Reported by Seong-Beom Park
On December 1, 2023, at 3 PM, the 3rd annual conference, hosted by the Korean Life Scientist Association of Maryland (KLAM), was successfully held at the ground floor auditorium of the Wood Basic Science Building on the Johns Hopkins University medical campus in Baltimore, Maryland. KLAM is a non-profit academic organization with around 200 members, established in 2020. It consists of Korean life scientists and researchers (graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, professors) from institutions such as Johns Hopkins University, the University of Maryland, and NIH, with the goal of promoting academic exchange, strengthening relationships, and fostering collaborative research among its members. Most members are PhD-level researchers who have achieved outstanding results in various fields related to life sciences, including neuroscience, biomedical engineering, and immunology.
KLAM holds an annual conference to facilitate academic exchange and networking among Korean life scientists In Maryland. This year’s conference began with the first session featuring a seminar by Professor Hyungbae Kwon and postdoctoral researcher Dr. Minhyeok Chang from Johns Hopkins University, focusing on the latest research in the field of neuroscience. The second part of the conference offered two concurrent career sessions to benefit postdoctoral researchers and graduate students. Professor Daeyoel Lee from Johns Hopkins University and Professor Young Chan Chae from UNIST, who were invited as a speaker for career sessions, shared their experiences and answered questions about pursuing careers in academia. In the industrial career session, Dr. Min-Joon Han from Ngene Biotech and Dr. Bong-Hyun Kim from TeraImmune discussed job opportunities and life in the biotech industry. Afterward, the 40 participants had an opportunity for further discussion and networking among life scientists and engineers in Maryland through the reception banquet.
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