Seong-Jun Kang, PhD
AI & Neuroscience Researcher 📝Open to Postdoctoral Opportunities🥼
🎓 PhD in Medicine, Seoul National University
🔬 Postdoctoral Researcher, Yonsei University Wonju
💊 (Former) R&D Team Lead, PB Immune Therapeutics
💉 Operating "AI Drug Development" Community in GPTers
🧠 Operating "AI Neuroscience" Community in GPTers
🎯 Digital Healthcare Solution FOCUZ (App store)
(👆FOCUZ Landing Page)
📜 Publications & Awards 🏆
- Published around 20 SCI-indexed international papers
- Paper selected for "People Who Light Up Korea" (Hanbitsa)
Representative publications:
1️⃣ Single-cell transcriptomic analysis of an Alzheimer’s disease animal model (JNI, 2025)
2️⃣ Single-cell transcriptomic analysis of patients with severe atopic dermatitis (Allergy, 2025)
3️⃣ JAK3i-based non-human primate islet xenotransplantation (Xenotransplantation, 2024)
4️⃣ Spatial transcriptomic analysis of intratumoral heterogeneity in melanoma (JEADV, 2023)
Awards:
- Outstanding Researcher Award, Department of Microbiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine
- Best Poster Presentation Award, International Xenotransplantation Association (IXA)
- Best Poster Award, Korean Association of Immunologists
- Best Presenter Award, GPTers Bootcamp
- Grand Prize, G-Valley Smart Workathon, Seoul Business Agency
- 1st Place, 1st GPTers Hackathon
🎤 Speaking & Seminar Experience 💬
- SK hynix Digital Me – Lecture and coaching on boosting work productivity using LLMs
- SK Biopharm & SK bioscience Digital Me – Lecture and coaching on improving work productivity in the bio field using LLMs
- MC, 2025 “Human Intelligence in the Age of AI” Conference
- MC, 2025 “Do Dreams Also Transfer?” Conference
- (Speaker, GPTers AI Talk) “A Healthy Life Powered by AI: From Personal Health Management to AlphaFold-based Protein Drug Discovery”
- (Speaker, GPTers AI Talk) “AI Drug Discovery and Digital Healthcare: Innovations in Human Medicine and Companion Animal Care”
- CMDS Sleep Conference for Knowledge Workers: “The Science of Sleep from an Alzheimer’s Researcher’s Perspective”
- Seminar for new researchers at the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety on using AI for writing research reports and scientific papers
- Lecture for senior officials at the National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation on strengthening capabilities to apply generative AI in public administration
- Generative AI lecture for elementary school parents, hosted by AIxSEED, a local volunteer group in Donghae City
- Generative AI lecture for teachers affiliated with the Korea Employment Agency for Persons with Disabilities