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Sheue-yann Cheng
Sheue-yann Cheng (born 1939) is an American Molecular genetics, molecular geneticist who pioneered the development of Mouse models of human disease, mouse models to understand the molecular basis of diseases due to mutations of thyroid hormone receptors. Cheng is a senior investigator at the National Cancer Institute and chief of the gene regulation section. Education Sheue-yann Cheng completed a B.S. from the National Taiwan University in 1961. She earned a Doctor of Philosophy, Ph.D. in pharmaceutical chemistry at the UCSF Medical Center. Her dissertation in 1966 was titled, ''Nonclassical steroid analogues''. Cheng's dissertation committee included , Henry Rapoport, and Berton E. Ballard. She was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Chicago and the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Career Cheng joined the National Cancer Institute (NCI) as a principal investigator in 1979 and was promoted to gene regulation section chief in 1991. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Taiwan University
National Taiwan University (NTU; ) is a public research university in Taipei, Taiwan. The university was founded in 1928 during Japanese rule as the seventh of the Imperial Universities. It was named Taihoku Imperial University and served during the period of Japanese colonization. After World War II, the Nationalist Kuomintang (KMT) government assumed the administration of the university. The Ministry of Education reorganized and renamed the university to its current name on November 15, 1945, with its roots of liberal tradition from Peking University in Beijing by former NTU President Fu Ssu-nien. The university consists of 11 colleges, 56 departments, 133 graduate institutes, about 60 research centers, and a school of professional education and continuing studies. Notable alumni include Tsai Ing-Wen, current President of the Republic of China, former presidents Lee Teng-hui, Chen Shui-bian and Ma Ying-jeou, Turing Award laureate Andrew Yao, and Nobel Prize in Chemistry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
