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JEONGBIN
YIM was appointed
President & CEO of IMBN Venture.
As a professor of Seoul National
University, he is one of co-founders
of A-IMBN, and has assumed a position
of A-IMBN President since 2005.
In academic circle, he has played
a significant role as Director
of Institute for Molecular Biology
and Genetics (IMBG) of Seoul National
University, President of Microbiological
Society of Korea, President of
The Korean Society for Molecular
and Cellular Biology, and Director
of Bio-Max Institute. In terms
of venture business experiences,
he has involved in the establishment
of a bio venture company, Genexel,
and also serves as scientific
advisor to numerous bio venture
companies i.e. CrystalGenomics,
PanGen. |
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WAN-KYOO
CHO, D.Sc., is
Director of IMBN Venture. , Being
President of Bio Industry Association
of Korea, he is an internationally
respected educator, scientist
and statesman. In 1987, he was
appointed president of Seoul National
University and Minister of Education
of Republic of Korea from 1992
to 1993. He has served as standing
advisor of Korea Support Committee
for The International Vaccine
Institute and president of the
Korean Academy of Science and
Technology. |
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WON-KUN
CHOI is External
Director of IMBN Venture. He was
a manager of Marketing Division
in SamSung Electronic Corp. for
4 years after serving in Business
Development Planning division
in SamSung Electronic LCD Corp
for 7 years. Later, he took up
the position of Vice president
of WIDE Corp. (SamSung spin out
LCD display venture company) for
6 years. Currently, he is President
of W-SCOPE Corp. |
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JEONG-SUN
SEO is Auditor
of IMBN Venture. Serving as Chairman
of Macrogen Inc., he has been
holding positions as vice president,
Korea Bio Venture Association
and vice president of Korean society
for Molecular and Cellular Biology,
and president of Korea Genome
Organization(KOGO). |
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KEVIN
YOON is Managing
Director of IMBN Venture. Before
joining IMBN Venture, he used
to work for the U.S. State Department
as a program associate (2001-2002)
and relocated himself to Korea
to work at Korean government agencies
including the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs and Trade and the Ministry
of Science and Technology. Concurrently
he serves as Managing Director
of A-IMBN. |
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| Founders |
| Kenichi Arai, Ph.D.£ºFounding
shareholder / Special Professor,
LSBM, RCAST and Professor Emeritus,
University of Tokyo |
Director, The Tokyo Metropolitan
Institute of Medical Science
DNAX Research Institute, Inc.
Councilor at the Kanagawa Academy
of Science and Technology (KAST)
Charter Member of TSUNAMI Entrepreneurs¡¯
Club |
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| Robert Huber, Ph.D.£º
Founding shareholder /¡¡Fellow
of American Academy of Microbiology,
Fellow of the Royal Society, London |
Nobel Prize laureate in Chemistry
(1988)
Professor of Technische Universitat
Munche, Honorary professor of
Peking University in China
Honorary professor of Shanghai
Second Medical University in China |
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| Axel Ullrich, Ph.D.£º
Founding shareholder /¡¡Managing
director of Max-Planck Institute
fur Biochemie |
| Research director of the Singapore
Onco Genome Project, Centre for
Molecular Medicine, Agency for
Science, Technology and Research
(A*Star) |
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| Arturo Falaschi, Ph.D.£º
Founding shareholder /¡¡Director-General
of International Centre for Genetic
Engineering and Biotechnology
(ICGEB) |
Executive director of A-IMBN
Committee member for the National
Fund for Basic Research of Italian
Ministry of Research
President of the Italian Society
of Biophysics and Molecular Biology |
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| Gong Zuxun, Ph.D.£º Founding
shareholder /¡¡Former vice director
of Institute of Biochemistry and
Cell Biology |
| Member of Council, Chinese Society
for Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology, Member of Chinese Society
for Microbiology, Member of American
Phytopathogenic Society, Editor
of Chinese Journal of Virology |
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| Chris Tan, Ph.D.£º Founding
shareholder / Founding and Former
Director of IMCB, Senior Counselor
AIMBN |
Advisor to Agency for Science,
Technology and Research of Singapore
(A*Star) and Okinawa Institute
of Science and Technology
Director of Singapore¡¯s Institute
of Molecular and Cell Biology
(IMCB) |
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| Rho Hyun Seong, Ph.D.£º
Founding shareholder /¡¡Director
of Center for Functional Cellulomics,
Seoul National University |
| Director of Centre for Functional
Cellulomics of Seoul National
University. |
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