Tae-Joon Jeon, Ph.D.
  Email: tjjeon [at] ucla.edu
  Phone: (310) 206-5036

Current:
  Postdoctoral Scholar
  Department of Bioengineering
  University of California, Los Angeles

Educational background:
  Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles (2008)
  B.S.(hons), Chemical Engineering, Seoul National University, Korea (2001)

Current research projects

Journal Publications

1. "Ion channel and toxin measurement using a high throughput lipid membrane platform"
   Poulos, J.L., Jeon, T.J., Damoiseaux, R., Gillespie, E.J., Bradley, K.A., Schmidt, J.J.
   Biosensors and Bioelectronics (2008),  in press

2. "Low cost shippable lipid bilayer membrane platform"
   Jeon, T.J., Poulos, J., Schmidt, J.J.
   Lab on a Chip (2008),  in press

3. "Hydrogel-stabilized lipid bilayers through substrate conjugation"
   Jeon, T.J.*, Malmstadt, N.*, Poulos, J., Schmidt, J.J. (*Joint First Authors)
   Biointerphases, June 20; 3(2):FA96. (2008)

4. "Long-lived planar lipid bilayer membranes anchored to an in situ polymerized hydrogel"
   Malmstadt, N.*, Jeon, T.J.*, Schmidt, J.J. (*Joint First Authors)
   Advanced Materials, Jan 7; 20(1):84-89. (2008)

5. "Single molecule measurements of channel proteins incorporated into biomimetic polymer membranes"
   Wong, D., Jeon, T.J., and Schmidt, J. J.
   Nanotechnology, Aug 4; 17(15):3710-3717. (2006)

6. "Hydrogel-encapsulated lipid membranes"
   Jeon, T.J., Malmstadt, N., and Schmidt, J.J.
   Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS), Jan 11; 128(1):42-43. (2006)

7. "Transmembrane glycine zippers: Physiological and pathological roles in membrane proteins."
   Kim, S., Jeon, T.J., Oberai, A., Yang, D., Schmidt, J.J., and Bowie, J.U.
   Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), Oct 4; 102(40):14278-14283. (2005)

8. "Erythrocyte nitric oxide transport reduced by a submembrane cytoskeletal barrier."
   Han, T.H., Pelling, A., Jeon, T.J., Gimzewski, J.K., and Liao, J.C.
   Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, Nov 30; 1726(3): 336 [Corrigendum], and May 25;1723(1-3):135-42 [Original Article]. (2005)

Conference Proceedings

1. Jeon, T.J., Malmstadt, N., and Schmidt, J. "Creating Conjugated Hydrogel Encapsulated Membranes" Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings. 950: 0950-D09-01 (2007)

2. Malmstadt, N., Jeon, T.J., Nash, M.A., Purnell, R., and Schmidt, J.J. "New Approaches to lipid bilayer fabrication: Microfluidic solvent extraction and hydrogel encapsulation." Proceedings of the 11th International Conferences on Modern Materials and Technologies (CIMTEC 2006).

3. Jeon, T.J., Malmstadt, N., and Schmidt, J. "Mechanical studies of hydrogel encapsulated membranes" Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings. 926: 0926-CC04-03 (2006)

Patents

1. Schmidt, J.J., Malmstadt, N., and Jeon, T.J.(2005) "Formation and encapsulation of lipid bilayers" UCLA Case No. 2006-077, United States Provisional Patent #60/726,872, Filed Oct. 14, 2005

2. Schmidt, J.J., Jeon, T.J., and Poulos, J. (2007) "Method for Indefinite Storage and Preservation of Membrane Precursors" Submitted, UCLA Case No. 2007-746

3. Schmidt, J.J., Poulos, J., Jeon, T.J. (2007) "Massively parallel automated method of lipid bilayer membrane production" Submitted, UCLA Case No. 2008-143

Selected Presenations

1. T. J. Jeon*, J. L. Poulos, & J. J. Schmidt "Storable And Transportable Lipid Bilayer Membrane Precursor" 235th ACS National Meeting & AIChE Spring National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April (2008), to be presented
2. T. J. Jeon*, N. Malmstadt, J. L. Poulos, & J. J. Schmidt "Freestadning lipid membranes tethered to a gel" 235th ACS National Meeting & AIChE Spring National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April (2008), to be presented
3. J. L. Poulos*, T. J. Jeon, & J. J. Schmidt "High throughput lipid membrane technologies" 235th ACS National Meeting & AIChE Spring National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April (2008), to be presented
4. T. J. Jeon*, J. L. Poulos, & J. J. Schmidt "Storable And Transportable Lipid Bilayer Membrane Precursor" 52nd Biophysical Society Annual Meeting, Long Beach, California, February (2008), to be presented
5. T. J. Jeon*, N. Malmstadt, J. L. Poulos, & J. J. Schmidt "Hydrogel-stabilized Lipid Bilayers Through Covalent Membrane And Substrate Conjugation" 52nd Biophysical Society Annual Meeting, Long Beach, California, February (2008), to be presented
6. J. L. Poulos*, T. J. Jeon, & J. J. Schmidt. "Creating practical freestanding lipid bilayer technologies" CNSI-CNBI Symposium on NanoBiotechnology, Los Angeles, CA, November (2007),
7. J. L. Poulos*, T. J. Jeon, & J. J. Schmidt. "Creating practical freestanding lipid bilayer technologies" TETHMEM 2007, Schloss Ringberg, Tegernsee, Germany, September (2007), 2nd poster prize
8. T. J. Jeon, N. Malmstadt, & J. Schmidt*. "Development of robust and long-lived lipid bilayer membranes through hydrogel encapsulation" Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April (2007)
9. T. J. Jeon, N. Malmstadt, & J. Schmidt*. "Development of robust hydrogel encapsulated membranes for channel protein science and sensing" 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, March (2007)
10. T. J. Jeon*, N. Malmstadt, J. Poulos, & J. Schmidt "Lipid bilayer membrane stabilization by hydrogel encapsulation" 51st Biophysical Society Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, March (2007)
11. N. Malmstadt, T. J. Jeon, & J. Schmidt* "Membrane Solutions Enabling Channel Protein-based Sensing" Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, Boston, MA, November (2006)
12. N. Malmstadt, T. J. Jeon, & J. Schmidt* "Technologies for creating and strengthening artificial membranes" 232nd ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, September (2006)
13. T. J. Jeon*, N. Malmstadt, & J. Schmidt. "Hydrogel-supported membrane for nano-pore sensor applications" 7th UC Systemwide Bioengineering Symposium, Los Angeles, CA, June (2006)
14. N. Malmstadt, T. J. Jeon, & J. Schmidt* "Enabling Protein-based single molecule sensors" 7th UC Systemwide Bioengineering Symposium, Los Angeles, CA, June (2006)
15. N. Malmstadt, T. J. Jeon, & J. Schmidt* "Enabling Protein-based single molecule sensors" 11th International Conferences on Modern Materials and Technologies, Sicily, Italy, June (2006)
16. T. J. Jeon*, N. Malmstadt, & J. Schmidt. "Hydrogel-supported membrane for nano-pore sensor applications" 2006 UCLA Engineering Research Review, Los Angeles, CA, May (2006)
17. N. Malmstadt, T. J. Jeon, & J. Schmidt*. "Enabling Protein-based Single Molecule Sensors" Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April (2006)
18. T. J. Jeon*, N. Malmstadt, & J. Schmidt. "Lipid bilayer membranes supported by hydrogel" 231st ACS National Meeting, Atlanta, GA, March (2006)
19. N. Malmstadt*, T. J. Jeon, & J. Schmidt,. "Stabilization of protein nanopores by hydrogel
encapsulation of lipid membranes" 2nd Annual Frontiers in Nanosystems, Kauai, HI, February (2006)
20. T. J. Jeon*, R. Purnell, D. Tulchinsky, D. Wong, & J. J. Schmidt. "Protein Biosensors" 3rd Annual Southern California Biomedical Engineering Student Symposium, Los Angeles, CA, January (2004)
(* presenter)