Expertise at Chang Gung System

Chen, Wei-June ,Ph.D.
Institution: Chang Gung University
Position: Professor/Director
Department: Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences/Public Health and Parasitology; Microscopy Center, Affairs of Research and Development
Address: 259 Wen-Hwa 1st Road, Kwei-San, Tao-Yuan 33332, Taiwan
Tel: +886-3-2118800 ext. 5139 Fax: +886-3-2118408
E-mail: wjchen@mail.cgu.edu.tw

Focus of Interest:
  • Parasitology
  • Microbiology
  • Public Health and Environmental Medicine

Fulltime Employment:
  • Professor, Department of Public Health and Parasitolopgy
  • Director, Microscopy Center, Affairs of Research and Development

Education:
  • PhD in Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases, University of California at Los Angeles

Honors and Awards:
  • CGU-executed award to distinguished experts for MOST (99.10.1~ 99.7.31)
  • CGU-executed award to distinguished experts for MOST (100.1.1~ 100.12.31)
  • CGU-executed award to distinguished experts for MOST (101.1.1~ 101.7.31)

Selected Main Publications:
  1. Chen, T. H., Tang, P., Yang ,C. F., Kao, L. H., Lo, Y. P., Chuang, C. K., Shih, Y.T., Chen, W. J. (2011). Antioxidant defense is one of the mechanisms by which mosquito cells survive dengue 2 viral infection. Virology, 410: 410-417.
  2. Chen, T. H., Lo, Y. P., Yang, C. F., Chen, W. J. (2012). Additive protection by antioxidant and apoptosis-inhibiting effects on mosquito cells with dengue 2virus infection. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 6(4): e613.
  3. Shih,Y. T., Yang, C. F., and Chen, W. J. (2010). Upregulation of a novel eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5A (eIF5A) in dengue 2 virus-infected mosquito cells. Virology J., 7:214.
  4. Templeton, T. J., Enomoto, S., Chen, W. J., Huang, C. G., Lancto, C. A., Abrahamsen, M. S., Zhu, G. (2010). A genome sequence survey for Ascogregarina taiwanensis supports evolutionary affiliation, but metabolic diversity between a gregarine and Cryptosporidium. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 27: 235-248.
  5. Chen, W. J., Huang, C. G., Fan-Chiang, M. H., Liu, Y. H., Lee, Y. F. (2013). Apoptosis of Ascogregarina taiwanensis (Apicomplexa: Lecudinidae) which failed to migrate within its natural host. Journal of Experimental Biology, 216(1):230-235.


All Publications List

Board Certification :

  • American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • Taiwan Society of Microbiology
  • Taiwan Society of Parasitology
  • Certificate for safe operation of free-isotope materials