chemistry

Rhee Sue-goo

Rhee Sue-goo is a chemistry topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Rhee Sue-goo rather than just read about it. In short: Rhee Sue-Goo (born 1943) is a Korean-born American biochemist. Rhee was chief of the Laboratory of Cell Signaling, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland.

Key takeaways

Rhee Sue-goo belongs to chemistry; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Rhee Sue-goo to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Rhee Sue-goo from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Rhee Sue-Goo (born 1943) is a Korean-born American biochemist. Rhee was chief of the Laboratory of Cell Signaling, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland. He moved to Ewha Womans University in South Korea in 2005. Rhee received his B.S. degree in chemistry from Seoul National University and PhD degree in organic chemistry from The Catholic University of America in 1966 and 1972, respectively. He was a postdoctoral fellow of Earl Stadtman's group at NIH. He started his own lab at NIH as a section chief of signal transduction after several years of working as a senior biochemist. His most acclaimed contribution to cell signaling is the discovery of seven of the twelve isozymes of phospholipase C He was ranked among the most cited 250 biochemists and National Scientist of the Republic of Korea.

References

External links Rhee's lab webpage Archived 2011-08-18 at the Wayback Machine at Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Rhee Sue-goo

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Rhee Sue-goo claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In chemistry, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Rhee Sue-goo before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Rhee Sue-goo ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Rhee Sue-goo

In research: Rhee Sue-goo appears in chemistry research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Rhee Sue-goo in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Rhee Sue-goo is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1943 births, 21st-century American biochemists, Asian scientist stubs, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Rhee Sue-goo outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Rhee Sue-goo in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Rhee Sue-goo means in your own words.
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Frequently asked questions

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Why does Rhee Sue-goo matter?

Because it connects several chemistry ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Rhee Sue-goo?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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