Subean Min

EDUCATION

College / University

Ewha Womans University

Highest Degree

Bachelor of Science

Major Subjects

Life Sciences, Brain and Cognitive Sciences

Min

South Korea

Lab Experience

In-vitro: cell culture, DNA and RNA extration, polymerase chain reaction(PCR, rtPCR, qPRC), gel electrophoresis, protein extraction, BSA assay, BCA assay, western blot, CCK-8 assay, MTT assay In-vivo: Patient-derived xenograft(PDX) modeling, Spinal Nerve Injury(SNI) modeling, mouse stereotaxic surgery, circadian perfusion, mice and rat restraint, oral and intraperitoneal administration Ex-vivo: genotyping, evisceration, cryosection, immunohistochemistry(IHC), confocal microscopy, isolation and culture of mouse bone marrow-derived cells(BMDCs) and stromal vascular fractions(SVFs)

Projects / Research

  • 09/2024 - 03/2025: Internship at the Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Germany. The role of orphan GPCRs in regulating immune homeostasis in obesity and cancer
  • 01/2024 - 02/2024: Internship at the Seoul National University, South Korea. The role of glial cells in regulating anxiety and pain responses
  • 12/2022 - 02/2023: Internship at the Seoul National University Cancer Research Institute, South Korea. Characterization of gastric cell lines in terms of growth kinetics, morphology, gene expression and the therapeutic efficacy of Paclitaxel
  • 09/2022 - 11/2022: Student assistant at the Ewha Womans University, South Korea. The anti-inflammatory effects of Chrysanthemum zawadskii extracts on microglia

Scholarships / Awards

2025 – 2027: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Study Scholarships - Master Studies for All Academic Disciplines
2024: Best Ignite Presentation Award (the Korean Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, South Korea), Academic Excellence Scholarship (Gwangjin-gu Distric, South Korea)
2023: Honor Scholarship (Ewha Womans University, South Korea)
2020 - 2024: The National Excellence in Science and Technology Scholarship (the Ministry of Science and ICT, South Korea)

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS AND GOALS

My ultimate scientific goal is to understand how the human nervous system perceives and interprets social constructs such as morality, free will, and competition. I am also particularly interested in how these cognitive processes interact with physiological responses. More specifically, my recent focus is on elucidating how neuro-immune-vascular interactions maintain systemic homeostasis. Thus, I aim to investigate these mechanisms in the context of psychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders to uncover new principles underlying neuro-immune-vascular interactions. Beyond scientific discovery, I aspire to contribute actively to education and policy, becoming a researcher who can engage across multiple domains.