Lab of Infection and Immunity
Principal Investigator : Hui-Wen Chen
Team Size : 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 | A global approach to One Health using meta-transcriptomics - revealing emerging zoonotic pathogens in urban wildlife | AustraliaJoint Research Project Personnel Exchange Student Exchange Equipment Share Seminar
2020 ~ present
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Dr. Erica Bickerton, Pirbright Institute, United Kingdom | Assembly of Recombinant Infectious Bronchitis Virus and Determination of Antigenic Sites that Confer Hemagglutination Activity | 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 | Assembly of Recombinant Parrot Bornavirus 4 Using a Novel Vector System | 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 | Assembly of Recombinant Parrot Bornavirus 4 Using a Novel Vector System | 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 | Reverse genetics of avian influenza H6N1 vaccine strain | 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 | Synthetic virus-mimetic nanoparticles for MERS-CoV vaccination | 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 | Polymorphisms in cellular receptors for avian leukosis virus | 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 | Establishment of in vitro and ex vivo permissive cultures for influenza virus and in vivo efficacy validation of novel antivirals | 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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