2022
- 11/24/2022 Yeji Yang (양예지), a 3rd-year undergraduate student, joined the BNML. Warm welcome to her.
- 11/11/2022 BNML present three papers in the KSME Conference 2022 Fall: "Adhesive Bonding of 3D-printed Microfluidic Chip and PMMA Coverslip", "3D-printed Sharp-edge Acoustic Microfluidic Mixer", and "Fabrication and Characterization of Ultra-Thin PDMS Membrane Using Polystyrene Petri Dish".
- 8/17/2022 Namgung Hyun (남궁현) graduated with his B.S. degree. Congratulations, Hyun!
- 8/16/2022 Abdi Kaba Mirgissag (압디가바밀기사) graduated with his Ph.D. degree in just 4 years. Congratulations, Abdi!
- 5/30/2022 Jintae Kim (김진태), a 3rd-year undergraduate student, joined the BNML. Warm welcome to him.
- 4/19/2022 Jayoung Koo (구자영), a 1st year part-time graduate student, joined the BNML. Warm welcome to him.
- 4/4/2022 Boseok Heo (허보석), a 3rd year undergraduate student, joined the BNML. Warm welcome to him.
- 3/31/2022 The BNML receives a 3-year research grant from Samsung Science and Technology Foundation.
- 2/23/2022 The BNML receives a 5-year intermediate-level research grant from the National Research Foundation.
- 1/24/2022 Heeyeon Kim (김희연), a 4th year undergraduate student, joined the BNML Warm welcome to her.
- 1/23/2022 >BNML publishes the paper "Quantitative Determination of 3D-printing and Surface-treatment Conditions for Directprinted Microfluidic Devices" to Biochip Journal (IF 3.494).
2021
- 10/25/2021 BNML publishes the paper "Zinc-finger-protein-based Microfluidic Electrophoretic Mobility Reversal Assay for Quantitative Double-stranded DNA Analysis" to Biochip Journal (IF 3.494).
- 10/22/2021 BNML publishes the registered international patent PROTEIN MEMORY CELL AND PROTEIN MEMORY SYSTEM" (US 11,152,082).
- 7/27/2021 BNML publishes the paper "Cavitation-microstreaming-based Lysis and DNA Extraction using a Laser-machined Polycarbonate Microfluidic Chip " to Sensors and Actuators A: Chemical (IF 7.460).
- 6/16/2021 BNML presents two posters in the Biochip 2021 Spring Conference: "Cavitation-microstreaming-based Microfluidic Lysis and DNA-extraction Device" and "Quantitative Determination of 3D-printing and Surface-treatment Conditions for Direct-printed Microfluidic Devices."
- 5/31/2021 Haseul Lee (이하슬), a 3rd year undergraduate student, joined the BNML Warm welcome to her.
- 5/27/2021 The BNML receives a 1-year basic research fund from the National Research Foundation for the project titled "Acoustic microstreaming micromixer based on ultra-thin elastomeric membrane oscillator"
- 3/30/2021 The paper "Excitation-frequency determination based on electromechanical impedance spectroscopy for a Laser-microfabricated cavitation microstreaming micromixer" is just accepted to the journal Sensors and Actuators A: Physical (IF 2.904). The research was funded by Ministry of SMEs and Startups.
- 3/18/2021 An academiy-industry project based on our microfluidic technology is supported by the Mobile Division of Samsung Electronics.
- 3/3/2021 The paper "Inertial Microfluidics Enabling Clinical Research" is publihsed in the journal Micromachines (IF 2.523).This is an outcome of collaborated efforts with Hur Lab from Johns Hopkins University, USA.
- 2/6/2021 Jeonghwan Youn (윤정환), a 4th year undergraduate student, joined the BNML. Warm welcome to him.
- 1/10/2021 A master's student Hyunjin and an undergraduate student Hyeonkyu at the BNML finally graduated! Wish a great endeavor for them.
2020
- 11/25/2020 Seonhyuk Baek and coauthors presents "Advances in a PCB Electrolytic Micropump with Oil Separation Barrier" in The BioChip 2020 fall conference, Jeju, Korea, Nov. 25-27 (Poster)
- 11/25/2020 Abdi Mirgissa Kaba and coauthors presents "Microfluidic DNA Extraction Device Based On Cavitation Microstreaming" in The BioChip 2020 fall conference, Jeju, Korea, Nov. 25-27 (Poster)
- 11/25/2020 Nebiyu Getachew Arega and coauthors presents "Zinc-finger-protein-based Rapid Microfluidic Electrophoretic Mobility Reversal Assay For Quantitative Gene Analysis" in The BioChip 2020 fall conference, Jeju, Korea, Nov. 25-27 (Poster)
- 8/27/2020 Namgung Hyun (남궁현), an undergraduate student, joined the BNML. Warm welcome to him.
- 5/27/2020 Meng Jianyun (멍지엔윈), a master's student, joined the BNML. Warm welcome to him.
- 5/9/2020 The paper "Capacitively Coupled Contactless Conductivity Detection for Microfluidic Capillary Isoelectric Focusing" is just accepted to Analytica Chimica Acta (IF 5.256).
- 2/23/2020 The US patent "SINGLE POINT DETECTION TYPE MICROFLUIDIC ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING ASSAY AND CHIPS USING THE SAME" (US 15/729,905) is registered.
- 1/28/2020 A new Korean patent has been applied "단백질 메모리 셀 및 단백질 메모리 시스템", 출원번호 10-2020-0006084.
- 1/15/2020 Two undergraduate students of the BNML graduated! A great wish for Seonhyuk and Junhee.
- 1/7/2020 The Korean patent "Microfluidic Mixer and Method for Maufacturing Microfluidic Mixer" (Korea 10-2018-0055596) is registered.
- 1/6/2020 The Korean patent "An electrolytic micropump using interdigitated electrode fabricated on a printed circuit board" (Korea 10-2018-0055590) is registered.
2019
- 12/19/2019 The Korean patent "Single Point Detection Type Microfluidic Isoelectric Focusing Assay and Chips Using The Same" (Korea 10-2017-0131212) is registered.
- 10/31/2019 The BNML is presenting a poster titled "A 3D-printed Cavitation-microstreaming micromixer" in The KSPE 2019 Fall conference, Changwon, Korea, October 29-31.
- 10/30/2019 The paper coauthored by Prof. Kim, "Microscale Formation of Immobilized pH Gradient in Simple Straight Channel" in the MicroTAS 2019 conference at Basel, Switzerland 27-31 October 2019.
- 8/10/2019 The BNML is presenting a late-news poster titled "A Microfluidic Cavitation-Microstreaming DNA Extractor" in the MicroTAS 2019 conference at Basel, Switzerland 27-31 October 2019.
- 7/2/2019 The BNML is presenting a paper titled "Impedance-based Excitation-frequency Optimization for a Transfer-tape-supported Laser-micromachined Cavitation-microstreaming Micromixer" in the MicroTAS 2019 conference at Basel, Switzerland 27-31 October 2019.
- 6/1/2019 Our Journal article "Protein Immobilization Techniques for Microfluidic Assays” in Biomicrofluidics cited more than 200 times (currently 213 by Google Scholar)!.
- 5/16/2019 The BNML receives 3-year basic research funds from the National Research Foundation for the project titled "A contactless-conductivity biomolecular analysis platform based on supercharged bioconjugates and microfluidic mobility shift assay."
- 5/14/2019 Junhee is selected as a summer MEMS intern student at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, USA.
- 2/2/2019 Minh Khang graduated for his M.S. degree and moved forward with a Ph.D. degree in Myongji. Congratulations Minh Khang!
- 1/30/2019 Abdi presents his PMMA laser micromachining work at the IEEE MEMS 2019 conference!
2018
- 11/22/2018 So Won Moon (문소원) joins the BNML. A warm welcome to So Won!
- 11/12/2018 Seonhyuk and Minh Khang present posters in the MicroTAS 2018 conferenence, Kaoshiung, Taiwan!
- 11/8/2018 Hyunjin (현진) receives an excellent poster award at the BioChip 2018 conference!
- 10/29/2018 Abdi, Woongsub, and Prof. Kim's abstract to the MEMS 2019 is accepted!
- 10/5/2018 Hyeon Kyu Oh (오현규) joins the BNML. A warm welcome to Hyeon Kyu!
- 8/22/2018 Ung Seop Lee (이웅섭) graduated with a B.S. degree. Wish a great journey for his career as a BNML graduate!
- 7/6/2018 Prof. Kim gives a talk at the Daegu Gyeongbuk Medical Innovation Foundation.
- 7/3/2018 Minh Khang Chau, Nebiyu Getachew Arega, Jin Song, Hwajin Lee, Jintae Kim, Minsub Chung, and Dohyun Kim's abstract to MicroTAS 2018 is accepted!
- 7/3/2018 Seonhyeok Baek, Hakhyun Kim, Heewon Hwang, Junhee Lee, and Dohyun Kim's abstract to MicroTAS 2018 is accepted!
- 5/28/2018 The BNML receives 40M Won (~$40,000) from the Ministry of SMEs and Startups for a research project titled "A microfluidic DNA extraction cartridge".
- 4/27/2018 A paper titled "Design, Fabrication, and Performance Evaluation of a Printed-circuit-board Microfluidic Electrolytic Pump for Lab-on-a-chip Devices" is accepted to Sensors & Actuators: A. Physical (Impact Factor 2.499). Congratulations to Co-authors Hakhyun, Heewon and Seonhyeok!
- 4/25/2018 A patent titled "Microfluidic devices and methods for assaying a fluid sample using the same”, USPTO # 9,841,417 is registered.
- 3/19/2018 Jun Hee Lee (이준희) joins the BNML. Warm welcome to Jun Hee.
- 3/11/2018 Abdi Kaba Mirgissa (압디) from Ethiopia joins the BNML. A warm welcome to Abdi.
- 2/21/2018 Hyunjin Jeon (전현진) graduates with a B.S. degree and continues her education in the BNML as a graduate student!
- 2/21/2018 Heewon Hwang (황희원) graduates with a B.S. degree. Wish a great journey for her career as a BNML graduate!
- 2/13/2018 Hakhyun Kim (김학현) graduated with an M.S. degree. Wish a great journey for his career as a BNML graduate!
2017
- 12/22/2017 Ung Seop Lee (이웅섭) joins the BNML. A warm welcome to Ung Seop.
- 11/16/2017 Prof. Kim and co-inventors applied US Patent # 15/729,905, "Single Point Detection Type Microfluidic Isoelectric Focusing Assay and Chips Using The Same".
- 10/25/2017 Nebiyu and coauthors present a recent work titled "Zinc-Finger-Protein-Based Rapid Microfluidic Homogenous Electrophoresis Affinity Assay For Quantitative Gene Analysis" in the MicroTAS 2017 conference, USA.
- 10/23/2017 Hakhyun and coauthors present a recent work titled "An Electrolytic Micropump Fabricated On Printed Circuit Board For Integrated Microfluidic System" in the MicroTAS 2017 conference, USA.
- 10/12/2017 Patent titled "미립화된 수용액 방울의 증발냉각을 이용한 미소유체 냉각장치”, Korean Intellectual Property Office #10-1787407, is registered.
- 9/6/2017 Seon Hyeok Baek (백선혁) joins the BNML. A warm welcome to Seon Hyeok.
- 7/7/2017 Nebiyu, Whitney (WKU), Prof. Kim (WKU) and Prof. Kim's abstract to MicroTAS 2017 is accepted!
- 7/7/2017 Hakhyun, Heewon, and Prof. Kim's abstract to MicroTAS 2017 is accepted!
- 5/18/2017 Hyunjin, and Prof. Kim present in the KSPE 2017 spring conference.
- 5/18/2017 Hakhyun, Heewon, and Prof. Kim present in the KSPE 2017 spring conference.
- 3/20/2017 Chau Minh Khang from Vietnam joins the BNML. A warm welcome to him.
- 1/20/2017 Prof. Chung (Hongik Univ.), Prof. Kim (Konkuk Univ.) and Prof. Kim publish a new article, ”Single Amino Acid Replacement transforms mCherry to a Far-red fluorescence protein" in Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering (Impact Factor: 1.211).
2016
- 10/22/2016 BNML received a 3-year Basic Research Grant from NRF (National Research Foundation) of Korea.
- 10/11/2016 Nebiyu and coauthors present a recent work titled "Contactless Conductivity Detection Of Proteins For Microfluidic Isoelectric Focusing" in the MicroTAS 2016 conference, Ireland.
- 9/20/2016 Heewon Hwang (황희원) joins the BNML. A warm welcome to her.
- 9/1/2016 Prof. Kim is promoted to associate professor.
- 8/9/2016 Visiting scholars, Whitney Heard and Barbanas Kim, productively finished their summer research and left for Home. Good luck on your next endeavor!
- 6/23/2016 Visiting scholars, Whitney Heard and Barbanas Kim, from Western Kentucky University USA arrive for summer research. A warm welcome to them.
- 5/30/2016 Yu-kyeong Yang (양유경) join the BNML. A warm welcome to her.
- 5/20/2016 Hak-hyun Kim, Hyun-jin Jeon, and Dohyun Kim presents a poster titled "A Micropump based on Electrolysis of Sodium Sulfate" in 2016 KSME Micro/Nano Engineering Meeting.
- 4/25/2016 Hyun-jin Jeon (전현진) joins the BNML. A warm welcome to her.
- 2/17/2016 Jae Hyuk Lee and Hyun Sik Lim graduated with a B.S. degree. Good luck on their next endeavour.
- 2/16/2016 Jin Song graduated with a thesis titled "Evaporative Temperature Control and Noninvasive Conductivity Detection Method of Protein in a Lab-on-a-chip Device.
2015
- 11/20/2015 Jin Song et al. presents a poster titled "Noninvasive conductivity detection of proteins for microchip isoelectric focusing" and win an excellent poster award!
- 9/30/2015 Prof. Kim, Jin Song, and Yiyeon Kim apply a Korean Patent "A microfluidic freezer based on evaporative cooling of atomized aqueous microdroplets."
- 8/26/2015 Arega Nebiyu Getachew (Ph.D.) and Chhorn Saro (Master's) join the BNML. A warm welcome to them.
- 6/24/2015 Hak Hyun Kim (김학현) and Young Hoon Yoo (유영훈) join the BNML. A warm welcome to them.
- 6/13/2015 Prof. Kim and Prof. Herr (UC Berkeley) have US Patent #8,921,123 "Multi-Directional Microfluidic Devices Comprising a Pan-Capture Binding Region and Methods of Using the Same" (PDF) issued.
- 6/4/2015 The BNML wins a research contract "Cutting-edge Research Instrument Development Project" (3 years) from the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy.
- 1/9/2015 Jin Song and Prof. Kim publish a new article, ”A microfluidic freezer based on evaporative cooling of atomized aqueous microdroplets", in Review of Scientific Instruments (Impact Factor: 1.584).
2014
- 11/26/2014 A former lab member Wooseok Seo got a job at The Hyundai Motors Co. Congratulation! (학부연구생인 서우석학생이 현대자동차에 취직하였습니다).
- 11/14/2014 Prof. Kim gives an invited talk titled "Multifunctional Photopatterned Polyacrylamide Gels for Microfluidic Protein Analysis" at 2014 Fall Meeting of Korean Rheology Society.
- 11/3/2014 Jae Hyuk Lee (이재혁) joins the BNML. A warm welcome to
- 10/28/2014 Jin Song, Minsub Chung, and Prof. Kim present a poster titled "Evaporation-cooling-based Microfluidic Temperature Control And Ice Generation" in the 2014 MicroTAS Conference, San Antonio, USA.
- 10/24/2014 The BNML receives General Research Grant (2.5 years, 12,500,000 Won) from the Ministry of Education.
- 10/1/2014 Jin Song and Prof. Kim present a poster titled "Microfluidic freezer of biological solution using water-based evaporative cooling of atomized microdroplets" in the 2014 Biochip Fall Conference.
- 8/19/2014 Hyun Sik Lim (임현식) joins the BNML. A warm welcome to him.
- 8/8/2014 Prof. Kim and coauthors publish a new article, "Polymer sieving matrices in microanalytical electrophoresis" in Analyst (Impact Factor: 4.23)
- 7/1/2014 An abstract written by Prof. Kim, Prof. Chung (Hongik Univ.) and Jin Song is accepted for MicroTAS 2014, a prestigious international conference!
- 6/19/2014 BNML receives 20,000,000 Won worth of laboratory instruments from Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning (미래창조과학부)
- 6/14/2014 Prof. Kim's Capstone Design Class project "Airborne Solar-Wind Power Generator" won the departmental competition (1st place)!
- 4/10/2014 The BNML receives 200M Won (~$200,000) from the Samsung Future Technology Funds for a pioneering research project titled "Protein-based Nanofluidic Bio Flash Memory".
- 4/10/2014 Jin Song and Prof. Kim present a poster titled "Integrated microfluidic temperature control and ice generation using evaporation cooling" in the 2014 KSME Bioengineering Division Spring Meeting.
- 4/2/2014 A former lab member Yiyeon Kim got a job at The Seoul Metro. Congratulation! (학부연구생이었던 김이연학생이 서울메트로에 취직하였습니다).
- 2/19/2014 Prof. Kim and Prof. Judy publish an article "Analysis of Donnan-dialyzer irreproducibility and experimental study of a microfluidic parallel-plate membrane-separation module for total analysis systems" in Journal of Membrane Science (Impact Factor: 4.094).
- 2/13/2014 Seo Woo Seok joins the BNML. A warm welcome to him.
- 1/17/2014 Jin Song receives the full scholarship in the Graduate School of Myongji University owing to her high GPA. Congratulations to Jin.
- 1/14/2014 Prof. Kim' gives a talk at the National Nano-Fabrication Center.
2013
- 11/10/2013 Prof. Sang Kug Chung, Prof. Kim, Prof. Kyehan Rhee and coauthors publish an article "Optimum thickness of hydrophobic layer for operating voltage reduction in EWOD systems" in the journal Sensors and Actuators: A (Impact Factor: 2.084).
- 11/13/2013 Prof. Kim' and coauthors present a poster titled "A high-throughput, semi-automated, $1500 hot-embossing machine for replication of thermoplastic microfluidic devices" at 2013 Biochip Conference.
- 9/4/2013 The Paper "Protein Immobilization Techniques for Microfluidic Assays" is selected as the cover article in Biomicrofluidics (Impact Factor: 3.385).
- 10/2/2013 Prof. Kim's Capstone Design Class project won intramural design competition! The team will attend the national competition on 18th of Novemeber in Pusan
- 11/8/2013 Prof. Kim's gives an invited talk at POSTECH, Pohang
- 7/15/2013 Prof. Kim and a coauthor publish an article "Protein Immobilization Techniques for Microfluidic Assays" in the journal Biomicrofluidics (Impact Factor: 3.385).
- 7/15/2013 Prof. Kim and coauthors publish an article "Microchamber Western Blotting using Poly-L-Lysine Conjugated Polyacrylamide Gel for Blotting of SDS coated proteins" in the journal Analytical Chemistry.
- 6/21 Prof. Kim's Capstone Design Class project (Hot-embossing Machine for PMMA Microfluidic Capillary Electrophoresis Chip) won the departmental competition (2nd place)!
- 4/1 Jin Song(송진) joined the BNML. A warm welcome to her.
- 2/19 Yiyeon Kim(김이연) joined the BNML. A warm welcome to her.
2012
- 12/5 Prof. Kim gives a talk at a Department Seminar Series of Mechanical Engineering Department, Myongji University.
- 11/29 Prof. Kim gives a talk at a Convergence Technology Seminar Series, School of Natural Science, Myongji University.
- 11/29 Prof. Kim awarded 2012 Research Fund for Assistant/Associate Professors from School of Engineering, Myongji University.
- 11/15 Prof. Kim awarded 2012 Research Fund for New Faculty from Myongji University.
- 10/31 Prof. Kim gives a talk at KSME (Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers).
- 10/1 Prof. Kim receives a start-up fund from the Mechanical Engineering Department, Myongji University.
- 9/13 The BNML website is finally open.