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Choi, Myunghwan

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Associate Professor

Choi, Myunghwan

최명환
Research
Neurobiology
We develop light-based tools to understand how taste information is processed from the tongue to the brain, influencing our feeding behavior.
Education/Career/Awards
Education
  • - 2006 – 2010 Ph.D. in Bio and Brain Engineering, KAIST
  • - 2003 – 2006 B.S. in Bio and Brain Engineering, KAIST
Career
  • - 2020 – present Associate Professor, School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University
  • - 2023 – 2024 Visiting faculty, Monell Chemical Senses Center
  • - 2016 – 2023 Associate Editor, Optics Express
  • - 2015 – 2020 Assistant/Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University
  • - 2011 – 2015 Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical School
Publications
  1. Park GY, Lee G, Yoon J, Han J, Choi P, Kim M, Lee S, Park C, Wu Z, Li Y, Choi M. Glia-like taste cells mediate an intercellular mode of peripheral sweet adaptation. Cell 2025 188, 1-16.
  2. Kim S, Moon H, ..., Choi M*, Kim SG*. Whole-brain mapping of effective connectivity by fMRI with cortex-wide patterned optogenetics. Neuron 2023
  3. Han J, Choi M*. Comprehensive functional screening of taste sensation in vivo. bioRxiv, 2018.
  4. Jo Y, Kwon J, Kim M, Choi W, Choi M*. Microsphere-based interferometric optical probe. Nature Communications 2018
  5. Kwon J, Kim M, Park H, Kang B, Jo Y, Kim JH, James O, Yun SH, Kim SG, Suh M, Choi M*. Label-free nanoscale optical metrology on myelinated axons in vivo. Nature Communications 2017
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