Expertise at Chang Gung System

Chang, Chung-Ming ,Ph.D.
Institution: Department of Medical Biotechnology and Laboratory Science, Chang Gung University
Position: Assistant Professor
Department: Department of Medical Biotechnology and Laboratory Science
Address: No. 259, WenHua 1st Rd., Guishan Dist., Taoyuan City 33302, Taiwan
Tel: +886-3-2118800 ext 3584 Fax: +886-3-2118700
E-mail: chungming.chang@gmail.com , cmchang@mail.cgu.edu.tw

Focus of Interest:
  • Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - Medicine
  • Immunology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Medical Technology
  • Microbiology
  • Oncology
  • Public Health and Environmental Medicine

Fulltime Employment:
  • Assitant Professor, Department of Medical Biotechnology and Laboratory Science, Chang Gung University

Education:
  • Feb 2003 – Feb 2006, PhD. in Animal Genetics Institut National Agronomique Paris-Grignon (INA P-G), France.
    Thesis: Molecular genetics of colouration in chickens: study of the tyrosinase gene and identification of the molecular bases of the ‘recessive white’ mutation
    Advisor: Doctor Michèle TIXIER-BOICHARD
  • Oct 2002 – Jan 2003, Certificate of French writing level II, Institut Catholique de Paris
  • July 1998 – July 1999, Certificat d’Etudes Supérieures de Pathologie Aviaire, 3ème cycle
    - Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d’Alfort (ENVA), France
    Mémoire: Infectious bronchitis and its importance in Taiwan
    Advisor: Professor Jeanne BRUGERE-PICOUX, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d’Alfort, France
  • Sep 1996 – Jun 1998, M.S. of Veterinary Medicine National Taiwan University, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    Thesis: Analysis of the Genome of a Pigeon Adenovirus and Establishment of a Diagnostic System
    Advisor: Professor Ching-Ho WANG, National Taiwan University
  • Sep 1996, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Taiwan, R.O.C.
  • Sep 1991 – Jun 1996, B.S. of Veterinary Medicine National Taiwan University, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Honors and Awards:
  1. Invitited Specker, Section Chairman, Molecular and Traditional Methods for Avian Influenza Control and Study. Chung C-M*. 2014 International Conference on Avian Influenza Prevention and Control. Council of Agriculture (COA), Asia Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions (APAARI), Animal Health Research Institute (AHRI), Taipei, Taiwan, 18-19 November 2014
  2. Co-Investigator of National Contact Point Taiwan Office of EU Framework Programme (EU FP Health NCP -Taiwan), from 2011 to June 2013.
  3. Invited Speaker, ‘How to combine Images, virology and nanotechnology’. International Symposium ‘‘IMAG-IN’’, 2009, Rennes, France.
  4. Awarded Ph.D degree ‘Thesis with highest honors’, February, 2006.
  5. Obtained the full Ph.D fellowship from the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA); with additional support from the French ministry of foreign affairs (grant AQSF17). February 2003- February 2006, France.
  6. Expert Reviewer invitation: Clinica Chimica Acta 2015, 2014, 2012, 2011, 2010; Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology 2014; Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses 2013; Journal of Pest Science 2011; International Journal of Infectious Diseases 2010; Microbes and Infection 2010; Animal Genetics 2009; Biology Letters 2009; Antarctic Science 2007; Animal Genetics 2007; Veterinary Microbiology 2006

Selected Main Publications:
  1. Tseng, C.H., Tsai, H.J., and Chang, C.M* (2014). A Complete Molecular Diagnostic Procedure for Applications in Surveillance and Subtyping of Avian Influenza Virus. Biomed Research International. 2014, 653056. (correspondence, 53/165, BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY), Q2
  2. Paces, J., Huang, Y.T., Paces, V., Ridl, J., and Chang, C.M* (2013). New insight into transcription of human endogenous retroviral elements. New Biotechnology. 30, 314-318. (correspondence, 83/165, BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY), Q3
  3. Su, L.C., Chang, C.M., Tseng, Y.L., Chang, Y.F., Li, Y.C., Chang, Y.S., and Chou, C.E (2012). Rapid and Highly Sensitive Method for Influenza A (H1N1) Virus Detection. Analytical Chemistry. 84, 3914-3920. (Co-First Author, SCI, CHEMISTRY, ANALYTICAL), Q1
  4. Chang, C.M*., Furet, J.P., Coville, J.L., Coquerelle, G., Gourichon, D., and Tixier-Boichard, M (2007). Quantitative effects of an intronic retroviral insertion on the transcription of the tyrosinase gene in recessive white chickens. Animal Genetics. 38, 162-167. (correspondence, SCI, 3/52, AGRICULTURE, DAIRY & ANIMAL SCIENCE), Q1
  5. Chang, C.M*., Coville, J.L., Coquerelle, G., Gourichon, D., Oulmouden, A., and Tixier-Boichard, M (2006). Complete association between a retroviral insertion in the tyrosinase gene and the recessive white mutation in chickens. BMC Genomics. 7. (correspondence, SCI, 41/165, GENETICS & HEREDITY), Q1

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Board Certification:
  • Sep. 1996, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Taiwan