Center held a seminar on ‘Global Organoid Technology and Industrialization Trends.’ Through this, the two organizations shared overseas organoid technology trends and also had time to explore ways to cooperate in fostering related industries in Jeonbuk Self-Governing Province.
This agreement is expected to greatly contribute to the growth of the Jeonbuk bio industry in the future through international joint research projects and exchange of research personnel between Jeonbuk Self-Governing Province’s bio research base and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine’s Microbiological Tissue Systems Research Center.
Kim Gwan-young, Governor of Jeonbuk Special Self-Governing Province, said, “Related institutions such as Chonbuk National University, Wonkwang University, and Jeonbuk Branch of the Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology are concentrated in the province,” adding, “Universities and institutions in the province conduct joint research projects and conduct research with world-class researchers. “We will provide support to further secure competitiveness in the bio sector through human resource exchange,” he said.
Photo by Queen Choi Hana, Reporter Jeonbuk Special Self-Governing Province
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2024-04-16 02:40:49