Sooyeon Lee
Research interest
- Skeletal stem cells and osteoprogenitors during fracture healing
- Alternative organoid models for bone regeneration
Academic and Scientific education
03/2017-12/2019 Postdoctoral Researcher in the lab of Prof. Philipp Leucht, MD
Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, U.S.A.
08/2010-04/2016 PhD degree in Natural Sciences (Dr. rer. nat.)
Institute of Comparative Molecular Endocrinology, Îçҹ̽»¨, Ulm, Germany Leibniz Graduate School on Aging and Age related Diseases (LGSA), Jena, Germany
10/2005-08/2007 Master of Engineering (M. Eng.) in Biomedical Engineering
Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg and Hochschule Anhalt, Halle, Germany
03/1997-02/2001 Bachelor of Science (B. Sc.) in Biomedical Engineering
Yonsei University, Wonju, South Korea
Prizes and Awards
2022 Hertha-Nathorff-Programm awardee by Îçҹ̽»¨
2020 Start-up funding B provided by Îçҹ̽»¨
2016 Travel grant for attending a conference (ECTS) provided by GSK
2010-2013 Research fellowship selected for excellent PhD candidates provided by Leibniz Graduate School of Ageing from Fritz Lipmann Institute Jena
3 selected publications
[1] S. Lee, L.H. Remark, A.M. Josephson, K. Leclerc, E.M. Lopez, D.J. Kirby, D. Mehta, H.P. Litwa, M.Z. Wong, S.Y. Shin, P. Leucht, Notch-Wnt signal crosstalk regulates proliferation and differentiation of osteoprogenitor cells during intramembranous bone healing, Npj Regen. Med. 6 (2021) 29. .
[2] S. Lee, P. Liu, M. Ahmad, J.P. Tuckermann, Leukemia inhibitory factor treatment attenuates the detrimental effects of glucocorticoids on bone in mice, Bone. 145 (2021) 115843. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bone.2021.115843.
[3] S. Lee, P. Liu, R. Teinturier, J. Jakob, M. Tschaffon, A. Tasdogan, R. Wittig, S. Hoeller, D. Baumhoer, L. Frappart, S. Vettorazzi, P. Bertolino, C. Zhang, J. Tuckermann, Deletion of Menin in craniofacial osteogenic cells in mice elicits development of mandibular ossifying fibroma, Oncogene. 37 (2018) 616–626. .