Lab of Infection and Immunity
Principal Investigator : Hui-Wen CHEN
團隊人數 : 10
Study Field : Vaccines and antivirals development, Infectious disease epidemiology, Microbiological diagnostics, Emerging diseases
Forms of Int'l Cooperation : Joint Research Project, Personnel Exchange, Student Exchange, Equipment Share, Seminar, Joint Patent Application, MOU/Collaborative Agreement
Lab Introduction
Dr. Hui-Wen Chen is currently a Professor at the Department of Veterinary Medicine in National Taiwan University. Her research interest lies in the virology, immunology, and epidemiology of infectious diseases, and the recent research projects include: 1) Developing vaccines adopting the virus-like features 2) Discovering effective antiviral therapeutics, particularly novel strategies that target host factors to combat drug resistance. 3) Establishing platforms for human and animal viral pathogen identification and investigation on the virus-host interaction. Dr. Chen has published up to 50 peer-reviewed papers in internationally-recognized journals in the field of poultry diseases, virology, and multidisciplinary biomaterials. In addition to research, Dr. Chen serves as an officially accredited veterinarian in Taiwan, providing clinical diagnosis service for the veterinary teaching hospital and poultry industrial partners. Currently, Dr. Chen leads a thriving laboratory with postdoctoral researchers and graduate students, focused in taking fundamental research findings to commercialized products. Several of these products have had patents and demonstrate potential in improving the poultry health and increasing agricultural welfare.
International Cooperation Experience
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Dr. Edward Holmes, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, University Sydney | AustraliaJoint Research Project Personnel Exchange Student Exchange Equipment Share Seminar
2020 ~ present
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Dr. Erica Bickerton, Pirbright Institute, United Kingdom | United KingdomJoint Research Project Personnel Exchange Equipment Share MOU / Collaborative Agreement
2019/04/01 ~ present
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Dr. Keizo Tomonaga, Institute for Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University | JapanJoint Research Project Personnel Exchange Student Exchange Equipment Share Seminar
2018 ~ present
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Dr. Keizo Tomonaga, Institute for Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University | JapanJoint Research Project Personnel Exchange Student Exchange Equipment Share Seminar
2018 ~ present
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Dr. Taisuke Horimoto, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tokyo | JapanJoint Research Project Personnel Exchange Student Exchange Equipment Share Seminar
2016 ~ present
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Dr. Chien-Te Kent Tseng, University of Texas Medical Branch | United States of AmericaJoint Research Project Personnel Exchange Student Exchange Seminar Joint Patent Application MOU / Collaborative Agreement
2016/01/01 ~ present
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Dr. Jiri Hejnar, Institute of Molecular Genetics, Czech Academy of Sciences | Czech RepublicJoint Research Project Personnel Exchange Student Exchange
2017/01/01 ~ present
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Dr. Georg Herrler, Institute of Virology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover | GermanyJoint Research Project Personnel Exchange Student Exchange Seminar
2017/08/01 ~ present
Contact
Principal Investigator
Position : 獸醫學系教授
Email : winnichen@ntu.edu.tw
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