18. Department of Health WA - Medical and Health Research Infrastructure Fund Round 23 – CI: Choi YS, 2020, AU$23,412)

17. Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital and Osborne Park Health Care Group Research Advisory Committee’s 2019/20 Research Grant - Application of an ex-vivo hydrogel model to assess and reverse airway smooth muscle cell stiffness in COPD – (CIA: James AL, CIB: Wang K, CIC: Choi YS, CID: Cairncross A, 2020, $30,000)

16. UWA Research Income Growth Grant - Extending UWA/Yonsei University collaboration into new Category 2 and 3 funding to develop spatiotemprally dynamic 4D microenvironments for cancer mechanobiology – (CI: YS Choi, 2019, AU$8,140)

15. Universities Australia DAAD German Research Cooperation – Biaxial substrates combining linear stiffness gradients with nanoscale spacing gradients for mechanobiology – (CI: Choi YS, 2019-2020, AU$20,920)

14. NHMRC CDF1 – stem cell mechanobiology for cardiac regeneration – (CI: Choi YS, 2018-2021 AU$431,000) – relinquished to accept Heart Foundation Future Leader Fellowship

13. Marsden Fund (Royal Society NZ) - Stiffness matters: Unravelling the reciprocal relationship between tissue mechanical stiffness and cellular mechanosensitivity – (CIA: McGlashan S, CIB: Choi YS, 2018-2020 NZ$920,000)

12. Department of Health, Western Australia, Merit Award – Projects – Force of Nature: 3D cell-matrix force-microscopy for stem cell mechanobiology – (CI: Choi YS, 2017-2018 AU$37,500)

11. Department of Health, Western Australia, Merit Award – Fellowship – Stem cell mechanobiology for cardiac regeneration – (CI: Choi YS, 2017-2018 AU$25,000)

10. Heart Foundation Future Leader Fellowship – Stem cell mechanobiology for heart regeneration – (CI: Choi YS, 2017-2021 AU$520,000)

9. UWA Research Collaboration Awards 2017 – Developing a 3D Mimic of the Brain – (UWA: Swaminatha-Iyer K, Fitzgerals M, Choi YS, Smith N; UNSW: Evans C, Thordarson P, Martin A; University of Cape Town: Franz T, Davies N / 2017 AU$ 28,000)

8. UHU collaborative Research Network Seed Funding Award – TIPS for generating layered and porous silk membranes suitable for eardrum repair (CIs: Dilley RJ, Day R, Choi YS / Nov 2015 AU$20,000)

7. NHMRC Equipment Grant (UWA) – Philips Premium Portable CX50 Ultrasound System (CIs: Noble P, Pillow J, Gill A, Laing N, Nowak K, McLaughlin R, Kennedy B, Hodgetts S, Pinniger G, Choi YS, Wang K / 2016 AU$ 47,500)

6. NHMRC Project Grant 1098449 - Using mechanotransduction to regulate stem cell fate in heart tissue - YS Choi, AJ Engler, and XL Guan (2016-2018)

5. Atomic Force Microscope – Mill House Foundation for Equipment Grant 2014 (CI: Dr. Choi YS / May 2014 AU$ 132,000)

4. Cardiac differentiation of stem cells by mechanotransduction – Sydney Medical School Early Career Researcher Grant 2014 (CI: Dr. Choi YS / Feb 2014 AU$ 24,766.9)

3. Live cell imaging system - Norma Louise Cordell Blue Equipment Grant (Australia) (CI: Dr. Choi YS / Feb 2014 AU$93,357)

2. ECM stiffness driven cardiac induction of stem cells – Heart Research Australia (Australia) 2014-07 (CI: Dr. Choi YS / Jan 2014 – Dec 2016 AU$147,706.80)

1. Mechanically programmed adipose-derived stem cells to treat muscular dystrophy – Muscular Dystrophy Association (USA) 241665. (PI: Prof. Engler AJ, Co-investigator: Dr. Choi YS / Oct 2012 – Jul 2015 US$390,000)

UWA

Unit Coordinator
ANHB3323 Cells, Tissues, and Development

Lecturer
SCIE1106 Molecular Biology of the Cell
PHYL3001 Physiology of Membranes, Muscles and Signalling
ENSC3023 Biomedical Engineering