Introducing our research team dedicated to fertility treatment studies.
Research that watches closely over the beginning of life — the Sarang-I research team pursues in-depth studies
Soo-Kyung ChaLab Director
Education
Yonsei University, Dept. of Dairy Science
Konkuk University, Dept. of Animal Science, M.S.
CHA University, Molecular Developmental Biology, Ph.D.
Career
Fertility Center, CHA Gangnam Medical Center
Fertility Center, Anyang Sam Hospital
Member, Korean Society of Developmental Biology
Member, Korean Society for Reproductive Medicine
Member, Korean Embryo Association
Awards
The Chairman Award Cha S.K, Kim T.H, Park K.H, Park L.S, Yoon T.K, Chung C.J, Ko J. J. Epidermal growth factor has different action pathway with follicular stimulating hormone during nuclear maturation of mouse oocytes. The 3rd conference of the Pacific Rim Society For Fertility and Sterility Annual Meeting Taiwanese Society of Reproductive Medicine 2002.
First Prize Paper Award of Video Presentation, ASRM. TK Yoon, SK Cha, JO Sohn, DR Lee, IP Kwak, KY Cha. Successful Clinical Application of Oocyte Vitrification Using Gold-Grid and Slush-Liquid Nitrogen. 61st Annual Meetings of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine 2005. Montreal, Canada.
Publications
Follow up expression patterns of alkaline phosphatase (AP) as a marker for establishing mouse embryonic stem(ES) cells. Kim JH., SK Cha, MK Roh, SJ Song, DB Koo, HT Lee and KS Chung. Korean J. Animal Reprod. 1995; 19(1):55-63.
Effect of cytochalasin B and cycloheximide on the activation rate, chromosome constituent and in vitro development of porcine oocytes following parthenogenetic stimulation. Cha SK, Kim NH, Lee SM, Baik CS, Lee HT, Chung KS. Reprod Fertil Dev. 1997.9(4): 441-446.
In Vitro Developments of Porcine Embryos Produced by In Vitro Fertilization and Parthenogenetic Activation. Uhm SJ, Kim NH, Kim EY, Kim MK, Cha SK, Yoon SH, Park SP, Chung KS, Lim JH. Korean J Fertil Steril 1997; 24(1).43-49.
Effect of administration of artemisiae asiaticae and saussureae radix on the reproductive functions in the pregnant mice. Chung HM, Cha SK, Yim JM, Shin TE, Park C, Lee JB, Lee KS. Kyung Hee Medicine 2000; 16(2): 182-189.
Effect of ethylene glycol (EG) and 1,2-propanediol (PROH) on the survival and the development of mouse and human embryos after slow freezing/rapid thawing protocol. Kim TH, Cha SK, Lee DR, Han JE, Lee WS, Yoon TK, Cha KY, Chung HM. Korean J Fertil Steril 2004, 31(1): 9-17.
High Survival Rate of Human Oocytes and Pregnancy Outcome after Vitrification using Slush Nitrogen in Assisted Reproductive Technology. Yoon TK, Lee DR, Cha SK, Chung HM, Lee WS, Cha KY. Fertil Steril 2007; 88(4): 952-956.
Improving the survival and maintenance of the undifferentiated state of cryopreserved human embryonic stem cells by extended incubation with feeder cells overnight before vitrification. Cha SK, Choi KH, Shin JM, Park KH, Yoon TK, Chung HM, Lee DR. Dev Reprod 2008; 12(2): 141-149.
Effects of various combinations of cryoprotectants and cooling speed on the survival and further development of mouse oocytes after vitrification. Cha SK, Kim BY, Kim MK, Kim YS, Lee WS, Yoon TK, Lee DR. Clin Exp Reprod Med. 2011; 38(1); 24-30.
Alterations in calcium oscillatory activity in vitrified mouse eggs impact on egg quality and subsequent embryonic development. Kim BY, Yoon SY, Cha SK, Kwak KH, Fissore RA, Parys JB, Yoon TK, Lee DR. Pflugers Arch. 2011; 461(5): 515-526.
Regulation of pluripotency-related genes and differentiation in mouse embryonic stem cells by direct delivery of cell-penetrating peptide-conjugated CARM1 recombinant protein. Choi SR, Jo JH, Seol DW, Cha SK, Lee JE, Lee DR. Development & Reproduction. 2013; 17(1): 9-16.
Supplementation of cell-penetrating peptide (CPP)-conjugated estrogen-related receptor β (Esrrb) improves the formation of inner cell mass and development of vitrified/warmed mouse embryos in vitro. Yang N, Cha SK, Sal DW, Lee DR et al. 2013 Human Reproduction submitted.
Evaluation of sperm deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) damage and effects on embryo development using a mouse cryptorchidism model. Song SH, Lim JJ, Bang JK, Cha SK, Lee DR, Kim YS, Ahn TY, Yoon TK. Urology 2013; 82(3): 743.e17-23.
Effect of human endothelial progenitor cells (hEPCs)-derived vessel formation on the survival of vitrified/warmed mouse ovarian graft. Cha SK, Shin DH, Kim BY, Yoon TK, Lee WS, Lee DR. Reprod Sci. 2014 Jan 8.
