Lai, Ming-Chih ,Ph.D.
Institution: Chang Gung University
Position: Assistant professor
Department: Department of Biomedical Sciences
Address: No.259, Wenhua 1st Rd., Guishan Dist., Taoyuan City 333, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
Tel: +886-3-3281200 #3354 Fax: +886-3-2118700
E-mail: mclai@mail.cgu.edu.tw
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Institution: Chang Gung University
Position: Assistant professor
Department: Department of Biomedical Sciences
Address: No.259, Wenhua 1st Rd., Guishan Dist., Taoyuan City 333, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
Tel: +886-3-3281200 #3354 Fax: +886-3-2118700
E-mail: mclai@mail.cgu.edu.tw
Focus of Interest:
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - Medicine
Fulltime Employment:
- Assistant Professor (2014-present) Department of Biomedical Sciences, Chang Gung University
- Assistant Researcher (2010-2014) Department of Physiology, National Cheng Kung University
- Postdoctoral Fellow (2008-2010) Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica
- Research Assistant (1997-2008) Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica
- Research Assistant (1996-1997) Department of Medical Research and Education, Taipei Veterans General Hospital
Education:
- Ph.D. (2008) Institute of Life Sciences, National Defense Medical College
- M.S. (1994) Institute of Biomedical Science, National Tsing Hua University
- B.S. (1992) Department of Food Science, NationalChungHsingUniversity
Honors and Awards:
- 2008 Excellent Poster Award, The 16th Symposium on Recent Advances in Cellular and Molecular Biology
- 2006 Excellent Thesis Award & The President Award, The 1stTienTe Lee Medical Technology Award
- 2001 Second-class Research Award, National Science Council
- 2000 Second-class Research Award, National Science Council
Selected Main Publications:
- M. -C. Lai, S. -W. Wang, L. Cheng, W. -Y. Tarn, S. -J. Tsai and H. S. Sun. Human DDX3 interacts with the HIV-1 Tat protein to facilitate viral mRNA translation. PLOS ONE (2013) 8: e68665
- M. -C. Lai, W. -C. Chang, S. -Y. Shieh and W. -Y. Tarn. DDX3 regulates cell growth through translational control of cyclin E1. Mol. Cell. Biol. (2010) 30: 5444-5453
- M. -C. Lai, Y. -H. Wu Lee and W. -Y. Tarn. The DEAD-box RNA helicase DDX3 associates with export messenger ribonucleoproteins as well as tip-associated protein and participates in translational control. Mol. Biol. Cell (2008) 19: 3847-3858
- M. -C. Lai, H. -W. Kuo, W. -C. Chang and W. -Y. Tarn. A novel splicing regulator shares a nuclear import pathway with SR proteins. EMBO J. (2003) 22: 1359-1369
- M. -C. Lai, R. -I. Lin and W. -Y. Tarn. Transportin-SR2 mediates nuclear import of phosphorylated SR proteins. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA (2001) 98: 10154-10159
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Board Certification:
- The RNA Society (USA)