Han Moon-hee, the first director of the Korea Institute of Biotechnology, who was called the “Godfather of Korean Biotechnology,” handed away on the thirtieth. He was 91.
Born in 1934, the late Dr. Han Moon-hee graduated from the Department of Biology at Seoul National University and moved to the United States in 1964 to concentrate on enzyme analysis. The deceased, who continued his research and analysis there, returned dwelling in 1974 at the request of the authorities to draw glorious abroad abilities to his dwelling nation for the improvement of nationwide science and know-how. Since then, he has constructed a analysis infrastructure and created a coverage framework since he was unfamiliar with even the phrase biotechnology.
The deceased ready a analysis report that turned the foundation of Korea’s trendy biotechnology coverage in 1981, and led the enactment of the Genetic Engineering Promotion Act in 1983 to offer a authorized foundation for presidency help. Based on this, the Genetic Engineering Center, the predecessor of Saeng Myung-yeon, was launched in 1985. In recognition of these contributions, the authorities chosen him as a ‘Korean Science and Technology Meritorious Service’ in 2020.
The mortuary is Asan Medical Center in Songpa-gu, Seoul, and the coffin is on the 2nd.
[Reporter Lee Saebom]
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