Sang Jun Sim

In this study, we investigated the antifungal activity of three different forms of silver nanoparticles against the unidentified ambrosia fungus Raffaelea sp., which has been responsible for the mortality of a large number of oak trees in Korea. Growth of fungi in the presence of silver nanoparticles was significantly inhibited in a dosedependent manner. We also assessed the effectiveness of combining the different forms of nanoparticles. Microscopic observation revealed that silver nanoparticle

Hydrogen was produced from various marine macro-algae (seaweeds) through anaerobic fermentation using an undefined bacterial consortium. In this study, anaerobic fermentation from various marine macro-algae for Ulva lactuca, Porphyra ten-era, Undaria pinnatifida,and Laminaria japonica was determined to be the optimum substrate for hydrogen production. When L.japonica was used as the carbon source for enhanced hydrogen production, the optimum fermentation temperature, substrate concentration, ini

BACKGROUND: The most efficient method for enhancing solubility of recombinant proteins appears to use the fusion expression partners. Although commercial fusion partners including maltose binding protein and glutathione-S-transferase have shown good performance in enhancing the solubility, they cannot be used for the proprietory production of commercially value-added proteins and likely cannot serve as universal helpers to solve all protein solubility and folding issues. Thus, novel fusion partn

클로렐라는 생물화학적 성분들을 풍부하게 함유하고 있어서 영양학적으로 사료나 식품으로 이용되며 화장품, 의약품, 심지어 연료로도 이용되고 있다. 클로렐라는 보통 연못이나 호수 등 담수에서 생육하며, 구형 단세포이다. 생식은 무성생식으로 하루에 4~16배로 증식한다. 클로렐라의 대량생산을 위한 배양은 크게 옥외배양법과 발효조 배양법으로 나뉜다. 클로렐라는 필수 아미노산과 생체에 여러 가지 생리적 기능을 수행하는 지방산과 스테롤, 유산균 성장 촉진 원인 물질인 chlorella growth factor (CGF)의 함유되어 있으며, 생체 내에서 중금속 배출기능, 독성물질의 분해, 동맥경화 및 간장 장애의 억제, 면역기능 강화, 항암 활성, 장내 유효세균의 증식 촉진, 식품의 풍미 향상 및 보습효과 등의 기능성을 가지고 있어 기능성 생물소재로 주목되고 있다. 클로렐라는 건강기능식품, 화장품, 의약품 소재로서 응용될 수 있을 뿐만 아니라 이산화탄소의 고정화와 수소가스의 생성 등 환경 및 에너

Exosomes, membrane-bound vesicles having a diameter of 30-150nm, are secreted by most cell types, including tumor cells. These vesicles mediate intercellular communication by transferring bioactive molecules (including a variety of proteins and nucleic acids) from donor to recipient cells. Notably, tumor cells secrete more exosome into microenvironment than nontumoral cells. Tumor-derived exosomes are enriched in molecular and genetic traits of tumor cells that facilitate cancer initiation, prog

Prostate specific antigen-α1-antichymotrypsin wasdetected by a double-enhancement strategy involving theexploitation of both coloidal gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) andprecipitation of an insoluble product formed by HRP-biocatalyzed oxidation. The AuNPs were synthesized andconjugated with horse-radish peroxidase-PSA polyclonal antibodyby physisorption. Using the protein-colloid for SPR-basedas being consistent with other previous studies with regard toAuNPs enhancement, while the enzyme precipitatio

The effect of an air distributor on the fluidization characteristics of 1 mm glass beads has been determined in a conical gas fluidized bed (0.1 m - inlet diameter and 0.6 m in height) with an apex angle of 20o. To determine the effect of distributor geometry, five different perforated distributors were employed (the opening fraction of 0.009-0.037, different hole size, and number). The differential bed pressure drop increases with increasing gas velocity, and it goes from zero to a maximum valu

This paper presents a simple method for modifying the polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) microfluidic channels with Teflon for algal lipid research. When culturing and staining algae inside microfluidic devices, the small molecule dyes absorbed by the microchannel surface render it difficult for imaging and quantification. PDMS surface coated with Teflon-AF resists the absorption of hydrophobic dye molecules (i.e., BODIPY and Nile red) as confirmed using fluorescence microscopy. Here, we introduce a su

Poly(ethylene glycol)s (PEGs) are unique in their material properties, such as biocompatibility, non-toxicity, and water-solublizing ability, which are extremely useful for a variety of biomedical applications. In addition, a variety of functional PEGs with specific functionality at one or both chain ends have been synthesized for many specialized applications. Surface modifications using PEG have been demonstrated to decrease protein adsorption and platelet or cell adhesion on biomaterials. Fur

Reverse transcription – quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) is conventionally used method to analyze oncogenes, infected DNAs, and mutated tumor associated genes. However it is hard to detect rare genetic targets since the disturbance of undesired amplification often overrides the reaction of very few targets in a myriad of interfering genes. To solve the limitation, we developed primerimmobilized network (PIN) probe RT-qPCR which can detect target RNA with high selectivity and sens