Professor
Sekyu Choi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Life Sciences, POSTECH
PI, Lab of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
E-mail: sekyuchoi@postech.ac.kr
ORCID:0000-0003-2928-0942
I am interested in biological questions where small, local changes lead to disproportionate, system-wide consequences.
My lab focuses on uncovering principles that govern how cell state transitions propagate through tissues, particularly in regeneration, repair, and aging-related contexts.
Education
2007-2014 Dept. of Biological Sciences, KAIST (PhD)
2001-2007 Dept. of Life Sciences (Summa Cum Laude), Sogang University (BS)
Positions
2021-current Assistant Professor, Dept. of Life Sciences, POSTECH
2022-current Joint appointment, Medical Science and Engineering, POSTECH
2022-2026 Adjunct Professor (I-BIO, POSTECH; I_CREATE, Yonsei University)
2021 Research Associate, Dept. of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology/HSCI, Harvard University
2016-2021 Postdoctoral fellow (Advisor: Prof. YC Hsu). Dept. of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology/HSCI, Harvard University
2014-2016 Postdoctoral fellow (Advisor: Prof. J Chung), IMBG, Seoul National University
Awards and Fellowships
2025 Minister’s Award for Distinguished Contributions to Advanced Regenerative Medicine, Ministry of Health and Welfare
2025 BMB Reports Award
2023 POSCO TJ PARK FOUNDATION SCIENCE FELLOWSHIP
Activities
2026.05 Session Chair, Hair follicle morphogenesis, 14th World Congress for Hair Research (WCHR 2026)
2026 Education Deputy Chair (KSSCR), Public Relations and Communications Committee Member (KSBMB)
2025.12 Session Chair, Early-Career Scientist Presentations, 2025 Annual Meeting of the Korean Society of Integrative Biology
2025.10 Committee of ‘Stem Cell Education Symposium’ in 2025 KSSCR
2025.5 Co-organizer of ‘Protein folding, aggregation, and homeostasis‘ session in 2025 FAOBMB
2025.1 Organizer of ‘Cellular Reprogramming‘ session in 2025 KSSCR
2024-current BMC Biology Editorial Board, Molecules and Cells Editorial Board
2022-current International Journal of Stem Cells Editorial Board, PLOS Editorial Board, BMB
Reports Editor
2021-current Member (International Society for Stem Cell Research)
2024 Academic Affairs Committee/Winter Conference Committee (KSMCB), Academic
Committee/Reward Committee (KSSCR)
2023 Winter Conference (Korean Society for Molecular and Cellular Biology), Information
Committee/Winter Conference (Korean Society for Stem Cell Research)
2023-current Member (Korean Society For Gerontology), (Organoid Society)
2022-2025 JBC Reviewer Board
2022 Planning Committee Secretary (Korean Society for Stem Cell Research), News Manager
(Korean Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
2021-current Member (International Society for Stem Cell Research)
2020-2021 Science Committee Chair (New England Bioscience Society, Boston, MA, USA)