Professor Sung Yang of GIST Department of Medical System Engineering and School of Mechatronics was presented an award for submitting the largest number (14) of papers at the 17th Korea MEMS (micro-electro-mechanical systems) Conference held on April 2 – 4 in Jeju.
 
Mr. Jong-Chan Choi, a doctoral student in Professor Yang’s lab, was also given an award at the conference for making the best oral presentation entitled “A microfluidic device for high-throughput and multiplexed secretome assay of single cancer cell.”
 
Professor Yang’s team is conducting a joint research project with Professor James R. Heath’s team in California Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research is expected to contribute to the development of biochips capable of improving the effectiveness of cancer therapy.