RNAi, miRNA and Epigenetics Keynote Speakers

Sung Hee Baek Associate Professor, Seoul National University Dr. Baek’s work is focused on the chromatin dynamics and epigenetic regulatory mechanism in cancer. She received her BS, MS, and Ph.D degrees from Seoul National University. Following her postdoctoral research in Michael Rosenfeld’s lab at HHMI and following research assistant professor at HHMI, she joined the faculty of Seoul National University in 2003, and now works as an associate professor. Dr. Baek received numerous awards and honors, including the L’OREAL-UNESCO for Women in Science Award. She has been invited as a managing editor for BBA Molecular Basis of Disease and a guest Editor for Annual Review of Physiology.
Tsuyoshi Yokoi Professor, Kanazawa University Tsuyoshi Yokoi, Ph.D., Professor, Drug Metabolism and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kanazawa University. After graduating from the Gifu Pharmaceutical University, he has obtained Ph.D. in Pharmacology from Tohoku University in 1985. He started his professional career as a research associate at Gifu University, Gifu, and as an assistant professor in Tohoku University, Sendai, and as an associate professor in Hokkaido University, Sapporo, then as a professor in Kanazawa University, Kanazawa from 1997.