Publications

† co-first authors; * corresponding authors

Preprint

• Control of SNARE-driven vesicle fusion by synapsin condensates on freestanding membranes
  Minkwon Cha†, Jaehyeon Shin†, Hyun-Ro Lee†, Taehyun Yang, Eunji Cho, Sunghoe Chang, Seung Soo Oh*, Min Ju Shon*
  Research Square  [LINK]  [PDF]

• Structuring role of tau-tubulin co-condensates in early microtubule organization
  Chaelin Lee-Eom†, Jaehun Jung†, Celine Park, Min Ju Shon*
  bioRxiv  [LINK]  [PDF]

Publications

• Tau condensation on DNA mediates microtubule attachment suggesting a mitotic role for centromere-localized tau
  Celine Park†, Jaehun Jung†, Yuri Hong†, Haeun Yoo, Keunsang Yang, Jaehyeon Shin, Minsik Kim, Cham Lim, Ayoung Jeong, Seokyun Hong, Jun Young Baek, Sang-Hyun Rah, Chaelin Lee-Eom, Minseok Seo, Yoori Kim, Jae-Hyung Jeon, Jong-Bong Lee, Dong Soo Hwang*, Min Ju Shon*
  Nature Communications, Accepted
  See also: bioRxiv  [LINK]  [PDF]

• Locked Nucleic Acid-Modified Force Probe Reveals High-Force Regulation of Yes-Associated Protein through Talin–Vinculin in Breast Cancer
  Tram Thi Hong Le, Jaehun Jung, Linh Thanh Nguyen, Min Ju Shon, Byoung Choul Kim*
  ACS Nano 19, 35962 (2025)  [LINK]  [PDF]

• Advancing membrane biology: Single-molecule approaches meet model membrane systems
  Jaehyeon Shin, Sang Hyeok Jeong, Min Ju Shon*
  BMB Reports 58, 33 (2025)  [LINK]  [PDF]

• High-speed measurements of SNARE–complexin interactions using magnetic tweezers
  Seokyun Hong†, Taehyun Yang†, Ara Go, Haesoo Kim, Tae-Young Yoon*, Min Ju Shon*
  Methods in Enzymology 694, 109 (2024)  [LINK]  [PDF]

• Force-fluorescence setup for observing protein–DNA interactions under load
  Jaehun Jung, Subin Kim, Sang-Hyun Rah, Jayil Lee, Min Ju Shon*
  Methods in Enzymology 694, 137 (2024)  [LINK]  [PDF]

• High-speed magnetic tweezers for nanomechanical measurements on force-sensitive elements
  Celine Park†, Taehyun Yang†, Sang-Hyun Rah, Hyun Gyu Kim, Tae-Young Yoon*, Min Ju Shon*
  Journal of Visualized Experiments, e65137 (2023)  [LINK]  [PDF]

• Quantitative imaging of vesicle–protein interactions reveals close cooperation among proteins
  Minkwon Cha†, Sang Hyeok Jeong†, Jaehun Jung, Yoonjin Baeg, Sung-Soo Park, Seoyoon Bae, Chan Seok Lim, Jun Hyuk Park, Jie-Oh Lee, Yong Song Gho, Seung Wook Oh, Min Ju Shon*
  Journal of Extracellular Vesicles 12, 12322 (2023)  [LINK]  [PDF]

• Efficient labeling of vesicles with lipophilic fluorescent dyes via the salt-change method
  Minkwon Cha†, Sang Hyeok Jeong†, Seoyoon Bae†, Jun Hyuk Park, Yoonjin Baeg, Dong Woo Han, Sang Soo Kim, Jaehyeon Shin, Jeong Eun Park, Seung Wook Oh, Yong Song Gho*, Min Ju Shon*
  Analytical Chemistry 95, 5843–5849 (2023)  [LINK]  [PDF]

• Tension exerted on cells by magnetic nanoparticles regulates differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells
  Sungwoo Cho, Min Ju Shon, Boram Son, Gee Sung Eun, Tae-Young Yoon, Tai Hyun Park*
  Biomaterials Advances 139, 213028 (2022)  [LINK]  [PDF]

• High-resolution single-molecule magnetic tweezers
  Hyun-Kyu Choi, Hyun Gyu Kim, Min Ju Shon*, Tae-Young Yoon*
  Annual Review of Biochemistry 91, 33–59 (2022)  [LINK]  [PDF]

• Nano-Precision Tweezers for Mechanosensitive Proteins and Beyond
  Taehyun Yang, Celine Park, Sang-Hyun Rah*, Min Ju Shon*
  Molecules and Cells 45, 16–25 (2022)  [LINK]  [PDF]

• Extreme parsimony in ATP consumption by 20S complexes in the global disassembly of single SNARE complexes
  Changwon Kim†, Min Ju Shon†, Sung Hyun Kim, GeeSung Eun, Je-Kyung Ryu, Changbong Hyeon, Reinhard Jahn, Tae-Young Yoon*
  Nature Communications 12, 3206 (2021)  [LINK]  [PDF]

Before POSTECH

• Watching helical membrane proteins fold reveals a common N-to-C-terminal folding pathway
  Hyun-Kyu Choi†, Duyoung Min†, Hyunook Kang†, Min Ju Shon, Sang-Hyun Rah, Hak Chan Kim, Hawoong Jeong, Hee-Jung Choi*, James U. Bowie*, Tae-Young Yoon*
  Science 366, 1150–1156 (2019)  [LINK]  [PDF]

• Submicrometer elasticity of double-stranded DNA revealed by precision force-extension measurements with magnetic tweezers
  Min Ju Shon†*, Sang-Hyun Rah†, Tae-Young Yoon*
  Science Advances 5, eaav1697 (2019)  [LINK]  [PDF]

• Profiling protein–protein interactions of single cancer cells with in situ lysis and co-immunoprecipitation
  Ji Young Ryu†, Jihye Kim†, Min Ju Shon†, Jiashu Sun, Xingyu Jiang, Wonhee Lee*, Tae-Young Yoon*
  Lab on a Chip 19, 1922–1928 (2019)  [LINK]  [PDF]

• Focused clamping of a single neuronal SNARE complex by complexin under high mechanical tension
  Min Ju Shon†, Haesoo Kim†, Tae-Young Yoon*
  ‎Nature Communications 9, 3639 (2018)  [LINK]  [PDF]

• Profiling of protein–protein interactions via single-molecule techniques predicts the dependence of cancers on growth-factor receptors
  Hong-Won Lee†, Byoungsan Choi†, Han Na Kang†, Hyunwoo Kim†, Ahrum Min, Minkwon Cha, Ji Young Ryu, Sangwoo Park, Jinyoung Sohn, Kihyuk Shin, Mi Ran Yun, Joo Yeun Han, Min Ju Shon, Cherlhyun Jeong, Junho Chung, Seung-Hyo Lee, Seock-Ah Im*, Byoung Chul Cho*, Tae-Young Yoon*
  Nature Biomedical Engineering 2, 239–253 (2018)  [LINK]  [PDF]

• Observing extremely weak protein-protein interactions with conventional single-molecule fluorescence microscopy
  Janghyun Yoo, Tae-Sun Lee, Byungsan Choi, Min Ju Shon, Tae-Young Yoon*
  Journal of the American Chemical Society 138, 14238–14241 (2016)  [LINK]  [PDF]

• Nano-mechanical measurements of protein-DNA interactions with a silicon nitride pulley
  Min Ju Shon, Adam E. Cohen*
  Nucleic Acids Research 44, e7 (2016)  [LINK]  [PDF]

• Mass action at the single-molecule level
  Min Ju Shon, Adam E. Cohen*
  Journal of the American Chemical Society 134, 14618–14623 (2012)  [LINK]  [PDF]

• In Honor of W.E. Moerner: Confining Molecules for Single-Molecule Spectroscopy
  Adam E. Cohen*, Alexander P. Fields, Jennifer H. Hou, Sabrina R. Leslie, Min Ju Shon
  Israel Journal of Chemistry 49, 275–282 (2009)  [LINK]  [PDF]

• Preparation of polymeric microparticles by horizontal rotating
  Jae-ryang Joo, Min Ju Shon, Yunseong Jeong, Jong-Sang Park*
  Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society 30, 3066–3068 (2009)  [LINK]  [PDF]