Director

Yijuang Chern, Ph.D.

Distinguished Research Fellow
Specialty:
  1. Signal Transduction
  2. Gene Regulation
  3. Neurodegenerative Diseases

  • B.S. , Department of Agricultural Chemistry, National Taiwan University
  • Ph.D., Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology, Universiyty of Massachusetts
  • Assitant Research Fellow-Distinguished Research Fellow, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica (1991-present)
  • Deputy Director, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica (2004-2006)
  • Director, Department of International Affairs, Academia Sinica (2016-2019)
  • Deputy Minister, National Science and Technology Council, Taiwan (2022-2024)
  • Director, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica (2024-present)

  • The eighteenth “Ten Outstanding Young Women”, Taiwan (1999)
  • The fortieth “Ten Outstanding Young Men”, Taiwan (2002)
  • The Tien Te Lee Biomedical Foundation Outstanding Award (2014)
  • Academia Sinica Investigator Award, Academia Sinica, Taiwan (2014-2018, 2019-2023)
  • The Outstanding Research Award, National Science Council, Taiwan (2019, 2001, 2003)
  • 侯金堆傑出榮譽獎 (2022)
  • 第20屆國家新創獎 (2023)