Hyokyeong Cha, PhD

HyoKyeong Cha earned her PhD in Biomedical Sciences from Korea University. The focus of her research has been to understand neurodegenerative disease and mood disorder using mouse models and human iPSCs. After earning her PhD, she became intrigued in the possibility of large-scale biological datasets,  and she worked on discovering protein panels resistant to chemotherapy drugs in breast cancer through proteomics and bioinformatics at Seoul National University Hospital. Recently, her priority research goal has been to utilize large-scale biological data sets to find clues and integrate stem cell and genome engineering technologies to improve the biological understanding and clinical application of human diseases.

HyoKyeong joined the team as one of the founding members to manage stem cell activities of the Center.