1. Pei-Ching Huang
Email: 1953peggy@gmail.com
Mobile: +886923397630
Education
Sep 2010- Jun 2014 National Yang Ming University (NYMU), Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
B.S. in Department of Life Sciences (2014) (Class rank: 4/ 37, Overall GPA: 3.79/4.0)
Honor and awards
Jun 2014 Excellent academic performance award
1000NT dollar prize for the top 1 % students in grade 103
National Yang Ming University (NYMU), Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
Jun 2013 Research fellowship from Ministry of Science & Technology
32,000 NTD scientific funding for college students whose proposal was accepted
Ministry of Science & Technology, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
May 2013 Excellent Grade at Department Research Poster Competition
1000NT dollar prize for excellent performers in poster session at the department
Dept. of Life Sciences at NYMU, Taipei, Taiwan
Oct 2011 Gold Medal in iGEM Regional Jamboree
Nov 2011 Advance to World Championship in iGEM World Championship Jamboree
International Genetically Engineered Machines (iGEM) foundation,
Cambridge, MA, USA
Research experience
July 2014-Present Efficacy and preclinical investigation of potential drug candidates against lung
cancers
Advisor: Dr. Te-Chang Lee, Institute of Biomedical Sciences,
Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
Position: Research Assistant
Anti-cancer drug screening in vitro and in vivo.
Jun 2013- Mar 2014 The role of NRP1 in TWIST1-induced tumorigenesis
Advisor: Dr. Kou-Juey Wu, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,
NYMU, Taipei, Taiwan
Position: Research Assistant
To determine whether NRP1 might play a role in promoting EMT in TWIST1
overexpressed OECM1 cell line and which sites do TWIST1 bind NRP1 promoter.
July -Aug 2012 Identification of the interacting proteins of TLR-3 C terminal
Advisor: Dr. Yi-Ping Hsueh, Institute of Molecular Biology,
Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
Position: Summer Internship
To determine which proteins interact with the C-terminal of Toll-like receptor 3
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Email: 1953peggy@gmail.com
Mobile: +886923397630
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July- Aug 2011 Tailoring Your Avatar
Advisor: Dr. Chuan- Hsiung Chang, Institute of Biomedical Informatics,
NYMU, Taipei, Taiwan
Position: iGEM member
To make neurosymbiosis of magnetotactic bacteria and glia cells possible
Teaching experience
Sep 2013 – Jun 2014 Life Science I- General Biology
Position: Teaching assistant- responsible for solving students’ problems at office hours
Research skills
 Cloning: PCR, gel electrophoresis, transformation,
 Cell culture, gene knockdown by delivery of shRNA through Lentivirus, Q-PCR (hybrid probe, SYBR),
Western blotting. Pull-down assay using GSH beads, Luciferase assay, transfection using Calcium
phosphate method, cytotoxicity assay for IC50 determination,
 Mouse Anatomy: blood collection; liver and spleen cells collection; heart, lung, kidney tissue collection.
 Orthotopic and xenograft mice model
 Intraperitoneal injection, intravenous injection on mice species of ICR, Nude, B6
Extracurricular activities
Sep 2011-June 2014 Volunteer
Taipei City Hospital Yang-Ming branch, Taipei, Taiwan
Responsible for medical record arrangement, assisting health checkup at local community
Aug 2013 Camp Counselor
Wu Chien- Shiung (WCS) Science Camp, WCS science foundation, Taipei, Taiwan
Responsible for contacting members, assisting science talks and activity arrangement.
Sep 2012- June 2013 A ctivity group leader
Yang Ming International Student Volunteer Group, NYMU, Taipei, Taiwan
Responsible for assisting international students in registration, arrange welcome
party, cultural events, cultural trips, outdoor activities for international students.
Sep 2011- Sep 2012 Leader
Taekwondo Club at NYMU, Taipei, Taiwan
Responsible for assisting Taekwondo courses, plan martial art performance with other
martial art clubs at local community