Molecular Neuroimmunology Laboratory
Research Field
Dr. Chun-Hsien Chu received his Ph.D. degree in the Institute of Biochemistry & Biotechnology from the College of Medicine at Chung Shan Medical University. After graduation, Dr. Chu conducted his postdoctoral research at National Cheng Kung University and the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NC, USA to gain interdisciplinary research training in the area of neuroinflammation, neuroimmunology, and neurotoxicology. Overall, Dr. Chu has published ~60 papers related to the field of biomedicine, molecular neurobiology, microglial biology, and neuroimmunology. In 2022, Dr. Chu launched the neuroimmunology laboratory at the Institute of Molecular Medicine, National Cheng Kung University.
People in the Lab determined the molecular and cellular mechanisms of glia-mediated neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative diseases using the primary neuron-glia coculture system, single-cell RNA sequencing approach, and transgenic animal models.
1. Microglia Biology;
2. Neuroinflammation;
3. Neurodegeneration;
4. Neuron-glial interactions.
Graduate Mentoring Experiences and Awards
2023 Pin-Cheng Mao Research Day Excellent Paper Award, College of Medicine, NCKU, Tainan, Taiwan
2022 Yi-Chun Liao Excellent Poster Award, The 36th Joint Annual Conference of Annual Conference of Biomedical Sciences
2021 Tz-Yi Chiu Poster Presentation Award (3rd), 2021 Annual Online Academic Symposium of Chinese Physiological Society
2019 Yuan-Yu Chuang Excellent Poster Award, The 1st Asia Pacific Workshop And Conference On Molecular Medicine, Denpasar-Bali, Indonesia
2018 Wei-Jen Lu Research Day Excellent Paper Award, College of Medicine, NCKU, Tainan, Taiwan
Current Position and Professional Experiences
2022-present Assistant Professor, Institute of Molecular Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
2016-2022 Project Assistant Professor, Institute of Molecular Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
2015-2016 Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Molecular Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
2011-2015 Visiting Fellow, National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, RTP, NC, USA
2010-2011 Special volunteer, National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, RTP, NC, USA
2009-2011 Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Behavioral Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
2003-2008 Ph.D., Institute of Biochemistry & Biotechnology, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan