News

2025-02-20: Congratulations to Arielle on her successful thesis defense for her MS degree.

2024-07-01: Our lab welcomes Lily and Gina as they join our lab as incoming MS students. 

2024-06-15: Congratulations to Sally on successful thesis defense for her MS degree.

2024-05-28: Sally's paper on Hydroxymethylbutyrate production is published in Metabolic Engineering. Read more.

2024-01-26: Our lab hosted the 14th INTERNATIONAL GREEN SUSTAINABLE BIOTECHNOLOGY SYMPOSIUM. GSBS website.

2023-12-14: Jemmy and Martin's paper on using Weimberg pathway for augmenting succinate production in cyanobacteria is now published in the Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers. Read more.

2023-07-11: Congrats to Billy for his advancement to the PhD program!

2023-07-10: Our lab welcomes Alice, Celine, and Howard as they join our lab as incoming MS students. We also welcome Jay and Nelson as undergraduate researchers to the lab!

2023-05-27: Congrats to Tina for receiving the 2023 Merck Young Scientist Award (默克年輕科學人獎2023 藥物化學組 傑出獎). Read more 

2022-12-22: Congrats to Teresa for successful completion of her Masters Degree! and her advancement to PhD program!

2022-10-15: Martin and Jemmy's paper on succinate production using cyanobacteria is now published in Bioresource Technology. Read more

2022-10-13: Congrats to Daniela on her successsful completion of her Masters Degree.

2022-09-01: Congradulations to Jenny on her successful completion of her Masters Degree and advancement to PhD program!

2022-08-16: We welcome Arielle, Betty, and Ivy to our group! Also welcoming Jade advancing from undergrad to graduate program

2022-07-18: CONGRATS to Peiti for receiving the 「110年度大專學生研究計畫研究創作獎」, a highly competitive award given to outstanding undergraduate researcher under the MOST undergrad grant.

2022-02-22: ***Congrats to Jason on his successful PhD defense! Dr. Ku is our lab's very first PhD!***

2022-02-22: Jason & Arvin's paper on using E. coli for the production of butyl acetate is now published Read more 

2021-09-23: Congrats to Sally and Billy on their successful graduation from undergraduate program and advanced to grad school! We also welcome Tina and Leo joining our lab!

2021-04-30: Jason's book chapter in cyanobacteria biotechnology is published! Read more

2021-01-02: Our lab was featured on the third issue of the BEST Quarterly. Read more 

2020-09-17: Its been a long time since we had time to update!! a lot has happened~ Our lab moved to Po Ai Campus! it is temporarily located on the third floor of the Bio-ICT building. Our lab welcomes new members Yumi, Teresa, Piti, and Jade! Congrats to Jemmy for successfully defending his thesis and Jenny and Daniella for advancing to grad school!!

2020-05-07:    Arvin's review on chemical productions from methanol using natural and synthetic methylotrophs is published. Read more

2020-04-28:    Jason and Arvin's review on metabolic engineering strategies for increasing acetyl-CoA flux is published.  Read more

2019-11-11:    Congratulations to Joy on receiving best Oral English presentation in 66th TwIChE Annual meeting (Biochemical & Biomedical Engineering Division). Read more

2019-08-06:    Our lab welcomes new members Cynthi, Sally, Sean, and Billy.

2019-07-05:    Ethan is now an associate editor for Frontiers in Bioengineering & Biotechnology, Synthetic Biology section.

2019-01-22:    Ethan is promoted to associate professor! 

2018-12-15:    Martin's paper on butyric acid production is published. Read more

2018-09-07:     Congratulations to August for successfully defended his thesis. Jemmy's advancement to PhD program. Our lab Welcomes new members Shelly, Daniela, Jenny, and Brian.

2018-05-28:     Our lab appeared in local news paper for efforts in carbon re-utilization. Read more

2018-05-11:     Ethan received MOST young scholars fellowship and  received relevant local news coverage. Read more

2018-02-28:    Jason's paper on balanced ATP driving force for cyanobacteria is published. Read more

2017-12-05:    Jason & Wiwik's paper on butyraldehyde is published. Read more

2017-08-24:    Congratulations to Jessica and Mindy for successfully completing their Master thesis.

2017-07-10:    Our lab welcomes new members Joy, Kevin, Rex, and Eric

2017-06-24:    Congratulations to Jason and Martin for receiving first place and honorable mention awards  for oral presentation at 2017 BEST conference. Read More

2017-06-15:    Sepwin successfully defended his Master Thesis. Congrats!

2017-04-03:    Martin & Jason gave their talks at the 253rd ACS national meeting in San Francisco. Both of them also were awarded travel grants from MOST. Congrats

2016-11-26:    Jason & Martin gave their English talks at the 2016 TwICHE annual conference

2016-11-07:    Our very first research paper is published online. Read more . Wiwik graduated from our group. Congratulations!

2016-07-11:    Our lab welcomes Martin's return and August & Jemmy.

2016-02-01:    Our lab welcomes Arvin & Crystal

2015-10-29:    Martin's review is published online. Read more

2015-10-28:    Our lab welcomes new member Fung Ling

2015-10-15:    Ethan gave a talk at YABEC 2015 conference at Chuncheon, Korea

2015-09-03:    Ethan's paper from post-doc years is published. Read more

2015-09-03:    Our lab welcomes new members, Jessica, Mindy, Jason, Jerry, Tracy, William, Ryan, and  Vincent.

2015-05-04:    Congratulations to Ethan's PhD advisor Professor James C. Liao for his election to the National Academy of Science. Read more

2015-03-13:    Ethan gave a talk at the Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University

2015-02-05:    Ethan gave a talk at Kasesart University 

2014-11-10:    Ethan gave a presentation at iBioT conference in Tainan, Taiwan

2014-11-10:    Ethan gave a talk at YABEC 2014 conference and Cross-Taiwan Strait Symposium of Bioenergy and Biorefinery, both at ChiaYi, Taiwan

2014-11-10:    Ethan gave a departmental seminar talk at Department of Chemical Engineering, National  Tsing Hua University