Shu-ling Fu
Professor and Director
Institute of Traditional Medicine
National Yang Ming Medical College
Taiwan
Biography
Education and Experiences: 1985 - 1989 B.S., Dept. of Agricultural Chemistry, National Taiwan University 1989 - 1990 Research Assistant, Institute of Botany, Academia Sinica 1990 - 1996 Ph.D., Dept. of Biochemistry and Cellular Biology, State University of New York at Stony Brook 1996 - 1999 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dept. of Molecular & Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, U.S.A 1999 - 2000 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Tzu-Chi University 2000 - 2007 Assistant Professor, Institute of Traditional Medicine, National Yang-Ming University 2007 - 2011 Associate Professor, Institute of Traditional Medicine, National Yang-Ming University 2011 - present Professor, Institute of Traditional Medicine, National Yang-Ming University
Research Interest
Functional analysis of metastasis-related genes involved in cancer progression Pharmacologic and mechanistic study of anti-cancer natural products: (1) oncogene-targeting natural products (2) chemo- and radio-sensitizers Identification and mechanistic study of novel anti-inflammatory natural products Development of synthetic TLR4 agonists for cancer immunotherapy Development of novel anti-aging nutraceuticals and pharmaceuticals
