† 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]
• Tau condensation on DNA and localization on centromeres: A potential link to cell division
  Celine Park^†, Jaehun Jung^†, Yuri Hong, Chaelin Lee-Eom, Sang-Hyun Rah, Keunsang Yang, Jaehyeon Shin, Ayoung Jeong, Seokyun Hong, Jong-Bong Lee, Dong Soo Hwang, Min Ju Shon^*
  bioRxiv  [LINK]  [PDF]

Publications

• 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]