Yong Song Gho, Professor, Pohang University of Science And Technology (POSTECH)

Dr. Yong Song Gho is a biochemist and full professor at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) in Pohang, Republic of Korea. Since 2000, his study is focused on the extracellular vesicles (also called exosomes and microvesicles) derived from mammalian cells and bacteria. His more recent goals are translational researches on exosome-mimetics for the development of vaccines and drug delivery system against cancer and bacterial infection. His group recently opened a free web-based database, ‘EVpedia (http://evpedia.info)’ to trigger the advancement in systemic and comprehensive studies of the extracellular vesicles.