Vaccine & Cancer Therapy Innovations
| Lai Lab

Education:

PhD, Institute of Biotechnology, National Tsing Hua University

Position and Experience:

2024 – now  Assistant Professor, National Sun Yat-sen University

2020 - 2024  Postdoctoral Researcher, Cleveland Clinic

2020 - 2020  Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Southern California

2019 - 2020  Postdoctoral Researcher, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

2013 - 2019  Graduate Student, National Health Research Institutes

Honors:

1. (2025) 國立中山大學114新進教師獎勵

2. (2024) 國立中山大學113新進教師獎勵

3. (2022) 2022 Acknowledgment of Journal of Virology Ad Hoc Reviewers

4. (2022) 2022 Department of Cancer Biology Trainee Award-3rd place winner

5. (2019) The Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor Society of the Republic of China (Taiwan)-Honorary Membership 中華民國斐陶斐榮譽會員

6. (2019) NTHU College of Life science Graduate Student Symposium - Honorable Mention of Oral Presentation

7. (2018) Shen's Culture & Education Foundation Scholarship- Paper Award for Publication

8. (2017) NHRI-NTHU Joint Research Conference - Honorable Mention of Oral Presentation

Grant Funding or Support:

1. 國科會NSTC 114-2313-B-110 -006 

2. 國科會NSTC 113-2320-B-110 -013 

3. Taiwan-South Africa international collaborative research grant: Effects of Rooibos on microbiota regulation and prevention of diabetes and cancer. 2015-2018 (MOST105-2923-B-400-001-MY3)

4. The 77th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Cancer Association- Receive Funding by MOST 2018

Patent:

1. US Patent App. 18/701,156, MRNA VACCINE DESIGN VIA THE ALTERATION OF CODON USAGE. (Jae Jung, Chih-Jen Lai)

2. CCF-43511.101, VACCINES FOR KAPOSI’S SARCOMA-ASSOCIATED HERPESVIRUS. (Jae Jung, Wan-Shan Yang, Chih-Jen Lai, Dokyun Kim)

3. CCF-39271.102,  SFTS VIRUS VACCINES. (Jae Jung, Chih-Jen Lai, Dokyun Kim)

Invited talk:

1. 台灣化學感測器科技協會2025春季產學論壇 智慧感測x精準免疫-受邀演講2025/03/24

2. 第39屆生醫年會細分學會 優秀壁報論文競賽-現場複審委員 2025/03/22

3. 高雄醫學大學臨床醫學所-受邀演講 2025/02/20

4. 2025年國立中山大學醫學院學術春季研討會-受邀演講 2025/02/08

5. 國立中興大學微生物暨公共衛生學研究所-受邀演講 2025/01/02

6. 國立成功大學分子醫學研究所-受邀演講 2024/10/24