About CMILab.
The Center for Meditech Innovation LaboratoryFuture-oriented cutting-edge research group
Our laboratory (name was Clinical Pharmacology and Urate Dynamics Laboratory) was established in September 2021 with Cho, Seong Kwon, M.D., Ph.D. who has joined as an assistant professor at the the Department of Pharmacology in the Ajou University School of Medicine, renewed as 'Center for Meditech Innovation Laboratory' in 2024. We joined to 'Korea Government Grant Program for Education and Research in Medical AI' in 2023 to start AI-based disease assessment indicator discovery and new-drug development research project, and 'Korea Bio Research Association' in 2024 to accelerate worldwide cooperative research.
We are actively working on the discovery of the relation between diseases and associative factors (as a disease assessment indicator), especially related on the serum uric acid, a kidney disease, and metabolic malfunction phenomenon, influence of life style pattern, atmospheric environment, and dietary habit by using a large-scale of clinical cohort big-data and ML/DL based indicator discovery technology. According to variety result of research including a in-silico drug screening, drug-metabolome interaction analysis, and assessment of drug effect for huge patient group, We are discovering a new metabolism control effect of existing drug, and developing AI-based digital treatment solutions.
Our goal
We aimed to improve the overall quality of life by developing a society free from chronic diseases caused by unhealthy habits and environmental factors. We are working on the following research:- Investigate metabolism pathway during patients who got diseases to develop a drug
- Identify associations between various disease factors
- Develop a cost-effective diagnostic method for diseases
- Enhance disease prevention guidelines
- Develop a health supplement dietary system to prevent modern diseases
Research grant program in Participation
- Korea Government Grant Program for Education and Research in Medical AI (to be continued)
- Korea Bio Research Association
- Integrated Physian Scientist Training Program
- Purine metabolome discovery from CKD and Gout Patients (supported by Seoul Clinical Laboratory)
- The fundermental research for estimation of GLUT9 variant's behavior (New scientist support program supported by National Research Foundation)
- Development of Uric Acid Assessment Indicators and Selection of Functional Strains (supported by Otogi Ham Taiho Foundation) (to come)
Contact
- (Dry-lab) +82 031 219 4508, (Wet-lab) +82 031 219 4635
- wontan at ajou dot ac dot kr (do not aggregate address for distributing an advertisement e-mail)
Location
Map
Address
- (Wet-lab) #803 Songjae hall, Worldcup St. B#164, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon, Kyeonggi, the Republic of Korea
- (Dry-lab) #315 Medical Bio Science Hall, Worldcup St. B#164, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon, Kyeonggi, the Republic of Korea
Public Transportation
Metro
- Gwanggyo-central (New Bundang DX line)
- Suwon (Gyeongbu line, Suin-Bundang line)
- Suwon City-hall (Suin-Bundang line)
- Suwon Worldcup Soccer Stadium (planned in 2030) (New Bundang/Dongtan-Indeokwon line)
- Ajou University (planned in 2030) (Dongtan-Indeokwon line)
Bus
- 81: (from 04397 above Gwanggyo-central station to 04226 near Funeral Hall of Ajou University Medical Center)
- 202: (from 03089, 03091, near Suwon City-hall station to 04041 across the road of Ajou University Medical Center)
- 720-2: (to 03126, 04237 in front of The Main-entrance of Ajou University)
- 999: (from 04397 above Gwanggyo-central station to 04039 in front of Ajou University Medical Center)