Yi-Chun Wu (吳益群)
Title: Distinguished Professor
Telephone: 886-2-3366-2483
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Office: Room 814, Life Science Building
Lab: Room 814, Life Science Building
Lab homepage：http://cecore.life.nthu.edu.tw/
Education:
1998| Ph.D. Dept. of Biology, MIT, USA
1991 | M.S., Dept. of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, USA
1989 | M.S., Inst. of Biochemistry, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
1987 |B.S., Dept. of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
Experience:
2010-present | Joint Appointment Research Fellow, IAMS, Academia Sinica
2010-present | Distinguished Professor, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, National Taiwan University
2005-2010 | Professor, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, National Taiwan University
2003-2005 | Associate Professor, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, National Taiwan University
2002-2003 | Associate Professor, Zoology department, National Taiwan University
1998-2002 | Assistant Professor, Zoology department, National Taiwan University
Honors & Awards:
2015 | Outstanding Research Award, Ministry of Science and Technology (科技部傑出研究獎)
2004 | Outstanding Research Award, National Science Council (國科會傑出研究獎)
2004 | Wu Ta-You Memorial Award, National Science Counci（國科會吳大猷獎）
2003 | 2nd Y.Z. Hsu Scientific Paper Award (有庠科技論文獎-生命科學組)2002 | Research Award for Junior Research Investigators, Academia Sinica（中央研究院年輕學者研究著作獎）
Research Highlight:
Genetic and dietary effects on cellular and organismal behavior
Application of nanomaterials in biological systems
Representative publications:
- Chiu H., Zou Y., Suzuki N., Hsieh Y.W., Chuang C.F., Wu Y.C., Chang C.* Engulfing cells promote neuronal regeneration and remove neuronal debris through distinct biochemical functions of CED-1. Nat Commun. 9(1):4842. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-07291-x (2018).
- Li, C.H., Kuo, T.R., Su, H.J., Lai, W.Y., Yang, P.C., Chen, J.S., Wang, D.Y., Wu, Y.C.* and Chen, C.C.* Fluorescence-Guided Probes of Aptamer-Targeted Gold Nanoparticles with Computed Tomography Imaging Accesses for in Vivo Tumor Resection. Sci. Rep., 5:15675 | DOI: 10.1038/srep15675 (2015)
- Huang, T.F., Cho, C.Y., Cheng, Y.T., Huang, J.W., Wu, Y.Z., Yeh, A.Y., Nishiwaki, K., Chang, S.C., Wu, Y.C.* BLMP-1/Blimp-1 regulates the spatiotemporal cell migration pattern in C. elegans. PLoS Genet. 10(6):e1004428 (2014).
- LIN-3/EGF promotes the programmed cell death of specific cells in Caenorhabditis elegans by transcriptional activation of the pro-apoptotic gene egl-1. PLoS Genet. 10(8):e1004513 (2014).
- Hsieh, H.H. #, Hsu, T.-Y.#, Jiang, H.S. Wu, Y.C.* Integrin a PAT-2/CDC-42 Signaling Is Required for Muscle-Mediated Clearance of Apoptotic Cells in Caenorhabditis elegans. PLoS Genet. 8(5): e1002663. (2012). # These authors contributed equally to this work. #These authors contributed equally to this work.
