Senior Research Specialist
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EDUCATION AND POSITIONS HELD:
- B.S. National Tsing Hua University, Tsin-chu, Taiwan, ROC, 1978
- Ph. D. The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 1987
- Postdoctoral Fellow, MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Cambridge, MA, 1987-1990
- Senior Research Fellow, MERCK & CO., INC., West Point, PA, 1990-2006
- Senior Research Specialist, Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, 2007-2021
MEMBERSHIPS:
- American Chemical Society
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
EXPERTISE / SPECIALTY:
The combined experience in both academic and industrial provides me the foundation for both basic research and drug discovery and development. I have extensive learning in biochemistry, enzymology, natural product biosynthesis during my academic years. My current works at Academia Sinica are in two parts: helping technology transfer of Academia Sinica research discoveries and coordinating the operation and collaboration of high through-put screening.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
- Hsu, H-J., Tsai, K-C., Sun, Y-K., Chang, H-J., Huang, Y-J., Yu, H-M., Lin, C-H., Mao, S-S., and Yang, A-S, 2008, “Factor Xa Active Site Substrate Specificity with Substrate Phage Display and Computional Molecular Modeling”, JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY, 283, 12343-12353. (SCIE)