
Sung-Jan Lin 林頌然
Title: Distinguished Professor
Office: Room 625,
YongLin Biomedical engineering center, NTU
TEL: 886-2-2732-4580
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Lab: Lab of Tissue Engineering and Regeneration
Lab homepage: http://sjlin.cm.ntu.edu.tw/web/home
Education:
1991-1998 ∣ MD, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
2003-2006 ∣ PhD, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
Experience:
2018-present ∣ Distinguished Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering and College of Medicine, National Taiwan University & Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University
2014-present ∣ Taiwan Bio-Development Foundation (TBF) Chair in Biotechnology
2019-present ∣ Deputy Director, Branch Office of Research and Development, National Taiwan University College of Medicine
2019-present ∣ Deputy Director, Department of Medical Research, National Taiwan University Hospital
2016-present ∣ Deputy Director, Research Center for Developmental Biology and Regenerative Medicine, National Taiwan University
2003-present ∣ Attending physician, Department of Dermatology, National Taiwan University Hospital
2016-2018 ∣ Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering and College of Medicine, National Taiwan University & Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University
2017-2019 ∣ Division Director, Division of Training and Development, Department of Medical Research, National Taiwan University Hospital
2012-2016 ∣ Associate Professor, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering and College of Medicine, National Taiwan University & Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University
2010-2012 ∣ Visiting Scholar, Lab of Tissue Development and Engineering, Department of Pathology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, U.S.A. (Dr. Cheng-Ming Chuong)
2007-2012 ∣ Assistant Professor, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering and College of Medicine, National Taiwan University
Honors & Awards:
2002 ∣ Excellent Resident Award, National Taiwan University Hospital
2006 ∣ International Scholarship Grant, 18th World Congress of Dermatology Fund
2007 ∣ Galderma Skin Research Award
2008-2011 ∣ Career Development Grant, National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan
2009 ∣ Award for Junior Research Investigators in Life Science, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
2010-2015 ∣ Physician Scientist Award, National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan
2010 ∣ Ta-You Wu Memorial Award of National Science Council, Taiwan
2010 ∣ Excellent Teaching Award, National Taiwan University
2012 ∣ Basic Research Award, Asia-Pacific La Roche-Posay Foundation
2012 ∣ Ching-Shing Medical Award
2013 ∣ Excellent Teaching Award, National Taiwan University,
2014-2024 ∣ Taiwan Bio-Development Foundation (TBF) Chair in Biotechnology
2014 ∣ Distinguished Research Award, Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan
2014 ∣ Distinguished Research Award, National Taiwan University Hospital
2014 ∣ Dean Chen-Yuan Lee Memorial Medical Award
2017 ∣ Distinguished Professor Award, Far Eastern Y.Z. Hsu Science and Technology Memorial Foundation
2018 ∣ Basic Research Award, Asia-Pacific La Roche-Posay Foundation
Research Highlight:
Regenerative biology and stem cell
Tissue engineering
Hair follicle
Corneal endothelial healing
Pigment and melanocyte
Biomedical optics
Representative publications:
1. Chen CL, Huang WY, Wang EHC, Kang-Yu Tai KY, Lin SJ*. Functional complexity of hair follicle stem cell niche and therapeutic targeting of niche dysfunction for hair regeneration. Journal of Biomedical Science 27:43, 2020.
2. Wu YF, Wang CY, Yang TL, Tsao PN, Lin SJ*, Tan HY*. Intravital multiphoton microscopic imaging platform for ocular surface imaging. Experimental Eye Research 182:194-201, 2019.
3. Huang WY, Lin ETY, Hsu YC, Lin SJ*. Anagen hair follicle repair: timely regenerative attempts from plastic extra-bulge epithelial cells. Experimental Dermatology 28:406-412, 2019.
4. Lee CY, Su GC, Huang WY, Ko MY, Yeh HY, Chang GD, Lin SJ, Chi P. Promotion of homology-directed DNA repair by polyamines. Nature Communications 10:65, 2019.
5. Fan SMY, Chang YT, Chen CL, Wang WH, Pan MK, Chen WP, Huang WY, Xu Z, Huang HE, Chen T, Plikus MV, Chen SK*, Lin SJ*. External light activates hair follicle stem cells through eyes via an ipRGC-SCN-sympathetic neural pathway. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA 115:E6880-E6889, 2018.