JUN-AN CHEN 陳俊安, Ph.D. [email protected] Institute of Molecular Biology Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, 11529 Tel: +886-2-2788-0460 Fax: +886-2-2782-6085 Lab Website http://www.imb.sinica.edu.tw/~jachen/ ORCID ID orcid.org/0000-0001-9870-3203 EDUCATION University of Cambridge 2002~2006 PhD, The Wellcome Trust Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute, UK. National Taiwan University (NTU) 1997~1999 MSc, Institute of Biochemical Sciences, Taiwan. National Chung Cheng University (NCCU) 1993~1997 BSc, Department of Chemistry, Taiwan. CAREER/ACADEMIC POSITIONS Associate Research Fellow: 2019~present Principal Investigator, Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan. Assistant Research Fellow: 2012~2019 Principal Investigator, Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan. Postdoctoral Fellow: 2007~2012 Supervised by Dr. Hynek Wichterle, Columbia University, USA. PhD student: 2002~2006 Supervised by Dr. Enrique Amaya, The Wellcome Trust/CR UK Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge, UK. Teaching Instructor: 2001~2002 Institute of Biochemical Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taiwan. PROFESSIONAL HONORS & RECOGNITION Academia Sinica Junior Research Investigators Award (年輕學者著作獎) 2018 Academia Sinica Career Development Award (前瞻計畫) 2018~2023 Taiwan National Science Council Talented Investigator Fellowship 2012~2015 Academia Sinica Investigator Fellowship (新聘學術獎) 2012~2014 Taiwan National Science Council Postdoctoral Fellowship 2008~2009 The Wellcome Trust Scholarship 2002~2006 Taiwan International PhD Scholarship (公費留考第一名) 2002~2005 SCIENTIFIC MEETING ORGANIZER/CO-ORGANIZER Academia Sinica 90th Anniversary Young Scientist Frontier Forum- Stem 2019 Cell & Developmental Biology, Taipei, Taiwan System Dynamics in Biology: Principles and Applications in Basic and 2018 Clinical Studies, Taichung, Taiwan (科技部尖端課程系列) Annual IMB institute retreat, Taipei, Taiwan 2017 Avian Model System 9: A new Integrative Platform, Taipei, Taiwan 2016 KEYNOTE CONFERENCE TALKS Keynote talk at the 3rd Annual Meeting and International Symposium of 2018 Taiwan Precision Medicine Society (TPMS), Taipei, Taiwan. Keynote talk at 5th 24-hour stem cell symposium, Thermo Scientific 2017 Worldwide Webinar. INTERNATUOANL CONFERENCE SESSION CHAIR EMBO workshop: Neural Development and Degeneration, Taipei, Taiwan 2020 (scheduled) Keystone Symposia on Small Regulatory RNAs, Daejeon, South Korea 2019 The 45th Philippine Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 2018 (PSBMB) Annual Convention in Ilolo, Philippines INVITED CONFERENCE TALKS International Conference of Developmental Biology, Stem Cell and 2019 Regenerative Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan (invited). 3rd International Conference on the Long and the Short of Non-Coding 2019 RNAs, Crete, Greece (selected oral). Keystone Symposia on Small Regulatory RNAs, Daejeon, South Korea 2019 (invited). The 34th Joint Annual Conference of Biomedical Science, Taipei, Taiwan 2019 (invited). Symposium on Heritance and Etiology of Neurological Genetic Disorders, 2018 Taipei, Taiwan (invited). Joint Annual Meeting of 70th JSCB and 51st JSDB co-sponsored, Tokyo, 2018 Japan (invited). EMBO workshop: Noncoding RNAs in the embryonic development and cell 2018 differentiation, Rehovot, Israel (selected oral). EMBO workshop: Neural Development, Taipei, Taiwan (selected oral). 2018 The 44th Philippine Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 2017 (PSBMB) Annual Convention in Tagaytay, Philippines (invited). 12th Asian Epigenomics Meeting, Hokkaido, Japan (invited). 2017 2nd International Conference on the Long and the Short of Non-Coding 2017 RNAs, Crete, Greece (selected oral). The Twenty-fourth Symposium on Recent Advances in Cellular and 2017 Molecular Biology, Kenting, Taiwan (invited). Strategic Forum for Taiwan iPSC Research and Industrial Development: 2016 Current Progress and Future Directions, Taipei, Taiwan (invited). Biomedical Research Symposium of National Health Research Institutes, 2016 Miaoli, Taiwan (invited). The 11th Biennial 2016 Chinese Biological Investigator Society Meeting, 2016 Chengdu, China (invited). CiRA/ ISSCR 2016 International Symposia- Pluripotency: From Basic 2016 Science to Therapeutic Applications International Symposium, Kyoto, Japan (selected oral). EMBO workshop: EMBO Neural Development, Taipei, Taiwan 2016 (Selected as flyer cover) (selected oral). International Conference on Stem Cells and Developmental Biology, 2016 Taipei, Taiwan (invited). Annual Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Conference, Tainan, Taiwan 2015 (invited). 2015 Academia Sinica Symposium on RNA Biology, Taiwan (invited). Asia-Pacific Developmental Biology Conference, Xi-An, China (invited). 2015 1st International Conference on the Long and the Short of Non-Coding 2015 RNAs, Crete, Greece (selected oral). Annual Chinese Society for Cell Biology Conference, Shenzen, China 2015 (invited). Academia Sinica Minisymposium on RNA Biology, Taiwan (invited). 2014 Annual Symposium on Brain and Mind Sciences, Taiwan (invited). 2014 Indo-Taiwan Joint Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Symposium Hyderabad, 2014 India (invited). Young Investigator Lecture 2013 Annual Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Conference, Taichung, Taiwan (invited). Annual Neuroscience Conference, Taipei, Taiwan (invited). 2013 Computational Modeling of Regenerative Medicine and Cellular Pattern 2013 Formation, IEEE Biomedical Meeting, Osaka, Japan (invited). The 28th Joint Annual Conference of Biomedical Science, Taipei, Taiwan 2012 (invited). Cold Spring Harbor Asia Conferences in Stem Cells and Developmental 2012 Mechanisms, Suzhou, China (selected oral). International Symposium on Recent Advances in Stem Cells and Cancer & 2012 the 8th Annual Meeting of TSSCR, Kaohsiung, Taiwan (invited). Asia-Pacific Developmental Biology Conference, Taipei, Taiwan (invited). 2012 First International Non-coding & MicroRNAs-2009 West Coast Summit, 2009 San Francisco, USA (selected oral). International Symposium on Recent Advances in Stem Cell Research 2006 Annual Meeting of Taiwan Society for Stem Cell Research, Taipei, Taiwan (selected oral). British Cell Biology/Developmental Biology Society joined Annual Meeting 2005 Warwick, UK (selected oral). Selected presentation for “Young Geneticist of the Year” British Genetics 2004 Society, Warwick, UK (selected oral). TEACHING EXPERIENCE Zhiyuan College at Shanghai Jiao Tong University – Developmental 2016 Biology TIGP Career Education Series lecture organizer (annual) 2016~present TIGP INS student seminar lecture organizer (Fall) 2014~present YM PhD student seminar lecture organizer (Fall) 2013 TIGP neuroscience/developmental biology - Neural induction and polarity 2013~present (Fall) TIGP neuroscience – Spinal cord movement and control (Fall) 2013~present Translational medicine – Stem cells and neural development and 2013~present degeneration (Fall) National Defense PhD program – Motor neuron disease (Spring) 2013~present TIGP-MCB – RNA biology (Spring, biannual) 2013~present TIGP-MCB – Epigenetic regulation and RNAi mechanism (Fall) 2014~present INVITED FORMAL PRESENTATIONS NCCU Department of Biomedical Sciences, Taiwan. 2019 NCHU Department of Biochemistry, Taiwan. 2019 Institute of Genetics and Biophysics in Naples, Italy. 2018 Institute of Biologics, Development Center for Biotechnology, Taiwan. 2018 NTU Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Taiwan. 2017 NYMU Institute of Neuroscience, Taiwan. 2017 TMU Dept of Pharmacology, Taiwan. 2017 Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital (KCGMH), Taiwan. 2016 Shanghai SIBS Chinese Academy of Science, China. 2016 City University of Hong Kong, HK. 2016 Chang Gung University, Taiwan. 2015 TMU Program of Neural Regenerative Medicine, Taiwan. 2015 NCTU Institute of Biotechnology, Taiwan. 2014 National Health Research Institute, Taiwan. 2013 NTU Institute of Biochemical Sciences, Taiwan. 2013 NYMU, Institute of Genome Sciences, Taiwan. 2012 SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP Editorial Board: Frontiers in Genetics (non-coding RNA) 2014~present Solicited Journal Reviewer Service: Brain Research, Cell Reports, 2012~present Development, Developmental Biology, EMBO, EMBO Molecular Medicine, EMBO Reports, Frontiers in Neurosciences, Genome Research, Nature Communications, Nature Methods, Neurobiology of Disease, Mechanism of Development, PLOS Biology, PLOS one, Journal of Biomedical Science, Science Signaling, Scientific Reports, Stem Cells. Solicited Grant Reviewer Service: UK MRC, France AFM-TELETHON, 2012-present Taiwan NSC/MoST, Taiwan Tzu-chi Medical Foundation, Taiwan NTU CDG grant, Taiwan Ministry of Education. Taiwan Society of Developmental Biology Council (第三屆理事) 2017-2019 Taiwan Society of Developmental Biology Council (第四屆理事) 2019-present Academia Sinica Animal Protocol Committee 2012-2017 Pan Science Consulting Board: http://pansci.tw 2012-present Sciscape Editorial Board: http://www.sciscape.org/ 2002-2010 Lieutenant: Mandatory Military Service in Coast Guard Administration 1999-2001 GRANT HISTORY ACTIVE GRANTS Agency: NHRI 1/1/2019-12/31/2021 I.D.# NHRI-EX108-10831NI Title: “Utilization of MicroRNA for Gene Therapy for Age Onset ALS” P.I.: Jun-An Chen Agency: Academia Sinica 1/1/2018-12/31/2023 I.D.# CDA-107-L05 Title: “Decipher the role of long non coding RNA Meg3 during motor neuron generation and degeneration” P.I.: Jun-An Chen Agency: MoST 8/1/2018-7/31/2019 I.D.# 107-2311-B-001-043- Title: “Investigate the role of mir-34/449 during motor neuron development” P.I.: Jun-An Chen Agency: MoST 8/1/2016-7/31/2019 I.D.# 104-2311-B-001 -030 -MY3 (Independent postdoc career