
Gawoon Shim
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Gawoon Shim
@GawoonS
Bioengineering | Ph.D. from the Cohen Lab, Princeton University. Currently with Hiiragi Lab, Hubrecht Institute as a postdoc!







Laura Rodriguez Munoz and @GawoonS, two researchers from the Hiiragi group, recently received a MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship. Additionally, Rodriguez Munoz has received an EMBO Fellowship. Read more about their research on early embryonic development: hubrecht.eu/msca-embo-fell…


Two new lab papers: In the first paper we develop Stopless-ORF circRNAs (socRNAs), a technique to measure translation by individual ribosomes with incredible precision. Amazing work jointly led by @MadernMax and @_SoraY. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…


My final project during my PhD is out! We electrically stimulate 3D epithelial structures to inflate like a water balloon. Much thanks to @almcalvo , @Sameeksha Rao, @Isaac Breinyn, and the fearless leader @DJCohenEtAl ! nature.com/articles/s4146…







We’re ‘pumped’ to share new work using bioelectricity to inflate living organoids via what we call 'electro-inflation’: e-fields can program ion+water pumping!. W/power-trio @GawoonS, Isaac Breinyn, @almcalvo. See: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…. Vid=kidneyoid+1V/cm E-field. more soon!

Pump it up: bioelectric stimulation controls tissue hydrostatic pressure and water transport via electro-inflation ift.tt/TZ4a3nA #biorxiv_bioE


Herding cells isn't all sheepdogs/roses. Some tissues hate taking orders. Our new work w/ GS @GawoonS + Prof. Devenport shows: (1) more communal cells resist bioelectric herding; (2) disrupting cell-cell adhesion improves herding + healing lab skin wounds! biorxiv.org/content/10.110…



