Expertise at Chang Gung System

Wu, Chia-Lin ,Ph.D.
Institution: Chang Gung University
Position: Assistant Professor
Department: Department of Biochemistry/Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences
Address: The first medical building 0859 room, 259 Wen-Hwa 1st Road, Kwei-Shan Tao-Yuan,Taiwan,333, R.O.C.
Tel: +886-3-2118800 ext. 5159
E-mail: clwu@mail.cgu.edu.tw

Focus of Interest:
  • Neurosciences

Fulltime Employment:
  • 2010/01-2012/01 Distinguished Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Brain Research Center, Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
  • 2009/09-2009/12 Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Brain Research Center, Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
  • 2008/07-2008/10 Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Brain Research Center (BRC), Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
  • 2005/07-2006/07 Visiting Scientist, Department of Neuroscience, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, USA

Education:
  • 2003-2008 Ph.D. Institute of Biotechnology, Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
  • 2001-2003 M.S. Department of Life Science, Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
  • 1997-2001 B.S. Bioengineering, Tatung University

Honors and Awards:
  • 2011 TienTe Lee Biomedical Foundation Award Laureate Club Poster Competition-Best Poster
  • 2009 TienTe Lee Biomedical Foundation Award -Best Thesis
  • 2008 Neuroscience Award of Dr. Mu-Ming Poo (UC Berkeley)

Selected Main Publications:
  1. Wu CL, Shih MF M, Lee PT, Chiang AS (2013, Dec). An octopamine-mushroom body circuit modulates the formation of anesthesia-resistant memory in Drosophila. Current Biology, 23: 2346-2354. (SCI, 19/290, BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY).
  2. Wu TH, Lu YN, Chuang CL, Wu CL, Chiang AS, Krantz DE, Chang HY. (2013, Mar). Loss of vesicular dopamine release precedes tauopathy in degenerative dopaminergic neurons in a Drosophila model expressing human tau. ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA, DOI 10.1007/s00401-013-1105-x. (SCI, 6/193, CLINICAL NEUROLOGY).
  3. Chen CC, Wu JK, Lin HW, Pai TP, Fu TF, Wu CL, Tully T, Chiang AS (2012, Feb). Visualizing long-term memory formation in two neurons of Drosophila brain. Science, 335: 678-685. (SCI, 2/56, MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES).
  4. Wu CL, Shih MF M, Lai J SY, Yang HT, Turner CG, Chen L, Chiang AS (2011, May). Heterotypic gap junctions between two neurons in the Drosophila brain are critical for memory. Current Biology, 21: 848-854. (SCI, 19/290, BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY). * Highlighted by Faculty of 1000 (F1000), the top 2% of published articles in biology and medicine.
  5. Wu CL, Xia S, Fu TF, Wang H, Chen YH, Leong D, Chiang AS, Tully T (2007, Dec). Specific requirement of NMDA receptors for long-term memory consolidation in Drosophila ellipsoid body. Nature Neuroscience, 10(12): 1578-1586. (SCI, 6/252, NEUROSCIENCES).


All Publications List

Board Certification :

  • Member of the Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor Society of R.O.C
  • Member of the Chinese Society of Cell and Molecular Biology
  • Member of TienTe Lee Biomedical Foundation Award Laureate Club