Oh Uhtaek
{{Short description|South Korean physiologist (born 1955)}}
{{Family name hatnote|Oh||lang=Korean}}
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| name = Oh Uhtaek
| image = Uhtaek_Oh.png
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|6|29}}
| birth_place = South Korea
| field = Department of Physiology
| work_institution = Professor, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University
| alma_mater = Seoul National University
| doctoral_advisor = Robert D. Foreman
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{{Infobox Korean name
| hangul = 오우택
| hanja = 吳禹澤
| rr = O Utaek
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Oh Uhtaek or Oh Woo-Taek ({{Korean|hangul=오우택}}; born June 29, 1955) is a South Korean physiologist. He is also a professor at College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University. His research is largely known for Cardiac Pain and other Visceral Pain Mechanism and as well as cloning.
Education
1978 Seoul National University, College of Pharmacy, B. S.
1982 Seoul National University, College of Pharmacy, M. S.
1987 University of Oklahoma, School of Medicine, Department of Physiology, Ph.D.
Work
- 1987 - 1988: Postdoctoral Training, Marine Biomedical Institute, University of Texas, Medical Branch at Galveston
- 1988: Assistant, Associate, Professor, College of Pharmacy, SNU
- 1994 - 1995: Visiting professor, Department of Physiology, Rosalind Franklin University HSC/Chicago Medical School
- 1997: Director, Sensory Research Center, Creative Research Initiatives, SNU
- 1998 – 2003: Associate editor, Neuroscience Letters, Elsevier
- 1999 – 2000: Editor-in-chief, Archives of Pharmacal Research
- 2000 – 2000: Secretary general, Korean Society for Brain and Neural Science
- 2004 – 2004: Secretary general, Korean Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- 2004 – 2004: Secretary general, Federation of Asian Pain Societies
- 2004: Member of the Korean Academy of Science and Technology
- 2005 – 2007: Secretary general, Organizing Committee, 19th FAOBMB Seoul Conference
- 2007 - 2013: Treasurer, FAOBMB
- 2008 – 2013: Chairman, WCU Dept of Molecular Medicine & Biopharmaceutical Sciences
- 2011 - 2013: National R&D Review Board of the MEST, Board Member
- 2011 - 2013: Biomedical Technology Development Steering Committee of MEST, Chair
- 2013: Chairman of the board, Institut Pasteur-Korea
Major Research Activities
- 2012: Cho H et al., The Calcium-activated Chloride Channel Anoctamin 1 acts as a Heat Sensor in Nociceptive Neurons. Nature Neuroscience (2012){{cite journal|last=Oh|first=Utaek|author2=Cho H |title=The Calcium-activated Chloride Channel Anoctamin 1 acts as a Heat Sensor in Nociceptive Neurons|journal=Nature Neuroscience |volume=15|issue=7|pages=1015–21| doi = 10.1038/nn.3111 |pmid=22634729|display-authors=2|year=2012|last3=Lee|first3=Byeongjoon|last4=Kim|first4=Tahnbee|last5=Jang|first5=Yongwoo|last6=Back|first6=Seung Keun|last7=Na|first7=Heung Sik|last8=Harfe|first8=Brian D|last9=Wang|first9=Fan|last10=Raouf|first10=Ramin|last11=Wood|first11=John N|last12=Oh|first12=Uhtaek|s2cid=10711150}}
- 2008: Yang YD et al., TMEM16A Confers Receptor Activated Calcium-dependent Chloride Conductance. Nature (2008){{cite journal|last=Oh|first=Utaek|author2=Yang YD |title=TMEM16A Confers Receptor Activated Calcium-dependent Chloride Conductance|journal=Nature|volume=455|issue=7217|pages=1210–5|doi=10.1038/nature07313 |display-authors=2|year=2008|last3=Tak|first3=Min Ho|last4=Cho|first4=Yeongyo|last5=Shim|first5=Won-Sik|last6=Park|first6=Seung Pyo|last7=Lee|first7=Jesun|last8=Lee|first8=Byeongjun|last9=Kim|first9=Byung-Moon|last10=Raouf|first10=Ramin|last11=Shin|first11=Young Ki|last12=Oh|first12=Uhtaek|bibcode=2008Natur.455.1210Y|pmid=18724360|s2cid=205214858}}
- 2002: Shin J et al., Bradykinin-12-lipoxygenase-VR1 signaling pathway for inflammatory hyperalgesia. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA (2002){{cite journal|last=Oh|first=Utaek|author2=Shin J |title=Bradykinin-12-lipoxygenase-VR1 signaling pathway for inflammatory hyperalgesia|journal=Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA|volume=99|issue=15|pages=10150–5|date=2002|doi=10.1073/pnas.152002699 |pmid=12097645|display-authors=2|last3=Jung|first3=J.|last4=Shin|first4=C. Y.|last5=Lee|first5=S.-Y.|last6=Kim|first6=S. H.|last7=Lee|first7=M. G.|last8=Choi|first8=Y. H.|last9=Kim|first9=J.|last10=Haber|first10=N. A.|last11=Reichling|first11=D. B.|last12=Khasar|first12=S.|last13=Levine|first13=J. D.|last14=Oh|first14=U.|bibcode=2002PNAS...9910150S|pmc=126639|doi-access=free}}
- 2002: Cho H et al., Mechano-sensitive Ion Channels in Cultured Sensory Neurons of Neonatal Rats. J Neurosci (2002){{cite journal|last=Oh|first=Utaek|author2=Cho H |title=Mechano-sensitive Ion Channels in Cultured Sensory Neurons of Neonatal Rats|journal=J Neurosci|date=2002|display-authors=etal }}
- 2000: Hwang SW et al., Direct activation of capsaicin receptors by products of lipoxygenases: Endogenous capsaicin-like substances. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA{{cite journal|last=Oh|first=Utaek|author2=Hwang SW |title=Direct activation of capsaicin receptors by products of lipoxygenases: Endogenous capsaicin-like substances|journal=Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA|volume=97|issue=11|pages=6155–60|date=2000|doi=10.1073/pnas.97.11.6155 |pmid=10823958|last3=Kwak|first3=J.|last4=Lee|first4=S.-Y.|last5=Kang|first5=C.-J.|last6=Jung|first6=J.|last7=Cho|first7=S.|last8=Min|first8=K. H.|last9=Suh|first9=Y.-G.|last10=Kim|first10=D.|last11=Oh|first11=U.|bibcode=2000PNAS...97.6155H|pmc=18574|doi-access=free}}
- 1996: Oh U et al., Capsaicin Activates a Non-selective Cation Channel in Cultured Neonatal Rat Dorsal-root Ganglion Neurons. J Neurosci{{cite journal|last=Oh|first=Utaek|author2=Oh U |title=Capsaicin Activates a Non-selective Cation Channel in Cultured Neonatal Rat Dorsal-root Ganglion Neurons|journal=J Neurosci|date=1996|volume=16|issue=5|pages=1659–1667|doi=10.1523/JNEUROSCI.16-05-01659.1996|pmid=8774434|pmc=6578684|s2cid=17028969|doi-access=free}}
Awards
- 2006: National Academy of Science Award (Korea)
- 2009: Korea Science Award (Presidential Award)
- 2010: Top Scientist and Technologist Award of Korea (Presidential Award, Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies ({{lang|ko|ko}})){{cite web |url= https://chem.postech.ac.kr/bbs/board.php?bo_table=sub7_1&wr_id=264&page=19 |title= [10.07월] 김광수 교수 '대한민국 최고 과학기술인상' 수상자 선정 |author= |date= 2 July 2010 |website=Chemistry Department |publisher= Pohang University of Science and Technology |access-date= 16 November 2023 |quote= |language= Korean}}
- 2019: Ho-Am Prize in Medicine{{cite web |url= http://hoamprize.samsungfoundation.org/eng/award/part.asp |title= Previous Laureates |author= |date= 2019 |website= The Ho-Am Foundation |publisher= |access-date= 19 August 2019 |quote= }}
- 2020: Asian Scientist 100, Asian Scientist{{cite web |url=https://www.asianscientist.com/as100/ |title=The Asian Scientist 100 |author= |date= |website= |publisher= Asian Scientist |access-date= 13 March 2025 |quote= |language= }}
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