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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. .

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