Seoul National University
South Korea

Biography

Prof. Jae Yong Han received his bachelor and master degrees in Seoul National University, Korea. Since his completion of Ph.D. degree in University of Minnesota, USA in 1991, he appointed as a professor of Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University. His initial academic specialties are avian germ cell biology, developed in vitro long-term culture system of chicken primordial germ cells (PGCs) and subsequently established micromanipulation technology for PGCs. More recently, he has made outstanding achievements in avian genome engineering and genome-editing technology. In particular, based on genome-editing technology, he is developing systems to control avian viral diseases and producing genome-edited birds that are resistant to viral diseases. In addition, he is producing a genome-editing avian bioreactor model that uses the characteristics of avian species to produce useful proteins including bio drugs, and bioactive molecules. He is recently running the project "Center for Avian Germ Cell Modulation and Cloning".

Fields of Interest

• Avian Model
• Avian Genome Engineering
• Genome Editing
• Primordial Germ Cell