The Koo Lab | IBS CGE

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Koo Lab at IBS | Organoids, mosaic genetics & genome engineering | Stem cells, regeneration & cancer | Led by Bon-Kyoung Koo

Daejeon, S Korea cge.ibs.re.kr/html/cge_en/te… Joined May 2019

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The Koo Lab | IBS CGE @koo_lab 2d

1/7 A project we began in Vienna nearly 7 years ago is finally out in Experimental & Molecular Medicine! We show how WNK kinases control the cell-surface abundance of RNF43, a brake on WNT signaling.
doi.org/10.1038/s12276…

The Koo Lab | IBS CGE @koo_lab Aug 19

IBS is recruiting Early Career Directors—scientists, typically in their late 30s–early 40s, who are already creating a scientific direction of their own.
The scale is unusual: roughly US$1M/year at the early-career level, with start-up/equipment support.
ibs.re.kr/eng/sub04_10.do

The Koo Lab | IBS CGE @koo_lab May 16

First time on TV! It is about organoids ;-)
Take a look!
youtube.com/watch?v=lF88iR…

The Koo Lab | IBS CGE @koo_lab May 15

Short Conditional Intron: We first introduced SCON in EMM (2022), applied it to mosaic genetics in Nat Comm (2024), and now show in NAR (2026) that it works broadly, from fish to mouse to human cells. doi.org/10.1093/nar/gk…

academic.oup.com Universal conditional knockout approach to multiple species, from fish to human induced pluripotent... Abstract. Investigating essential gene function in vertebrate development and disease is challenging due to associated lethality, necessitating precise con

The Koo Lab | IBS CGE @koo_lab Dec 25, 2025

We found a crucial step of gastric cancer development! #Koo_lab #ibs_cge eurekalert.org/news-releases/…

www.eurekalert.org Researchers discover how stomach cancer learns to grow on its own Gastric (stomach) cancer remains one of the most common and deadly cancers in East Asia, including Korea. Yet despite its high prevalence, it has received far less molecular attention than colorectal...