Baek Sung-hee (; born 1970) is a South Korean scientist specialising in
molecular genetics
Molecular genetics is a branch of biology that addresses how differences in the structures or expression of DNA molecules manifests as variation among organisms. Molecular genetics often applies an "investigative approach" to determine the st ...
. Her work is focused on the
chromatin
Chromatin is a complex of DNA and protein found in eukaryote, eukaryotic cells. The primary function is to package long DNA molecules into more compact, denser structures. This prevents the strands from becoming tangled and also plays important r ...
dynamics and
epigenetic
In biology, epigenetics is the study of changes in gene expression that happen without changes to the DNA sequence. The Greek prefix ''epi-'' (ἐπι- "over, outside of, around") in ''epigenetics'' implies features that are "on top of" or "in ...
regulatory mechanism in cancer. She received her BS, MS, and Ph.D. degrees from
Seoul National University
Seoul National University (SNU; ) is a public university, public research university in Seoul, South Korea. It is one of the SKY (universities), SKY universities and a part of the Flagship Korean National Universities.
The university's main c ...
. Following her postdoctoral research in
Michael Rosenfeld’s lab at HHMI and following research assistant professor at HHMI, she joined the faculty of Seoul National University in 2003, and now works as an associate professor. Baek received numerous awards and honors, including the
L’Oreal-
UNESCO
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for Women in Science Award.
Awards
*2005 Breakthrough Award,
L’Oréal Korea-UNESCO for Women in Science Award
*2011 Academic Achievement Award, L’Oréal Korea-UNESCO for Women in Science Award
*2012
Woman Scientist/Engineer of the Year Award, Korea Science and Engineering Foundation
*2015
Kyung-Ahm Prize
The Kyung-Ahm Prize () is a series of awards presented annually from the Kyung-Ahm Education & Cultural Foundation. Founded in 2005 with a 100 billion KRW endowment by Geum-Jo Song, the award originally had four categories and in addition to the ...
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References
External links
SBAEK LAB.
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1970 births
Living people
Date of birth missing (living people)
Molecular genetics
Woman Scientist/Engineer of the Year Award recipients