Dr. Ching-Fen Chang

張菁芬(Dr. Jane)

Dr. Ching-Fen Chang holds a Ph.D. in Molecular Medicine and has been primary investigator of the NYCU-Taipei iGEM team since 2013. Ever since the start of our iGEM journey, Dr. Jane has been providing us valuable advice by using her experience and expertise in the field of genomics and synthetic biology. We appreciate Dr. Jane for helping us with our project design and giving us kind suggestions on how to troubleshoot our experiments. Beside the “scientific” work, Dr. Jane is also a heart-warming teacher who always takes care of our safety and well-being.

Dr. Chuan-Hsiung Chang

張傳雄

Dr. Chang is a professor at the Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology and the Institute of Biomedical Informatics. He is also one of our principal investigators, and leads the NYCU-Taipei iGEM team since 2007. With his expertise and research interest in genome design and engineering, Dr. Chang always generously offers us instructions on how to optimize our plasmid construct. Moreover, he led brainstorming sessions and supervised our research work. We are really lucky to have Dr. Chang with our team because of his creativity when it comes to solving problems. Without his help, we couldn't have conquered the difficulties and worked smoothly with our project!

Chih-Yu, Yeh

葉祉佑(Ruby)

Team Leader

Wet Lab

HP

Ruby is currently a third grade medical student and leads the NYCU-Taipei team together with Vivian. Since the start of our iGEM journey, she has been working hard to bring up the team spirit and encourages us to pluck up the courage to face any difficulties. Although iGEM is never an easy task, she still has a firm belief that with gut and perseverance we'll definitely make it through the journey!

Chung-Yao, Wei

魏中姚(Vivian)

Team Leader

Wet Lab

HP

Vivian is currently a second year undergraduate joining the NYCU interdisciplinary program and is one of our team leaders. Throughout our iGEM project, she has been enjoying the benefits of teamwork more than ever. As she says, “Team NYCU-Taipei is a group of fantastic people. We dare to dream, and are ready to achieve!”

Shih-Hsun, Yang

楊仕勛(Kevin)

Wet Lab Leader

Wiki

Kevin is currently a third year undergraduate studying in the department of life science and is our Wet Lab leader. He always takes good care of our experimental design with a responsible attitude and pays attention to the details. Participating in iGEM is a brand-new experience for Kevin. Although it is exhausting and frustrating sometimes, he still considers it a meaningful milestone to be conquered.

Yu-Tang, Chang

章祐瑭(Patrick)

Wet Lab

HP

Patrick is currently a second year undergraduate studying in the department of life science and is a member of the Wet Lab and Human Practice. She also leads the Taipei American School (TAS) summer internship program, and her optimistic and easy-going personality makes her “a barrel of laughs” in our team.

Chih-Ho, Wang

王之荷(Annie)

Wet Lab

HP

Annie is currently a second year Life Science student and take part in Wet Lab and Human Practice. Annie is a great team player because she always put her best whenever doing tasks. Moreover, she is also optimistic about our team earning great results while having fun as we improve.

Chi-Wei Huang

黃啟維(Adams)

Dry Lab Leader

Device

Adams is currently a third grade Biomedical Engineering student and is our Dry Lab leader. He says that he likes to chill and procrastinate but he is also a serious person when it comes to important matters. Just as he says, ”Our ultimate measure is not where we stand in moments of comfort and convenience, but where we stand at times of challenge and controversy. Hope everyone can continually improve during these days and finally earn great achievements!

Nanda May Win

王馨屏(Jennifer)

HP Leader

Wet Lab

Jennifer is currently a second grade medical student. She is our Human Practice leader and a member of the Wet Lab. Joining iGEM and working together with the team has become one of her best part in her university life. As she says, “ I like the way our NYCU-Taipei team members connect and support each other throughout our journey. I have learnt many knowledgeable stuff ! “

Yu-Cheng Liu

劉禹丞(Andy)

Device Leader

Dry Lab

Andy is currently a fourth grade biomedical engineering student and is our Device leader and part of our Dry Lab. In fact, he is a python coding master! Just like each one of us, throughout the iGEM journey, he is appreciates all the benefits from it. He even says, ”I'm working on something I have never done before. Learning new things from iGEM makes me a better person.” It seems that the iGEM journey is really a remarkable experience for him.

Hsuan-Wei, Lin

林軒緯(Jason)

Wet Lab

HP

Jason is currently a second year life science student and is a member of the Wet Lab, Dry Lab and Human Practice. He is motivated to try new stuff. In order to turn his dreams into reality, he always works hard to improve himself. At the same time, he is learning diving and we hope he could find the meaning of life through the waters.

Yi-Chen, Chang

張以臻(Jennifer)

HP

Wet Lab

Jennifer is currently a second grade medical student and is a member of the Wet Lab and Human Practice . She would like to express her greatest gratitude to all the other team members. Without their company and support, she couldn't have become herself today and complete the challenging iGEM!

Yi-Shen, Huang

黃易紳(Charles)

Device

Dry Lab

Charles is currently a fourth grade Biomedical Engineering student and is part of our Dry Lab Device . He knows that joining iGEM is like accepting a big challenge and he encourages all of us to step out our comfort zone to try new stuff. He says, “accepting challenges is not as cozy as normal daily life. Sometimes working on things we're not familiar with would be the best option for everyone.

Yuan, Hsiao

蕭遠(Jerry)

Wiki Leader

Wet Lab

Jerry is currently a second year Life Science student and is our Wiki leader. He has put lots of effort into designing our web pages, team shirts and our mascot Fluotato! Building the wiki pages for our team is not an easy task, because it involves so many designs and editings. Joining the iGEM team was a brand-new experience for him and he has definitely learnt a lot of new skills.