OUR TEAMS

The Microbiota Research Team is primarily responsible for conducting both fundamental and clinical research related to the microbiota. This includes tasks such as microbial morphology observation, cultivation, strain isolation, physiological and biochemical identification. Additionally, it involves activities such as animal experiments, human trials, wet lab work, and the qualitative and quantitative analysis of microbiota diversity, as well as the handling of extensive microbiota data in biomedical dry lab research. The Microbiota Research Team assembles expert teams based on the research topic's demands. These teams encompass clinical research, animal and cell experimentation, molecular biology, microbiological experiments, microbial cultivation, and bioinformatics analysis. The team members comprise experts from various departments within our university, including the Medical School, School of Life Sciences, College of Science, as well as collaborative research units from institutions like Yang-Ming Hospital, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, and Taichung Veterans General Hospital, forming a comprehensive interdisciplinary research effort.

The Microbiota Research Team has published numerous papers in top international journals over the past five years, including journals such as GUT (2020), GUT (2021), JAAD (2021), and AAAI (2022). Professor Chun-Ying Wu, the chair professor, has also been invited by Springer Nature publishers to contribute a chapter on "Microbiome in Liver Cancer" for a textbook.