Name: Yu-Hsiang Chen

Applying: Department of Biology, M.S. Program

Yu-Hsiang Chen

Mailing address: No.184, Ren-an Rd., Hemei Township, Changhua County, Taiwan
Phone: 886-911-134156
Email: YHChen0528@gmail.com ; Yuhsiang@gate.sinica.edu.tw
Birth Date and Place: 28 May 1983; Changhua, Taiwan
Nationality: Taiwan, R.O.C.

EDUCATION

National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan

 Bachelor of Science in Life Science(GPA 3.6/4.0) June 2006
 Bioinformatics Program(GPA 3.9/4.0)
 Educational Program for Secondary School Teachers

HONORS AND AWARDS

Grant for College Student Participation in Research Projects, 2005–2006

National Science Council, Taiwan

Award of Outstanding Undergraduate Students (Rank: 1st/31), Sep. 2004; Feb. 2005
NTNU, Taiwan,

EXPERIENCE

Research Assistant, High-Throughput Core Facility, 2008-Present

Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
 Employer: Dr. Wen-Hsiung Li, Director, BRC, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
 Supervisor: Dr. Mei-Yeh Lu, Postdoctoral Fellow, BRC, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
 Responsible for:
 Assisting in arranging sequencing projects
 DNA/mRNA/smRNA Library Construction for next generation sequencing platforms
 Manipulating next generation sequencing machines and providing basic maintenance
 Providing training for new members
 Skills Developed: DNA Fragmentation, DNA Ligation; mRNA Purification, mRNA
Fragmentation, smRNA Isolation; Real-Time PCR; Measuring the Quality
and the Quantity of Samples using Nanodrop, Qubit, Agilent 2100
Bioanalyzer Systems; Next Generation Sequencing
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Name: Yu-Hsiang Chen
Applying: Department of Biology, M.S. Program

Medic, Military Service, Army, Taiwan 2007-2008

Bioinformatics Program Research Student, National Taiwan University, Taiwan 2005-2006

 Advisor: Dr. Hsueh-Fen Juan, Professor, Department of Life Science, NTU
 Special Topics in Bioinformatics: Discovery of Biomarkers and Drug Targets in Human Breast
Cancer by Proteomics Approach
 Skills Developed: Protein Extraction, 2D Electrophoresis, In Gel Digestion

Topic Research Undergraduate, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan, 2004-2006

 Advisor: Dr. Hsiu Mei Hsieh-Li, Associate Professor, Department of Life Science, NTNU
 Research Project: Correlation between androgen receptor CAG repeat length polymorphism
and the risk of prostate cancer in Taiwan population (Grant from National
Science Council)
 Skills Developed: DNA Extraction, PCR, Gel Electrophoresis, Genotype Analysis; RNA
Extraction, RT-PCR; Cloning

PUBLICATIONS

1. YC Chang, CY Lin, CM Hsu, HC Lin, YH Chen, GJ Lee-Chen, MT Su, LS Ro, CM Chen, HM

Hsieh-Li (2011) “Neuroprotective effects of granulocyte-colony stimulating factor in a novel
transgenic mouse model of SCA17” Journal of Neurochemistry (in review)

2. TY Wang, HL Chen, MY J Lu, YC Chen, HM Sung, CT Mao, HY Cho, HM Ke, TY Hwa, SK

Ruan, KY Hung, CK Chen, JY Li, YC Wu, YH Chen, SP Chou, YW Tsai, TC Chu, CC A Shih,
WS Li, MC Shih (2011) “Functional Characterization of Cellulases Identified from
Neocallimastix patriciarum W5 by Transcriptome and Secretome Analyses” (manuscript in
preparation)

ADDITIONAL SKILLS

Software Applications: SPSS, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel

Language: Native Speaker of Chinese; English