Dr. Nai-Hua Hsiao-Fuhrmans

Implementation of a new method for studying the molecular regulation of the circadian rhythms in mammalian cell lines.

Discovering the role of microRNAs in the Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy pathogenesis by using Drosophila as model.

1.Focus on the Microvillus Inclusion Disease pathogenesis by studying the disease-linked mutations on myosinVB in human cell lines, a joint project among the departments of cell biology and biophysical chemistry, and a pediatrist (clinical). 2.Study the pathophysiology of Congenital Short Bowel Syndrome by genetic engineering of CLMP in human cell lines, a joint project between department of cell biology and genetics.

1. Establishment of a new laboratory and implementation of microarray technology as a tool for the analysis of the evolution of Streptomyces chromosomes and their telomeres. 2. Purchasing manager of laboratory equipment and material.

Maintained a web site on distance education for mathematics students.

1. In vitro and in vivo characterization of a signaling molecule biosynthesis protein and its receptor. 2.Establishment and optimization of a novel signaling molecule detection method in Streptomyces. 3.Three months exchange student program as part of PhD at Osaka University, Japan.

1. Specialization in molecular biology (major), genetics and microbiology. 2.Purchasing manager of laboratory equipment and material.