On August 14, 2023, Olive Cawiding gave a talk on their ongoing study, “Detecting causality between weather variables and dengue cases in the Philippines ”
Olive Cawiding gave a talk on “Decomposing predictability to identify dominant causal drivers in complex ecosystems” at the BIMAG journal club
On August 11, 2023, Olive Cawiding gave a talk on “Decomposing predictability to identify dominant causal drivers in complex ecosystems”
Over the past couple of days, we’ve had two thrilling visits to IBS BIMAG, hosting math undergraduates and exceptionally talented elementary school students with a passion for science! 지난 며칠간 우리는 IBS BIMAG를 방문한 수학과 학부생과 과학에 열정을 품은 탁월한 초등학교 학생들을 맞이하였습니다!

We have had our work on causal inference featured on the Editors’ Highlights webpage of recent research in biotechnology and methods in Nature Communications Journal. 우리 연구실의 최근 인과관계 추론 방법론에 대한 연구가 Nature Communications 저널의 생물공학 및 방법론 분야의 최신 연구를 소개하는 Editors’ Highlights 웹페이지에 소개되었습니다.
The article, entitled “A general model-based causal inference method overcomes the curse of synchrony and indirect effect,” was selected as Editors’ Highlights by Qian Cheng, an editor at Nature Communications.
Our work presents a new method for causal inference that is able to overcome the challenges of synchrony and indirect effect. Synchrony refers to the problem of distinguishing between causal relationships and relationships that are simply correlated. Indirect effect refers to the problem of distinguishing between direct causal relationships and relationships that are mediated by a third variable. Our method addresses these challenges by using a general model-based approach. This approach allows the method to be applied to a wide variety of systems, regardless of the underlying mechanisms. The method has been shown to be effective in a variety of simulated and real-world datasets.
The selection of our work for a featured article is a significant achievement. It is a testament to the quality of his research and its potential impact on the field of causal inference. Our work could be used to improve our understanding of a wide variety of systems, from biological networks to financial markets.
우리 논문, “A general model-based causal inference method overcomes the curse of synchrony and indirect effect,”이 네이처 커뮤니케이션의 편집자인 Qian Cheng에 의해 Editors’ Highlights로 선정되었습니다
우리의 연구는 인과 관계와 상관 관계를 구분하는 문제인 동기화와 제3의 변수에 의해 매개되는 관계와 직접적인 인과 관계를 구분하는 문제인 간접 효과의 어려움을 극복하기 위해 일반적인 모델 기반의 새로운 인과 추론 방법을 제시했습니다. 이 접근법은 기본 메커니즘과 관계없이 다양한 시스템에 적용될 수 있으며 다양한 시뮬레이션 및 실제 데이터셋에서 효과적으로 작동하는 것으로 입증되었습니다.
우리의 연구가 특집 기사로 선정된 것은 대단한 성과이며 우리 연구의 질과 분야에 미칠 잠재적인 영향을 시사합니다. 본 연구의 결과는 생물학적 네트워크부터 금융 시장까지 다양한 시스템에 대한 우리의 이해를 개선하는 데 활용될 수 있을 것입니다.
Undergraduate students from the Department of Mathematics, Pusan National University, visited BIMAG. 부산대 수학과 학부생들이 BIMAG을 방문했습니다.


On August 8th, nearly 30 undergraduate students visited our group. CI Jae Kyoung Kim introduced our group to the students.
8월 8일, 약 30여명의 부산대학교 소속 학부생들이 우리 그룹을 방문했습니다. CI 김재경 교수님께서 학생들에게 우리 그룹 및 여러 연구 성과를 소개하는 시간을 가졌습니다.








Undergraduate interns in BIMAG, who have made outstanding progress, introduced their works to the visiting students. The titles of the presentations were as follows:
- ‘Robust perfect adaption of reaction fluxes ensured by network topology’ (Seokhwan Moon)
- ‘Which items of the Insomnia Severity Index are important to predict the insomnia: Machine Learning Approach’ (Myna Lim)
- ‘Refinement of estimation method for parameters in drug inhibition’ (Hyeongjun Jang)
BIMAG 인턴 기간 동안 놀라운 성과를 만든 학부생들이 학생들에게 자신의 연구를 방문한 학생들에게 소개하는 시간을 가졌습니다. 발표제목은 다음과 같습니다:
- ‘네트워크의 구조로부터 유도되는 견고하고 완벽한 반응 속도 복원’ (문석환)
- ‘ISI 질문지 감소: 머신러닝 접근 방식’ (임민아)
- ‘약물 대사를 저해하는 상황에서 매개변수 값 추정 방법 개선’ (장형준)
Seokhwan Moon gave a talk on “The Internal Model Principle for Biomolecular Control Theory” at the BIMAG journal club
On August 4, 2023, Seokhwan Moon gave a talk on “The Internal Model Principle for Biomolecular Control Theory”
Seokjoo Chae and Seolah Shin gave a talk on “Reduction of spatiotemporal model and its validity condition” at the BIMAG lunch lab meeting seminar
On July 31, 2023, Seokjoo Chae and Seolah Shin gave a talk on their ongoing study, “Reduction of spatiotemporal model and its validity condition”
Yun Min Song gave a talk on “Noisy delay denoises biochemical oscillators” at the BIMAG lunch lab meeting seminar
On July 31, 2023, Yun Min Song gave a talk on his ongoing study, “Noisy delay denoises biochemical oscillators”
Yun Min Song gave a talk on “The singularity response reveals entrainment properties of the plant circadian clock” at the BIMAG journal club
On July 28, 2023, Yun Min Song gave a talk on “The singularity response reveals entrainment properties of the plant circadian clock”
CI Jae Kyoung Kim was recently appointed to the editorial board of “npj systems biology and applications.” CI 김재경 교수님이 “npj systems biology and applications” 의 에디터로 선정되었습니다.


