Expertise at Chang Gung System

Chiun-Wei Huang ,Ph.D.
Institution: Linkou chang gung memorial hospital
Department : Center for Advanced Molecular Imaging and Translation
Position: Assistant professor
Office Address: 12J, No.5, Fu-Shin St., Kuei Shang, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan
Tel: +886-3-3281200 ext 3565
E-mail: steincafe77@gmail.com

Focus of Interest:
  • Multimodality imaging agent development
  • Targeted drug delivery system
  • Novel radio-labeling methodology
  • Translational oncology tumor model and imaging
Employment Records:

2001- 2002 Research Assistant of the Academic Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
2005- 2010 Research Assistant of PET Imaging Center at USC, CA, USA.
2010- 2012 Research Post-doctoral Fellow, Molecular Imaging Center, USC, CA, USA.
2012- Present Assistant Professor, Molecular Imaging Center, CGMH, Linkou, Taiwan.


Education:

National Taiwan University Taipei, Taiwan, Chemical engineering, B.S.,1999
University of Southern California, LA, US Biomedical engineering, M.S., 2005
University of Southern California, LA, US Biomedical engineering, Ph.D., 2010.

Honor and Awards:
  • Member of the Biomimetic MicroElectronic Systems student association, University of Southern California. 2003
  • Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) Student fellowship award, 2009.
  • Highlights lectures of Basic Science Summary Session and at the end of the 2009 SNM Annual Meeting in Toronto, Canada June 13-17 2009.
  • SNM Covidien Travel Award, SNM Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah, 2010.
  • MICoE Young Investigator Awards at the SNM Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah, 2010.
  • Highlights lectures of Basic Science Summary Session for Molecular Imaging at SNM Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah, 2010.
  • Highlights  lectures  of  Radiopharmaceutical/  Dosimetry  Radiobiology  Track  Summary  Session  at  the  SNM Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah, 2010.
  • SNM press release highlight: Molecular Imaging 'Probes' Pinpoint Prostate Cancer. May 25 – Embargoed until Monday, June 7, 2010.
  • Top stories report of Health Imaging.com: SNM: Prostate Tumor „fingerprints‟ may drive personalized treatment,Jun, 7, 2010.
  • EureKAlert press release: Molecular Imaging 'Probes' Pinpoint Prostate Cancer. Jun, 7, 2010.
  • ScienceDaily highlight report: Molecular Imaging 'Probes' Pinpoint Prostate Cancer. Jun, 14, 2010.

Selected Publications:
  1. Huang CW, Li Z, Conti PS. (2012, Oct) “Radioactive Smart Probe for Potential Corrected Matrix Metalloproteinase Imaging. “Bioconjug Chem.21;23(11):2159-67.
  2. Huang C,  Li Z,  Conti  P.S. (2011,  Dec) “ In  Vivo  Near-Infrared Fluorescence Imaging of Integrin α2β1  in  Prostate Cancer with Cell Penetrating Peptide (CPP)-Conjugated DGEA Probe.”  Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 52(12):1979-86.
  3. Huang CW, Cai H, Li Z, Conti P.S. (2011, Aug) “Novel α2β1 Integrin targeted  peptide probes for prostate cancer imaging.” Molecular Imaging. 10(4):284-94
  4. Huang CW, Cai H, Li Z, Conti P.S. (2011, Jul) “Design, synthesis and validation of integrin α2β1 targeted probe for microPET  Imaging  of  prostate  cancer.”  Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 38(7):1313-22.
  5. Huang CW, Cai H., Li Z.,Conti P.S. (2011, Feb) “Biological stability evaluation of 64Cu-diamsar-DGEA  and 64Cu-DOTA-DGEA”  Bioconjug. Chem. 22(2):256-63.

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