Yongdae Shin

Yongdae Shin

Associate Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering/Interdisciplinary Program in Bioengineering

Seoul National University

Email: ydshin@snu.ac.kr

1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 08826, South Korea

Tel : 82-2-880-7388

EDUCATION

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Feb 2015

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

S.M. in Mechanical Engineering, Jun 2009

Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea

B.S. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Feb 2007

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea Mar 2018 – present

Assistant/Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering and Interdisciplinary Program in Bioengineering

Princeton University, Princeton, NJ Dec 2014 – Jan 2018

Postdoctoral research associate in Prof. Clifford P. Brangwynne’s Lab

SELECTED AWARDS

The World Economic Forum Young Scientist June 2019

Selected as one of 21 researchers under the age of 40

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Engineering DNA-based synthetic condensates with programmable material properties, compositions, and functionalities

Do S*, Lee C*, Lee T, Kim DN#, and Shin Y# (2022)

Science Advances, 8(41), eabj1771

Formation of non-base-pairing DNA microgels using directed phase transition of amphiphilic monomers

Lee C*, Do S*, Lee JY, Kim M, Kim SM, Shin Y#, and Kim DN# (2022)

Nucleic Acids Research, 50(7), 4187-4196

Liquid nuclear condensates mechanically sense and restructure the genome

Shin Y*, Chang Y*, Lee DSW, Berry J, Sanders DW, Ronceray P, Wingreen NS, Haataja MP and Brangwynne CP (2018)

Cell, 175(6), 1481-1491

Liquid phase condensation in cell physiology and disease

Shin Y and Brangwynne CP (2017)

Science, 357(6357): eaaf4382

Spatio-temporal control of intracellular phase transitions using light-activated optoDroplets

Shin Y, Berry J, Pannucci N, Haataja MP, Toettcher JE and Brangwynne CP (2017)

Cell, 168(1), 159-171