Yi-Chun Wu

E-mail yichun@ntu.edu.tw
Office National Taiwan University, Life Science Building R814
Tel. of office +886-2-3366-2483
Laboratory National Taiwan University, Life Science Building R814, room 108
Tel. of Lab.

B.S., Dept. of Chemistry, 1987, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
M.S., Inst. of Biochemistry, 1989, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
M.S., Dept. of Biological Sciences, 1991, Columbia University, USA
Ph.D. 1998, 1991, Dept. of Biology, MIT, USA

Assistant Professor, Zoology department, National Taiwan University (1998–2002)
Associate Professor, Zoology department, National Taiwan University (2002–2003)
Associate Professor, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, National Taiwan University (2003–2005)
Professor, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, National Taiwan University (2005–)
Joint Appointment Research Fellow, IAMS, Academia Sinica (2010–)

Programmed cell death and cell migration
Application of nanomaterials in biological systems

Research Award for Junior Research Investigators, Academia Sinica, 2002
2^nd Y.Z. Hsu Scientific Paper Award, 2003
Wu Ta-You Memorial Award, National Science Council, 2004
Outstanding Research Award, National Science Council, 2004

Chen, C. C., * Liu, Y.C., Wu, C.H., Yeh, C.C., Su, M.T. and Wu,Y.C.* Preparation of Fluorescent Silica Nanotubes and their Application in Gene Delivery. Adv. Mater. 17,404-407(2005).
Liu, W.H., Lin, Y.L., Wang, J.P., Liou,W., Hou, R.F., Wu, Y.C.*and Liao, C.L.* Restriction of Vaccinia Virus Replication by a ced-3 and ced-4-Dependent Pathway in C. elegans. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U S A. 103, 4174-4179 (2006).
Chen,C.C., * Lin,I.P., Tzeng, S.C., Wang, J.W., Wu, C.H., Chen, Y.C., Chen, J.P., Chen, K.H., Su, M.T. and Wu, Y. C.* DNA-Gold Nanorod Conjugates for Remote Control of Localized Gene Expression by Near Infrared Irradiation. J. Am. Chem. Soc.128, 3709-3715 (2006).
Hsu, T.Y. and Wu, Y.C.*, Engulfment of apoptotic cells in C. elegans is mediated by integrin. Curr. Biol. 20:477-486 (2010).
Mohan, N., Chen, C.S., Hsieh, H.H., Wu, Y.C.* and Chang, H.C.* In vivo imaging and toxicity assessments of fluorescent nanodiamonds in Caenorhabditis elegans. Nano Lett. 10:3692-3699 (2010).