Research-at-a-glance: 

•   Automated bioreactor system for stem cell cultures

• 3D bioprinted hydrogel patches

• Cell therapeutics based on tissue engineering and regenerative medicine

• Nanomaterials 

• Tunable hydrogels to communicate stem cells and ECM

• Hydrogel sensor-based agriculture monitoring system

• 4D printing for science robotics

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Researcher keywords

• Bioengineering | Mechatronics | Bioreactor culture | Bioprinting | Biophysics

• Immunomodulation | Tissue regeneration | Macrophage

• Cellulose nanocrystals | Antibacterial | Biomimetics
  
    

Biography: 

• Prof. Lim completed his undergraduate degrees in Biosystems Engineering at Konkuk University and an MA in Biomechatronics from Sungkyunkwan University. Ki-Taek continued his doctoral studies in Biosystems Engineering at Seoul National University under the joint supervision of Prof. Jong Hoon Chung. He held a postdoctoral appointment at Dental Research Institute, Seoul National University where he developed high-throughput automated culture platforms via a bioreactor process engineering for enhanced tissue regeneration from stem cells in Prof. Pill-Hoon Choung’s laboratory, plus, he developed nanoparticles as tools to control stem cells in Prof. Jin-Woo Kim’s Bio/Nano-Technology Group, Institute for Nanoscience and Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Ki-Taek joined KNU as an Assistant Professor of Biosystems Engineering in Feb. 2015, with getting along with an Adjunct Professor and a Visiting Scholar at SNU (Seoul National University)

 

Research: 

• Broadly, research in the Lim group integrates new bioreactor process, optical, and bio/nano-technology tools for application in biology and agricultural engineering. We pioneer the bio-convergence system in biosystems engineering approaches, aiming to enable multi-parametric studies with the power to reveal the workings of natural and engineered biological systems.

 

Research areas:  

• Pulsed electromagnetic-wave motion bioreactor system for enhanced osteogenic commitment and therapeutic potentials 

• Transcriptomic profiling of human mesenchymal stem cells 

• Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine

• Applications of hydrogel technology in agriculture: plant-wearable monitoring system

• Pathogen Detection Systems using fully automated-on site microbiological testing productions

• 3D & 4D bioprinting 

 

Editorial board member: 

• International Journal of Bioprinting | IF 8.4 

• Organoid Research

• Biofunctional Materials

• Regenerative Medicine Reports

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