Principal Investigators

Primary PI

Dr. Hwan-You Chang

Professor, Institute of Molecular Medicine, National Tsing Hua University

• Instructs and directs us to be familiar with synthetic biology, reducing the possibility for us to encounter bottlenecks.
• Provided us with BSL-2 laboratory and related experimental consumables to conduct the experiment related to Staphylococcus aureus.
• Long-term team teaching and support.

Secondary PIs

Dr. I-Chi Li

Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Sciences, National Tsing Hua University

• Provided the technology of microneedles.
• Provide a laboratory for us to implement microneedle-related experiments.
• Referred her graduate student, Wu-Xun Chen as our team advisor.

Dr. Chien Chung

Emeritus Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Sciences, National Tsing Hua University

• Provided various practical suggestions for team management.
• Provide biosafety and environmental sustainability advice.

Team Members

Leaders

Ke-Chi Hong

Department of Interdisciplinary Program of Life Science, National Tsing Hua University

• Team Leader
• In charge of the team and acts as a bridge between various departments
• The contact person for our team
• Raised funds and planned collaborations

Chih-Yu Chou

Department of Life Science, National Tsing Hua University

• Vice Team Leader
• Assists in handling various matters, especially financial management
• Works on AMPC-related experiments

Wet Lab

Yi-Ting Li

Department of Life Science, National Tsing Hua University

• Group Leader
• Responsible for AMPC-related experiments
• The contact person between teams and professor Zhang

Yu-Ren Peng

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University

• Purchasing Chief
• Responsible for microneedle platform designation, experiment, and material analysis

Nai-Sin Kang

Department of Life Science, National Tsing Hua University

• Member
• Responsible for microneedle platforms and AMPC-related experiments
• Integrated art design throughout our project
• Manages the iGEM map collaboration

Dry Lab

Pei-Chen Hsu

Department of Interdisciplinary Program of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, National Tsing Hua University

• Group Leader
• Brainstormed models designation
• Designed wiki pages

Chien-Hui Su

Department of Computer Science, National Tsing Hua University

• Member
• Built protein structure and mathematical models
• Helped design iGEM map
• The contact person for teams and instructors professor Chung

Sheng-Bi Chen

Department of Interdisciplinary Program of Life Science, National Tsing Hua University

• Member
• Built protein structure and mathematical models

Human Practice

Yan-Chun Chen

Department of Life Science, National Tsing Hua University

• Group Leader
• Integrated art design throughout our project
• Makes efforts on drawings in our picture book, wiki, and IG posts

Chia-Tung Shih

Department of Life Science, National Tsing Hua University

• Member
• Raised funds
• Planned collaborations with other teams and professors

Advisors

Wei-Luen Huang

Department of Interdisciplinary Program of Life Science, National Tsing Hua University

• Helped us brainstorm our project
• Gave us advice about stepping into the field of synthetic biology and iGEM

Chien-En Huang

Department of Interdisciplinary Program of Life Science, National Tsing Hua University

• Counseled us to implement our ideas into the project of iGEM
• Shared her experience with the competition

Yu-Ching Wang

Department of Physics, National Tsing Hua University

• Mentored Dry Lab for model design and learning software tools.

Wu-Xun Chen

Department of Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Sciences

• Provided microneedle experiment knowledge and practical help.

Sponsors

Financial Support

National Tsing Hua University

• Student Assistance Division
• Association of NTHU alumni
• Extracurricular Activities Section
• The Center for Teaching and Learning Development
• College of Life Science
• Interdisciplinary Program of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Department of Materials Science and Engineering
• Office of Academic Affairs
• Office of Global Affairs

The Ministry of Education Republic of China (Taiwan)

Seika_Tzuyuan Entertainment

General Support

Wei-Yuan Kao

President of National Tsing Hua University

Nyan-Hwa Tai

Senior Vice President of National Tsing Hua University

Alumni of the College of Life Sciences

Special Thanks

Dr. Yu-Chun Lin

Associate Professor, Institution of Molecular Medicine, National Tsing Hua University

• We discussed synthetic biology problems with Dr. Lin.

Dr. Lee-Wei Yang

Professor, Institute of Bioinformatics and Structural Biology, National Tsing Hua University

• We discussed protein structure modeling problems with Dr. Yang.

Dr. Hua-Wen Fu

Associate Professor, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Department of Life Science, National Tsing-Hua University

• We discussed protein structure and synthetic biology problems with Dr. Fu.

Dr. Chung-Yu Lan

Professor, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, National Tsing-Hua University

• We discussed microbiology and synthetic biology problems with Dr. Fu.

Dr. Ta-Jo Liu

Chairman and CEO of Win Coat Corporation

• We consulted Mr. Liu for business and entrepreneurship problems about microneedles.

Chun-Yi Lin

Pediatrician of Lin Chun Yi Pediatric Specialist Clinic

• We consulted Mrs. Lin about medical problems and clinical experiences.