Inhee Mook-Jung

[1][2] After graduating from Seoul National University (1982–1986) with a Bachelor of Science Professor Inhee Mook-Jung received her PhD.

Professor Mook drew attention in 2006 for discovery that ERK1/2 proteins were involved in the regulation of beta amyloid, a substance that causes dementia.

In particular, she identified the relationship between RAGE, a transport protein that delivers beta-amyloid into the brain, and the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease, and based on this, she developed a system that can screen RAGE modulators.

[3] She is leading the Alzlab[4] (a research group on Alzheimer at Seoul National University College of Medicine)[5] and since August 2020 she works as the Director of the Korea Dementia Research Center.

[6] For her research in a new diagnosis method and treatment for Alzheimer's disease she has received many awards.