Tainan, Taiwan, May 15, 2012

A southern Taiwan-based National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) research team led by Ming-Shi Chang, NCKU professor of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, has discovered an anti-interleukin-20 (anti-IL-20) antibody, ...

Jing-Jing Fang, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of Virtual Reality & Multimedia Research Laboratory at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), southern Taiwan, has been devoted into a novel computer-aided navigation system for orthognathic planning in which an unprecedented design called navigational articulator (Narticulator) can provide surgeons more comprehensive information to rule out the uncertainty occurred in high-risk surgeries and increase the accuracy in planning as well as outcomes prediction in the complex ones.

Wan-Pei Su, a graduate student of Molecular Medicine at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), southern Taiwan, has received a Graduate/Postdoctoral Travel Award from the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) to attend the annual conference on Experimental Biology (EB) in San Diego in April 2012.

A research team led by Wen-Chau Liu, Distinguished Professor of Institute of Microelectronics and Director of High Speed Devices Lab at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), southern Taiwan, has taken home with one gold and one silver medal at 40th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva for its “Nickel Oxide (NiO) Based pH-Sensor” and “Field-Effect Transistors (FETs) with Sensitization, Activation, and Electroless Plating Techniques” respectively.

Prof. Sergey P. Tunik, vice rector of St. Petersburg State University (SPbSU), Russia, visited President Hwung-Hweng Hwung and Vice President Hong-Sen Yan of National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), southern Taiwan, April 18th to deepen mutual understanding and broaden the engagement between Russia and Taiwan.

Taiwan’s largest-ever Minnan culture festival kicked off Saturday at Cheng Kung Hall, National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) where international academic forums on the Minnan culture were held to uplift and accelerate the research momentum on Minnan culture.