The Institute for Basic Science (IBS, President Do-Young Noh) celebrated its 10th anniversary by hosting various science concerts, including lectures by Nobel Prize winners.


IBS announced that it will hold a variety of science and culture events to celebrate its 10th anniversary at the IBS Science Culture Center in Doryong-dong, Daejeon on November 9th and 10th.

The first event is the 'Nobel Laureate Lecture' held at 9:00 AM on November 9th.

Professor Robert Lefkowitz of Duke University, winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, will give a video lecture on the topic of "A Tale of Two Callings."

Professor Lefkowitz won the Nobel Prize for his work on the function and structure of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), which are cell membrane proteins that respond to external signals.

After the lecture, there will be a panel discussion with Seo Pan-gil, Director of the Korea Brain Research Institute, Choi Hee-jung, Professor at Seoul National University, and Myung Kyung-jae, Director of the IBS Genome Integrity Research Center, to listen to and resolve the questions and concerns of young scientists about their career paths.

On the same day, starting at 1:30 PM, a book concert will be held based on the new book published by IBS, “Corona Science: From Pandemic to Endemic.” 'Corona Science: From Pandemic to Endemic' is IBS's first popular science book Corona Science IBS's first popular science book, first published in January 2020.

The 'Corona Science Book Concert' will feature the main authors of 'Corona Science: From Pandemic to Endemic' introducing new books and sharing the vivid experiences of scientists working on the front lines of research to overcome the COVID-19 era.

The final event of the day will be the 'IBS Global Summit', which will bring together heads of basic science research institutes representing each country.

IBS President Noh Do-young, along with Martin Stratmann, President of the Max Planck Society (MPG) in Germany, Shigeo Koyasu, Director of the Physical and Chemical Research Institute (RIKEN) in Japan, and Antoine Petit, President of the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), will attend and give presentations and hold discussions on the topic of “The Role and Responsibility of Basic Science Research Institutions in the Post-Pandemic Era.”

On November 10th, the 2nd Science Alive will be held under the theme of "Science that Acts and Science that Communicates in the Age of Infectious Diseases."

Director Noh Do-young said, “We have prepared various events to inform the scientific community and the public about the 10th anniversary of the IBS,” and added, “We expect this series of events to be a step toward setting the future direction of basic science in our country, and we especially hope that many young scientists who will continue their research in the future will be able to participate.”