Dr Hanbyeol Lee

Dr Hanbyeol Lee is a research scientist with the Next Generation Precision Medicine team, using functional genomic approaches to identify new therapeutic targets in childhood brain cancers.

Dr Lee undertook a Bachelor of Science (Biomedical Technology major) and completed her PhD at Kangwon National University in South Korea, where she investigated the therapeutic application of stem cells in human pulmonary disease. She has experience working in academia and the bioindustry and is focused on the widespread application of living organoids from stem cells to study infectious diseases and genetic disorders in human cardiovascular disease.

At the conclusion of her time in Korea, Dr Lee joined the Next Generation Precision Medicine team in 2023, led by Professor Ron Firestein. There, she is expanding her strong interest in functional genomic screening to identify new therapeutic targets for children with brain cancers.

Currently, she is involved in conducting a project for high throughput functional genomics screens using CRISPR/Cas systems to map functional dependencies in diverse cell lines from human paediatric brain tumours.