Oh Uhtaek or Oh Woo-Taek (born June 29, 1955) is a 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.
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.
1987 - 1988 : Postdoctoral Training, Marine Biomedical Institute, University of Texas, Medical Branch at Galveston1988 : Assistant, Associate, Professor, College of Pharmacy, SNU1994 - 1995 : Visiting Professor, Department of Physiology, Rosalind Franklin University HSC/Chicago Medical School1997 : Director, Sensory Research Center, Creative Research Initiatives, SNU1998 – 2003 : Associate Editor, Neuroscience Letters, Elsevier1999 – 2000 : Editor-in-chief, Archives of Pharmacal Research2000 – 2000 : Secretary General, Korean Society for Brain and Neural Science2004 – 2004 : Secretary General, Korean Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology2004 – 2004 : Secretary General, Federation of Asian Pain Societies2004 : Member of the Korean Academy of Science and Technology2005 – 2007 : Secretary General, Organizing Committee, 19th FAOBMB Seoul Conference2007 - 2013 : Treasurer, FAOBMB2008 – 2013 : Chairman, WCU Dept of Molecular Medicine & Biopharmaceutical Sciences2011 - 2013 : National R&D Review Board of the MEST, Board Member2011 - 2013 : Biomedical Technology Development Steering Committee of MEST, Chair2013 : Chairman of the Board, Institut Pasteur-Korea2012 : Cho H et al., The Calcium-activated Chloride Channel Anoctamin 1 acts as a Heat Sensor in Nociceptive Neurons. Nature Neuroscience (2012)2008 : Yang YD et al., TMEM16A Confers Receptor Activated Calcium-dependent Chloride Conductance. Nature (2008)2002 : Shin J et al., Bradykinin-12-lipoxygenase-VR1 signaling pathway for inflammatory hyperalgesia. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA (2002)2002 : Cho H et al., Mechano-sensitive Ion Channels in Cultured Sensory Neurons of Neonatal Rats. J Neurosci (2002)2000 : Hwang SW et al., Direct activation of capsaicin receptors by products of lipoxygenases: Endogenous capsaicin-like substances. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA1996 : Oh U et al., Capsaicin Activates a Non-selective Cation Channel in Cultured Neonatal Rat Dorsal-root Ganglion Neurons. J Neurosci2006 : National Academy of Science Award (Korea)2010 : Korea Science Award (Presidential Award)2010 : Best Scientist and Engineer Award of Korea (Presidential Award)