NCKU sets up institute for macromolecular analysis and nanomedicine Innovation
Tainan, Taiwan, April 17, 2013
The Institute for Macromolecular Analysis and Nanomedicine Innovation (I-MANI) has been officially set up at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), southern Taiwan, to provide collaboration platforms from basic to applied research with its international partner institutions, the university revealed April 15.
Dr. Yon-Hua Tzeng, Dean of College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science on behalf of NCKU President Hwung-Hweng Hwung welcomed guests to the opening ceremony of IMANI, “we are particularly pleased to see the revealing of Nature cover story of the research by Prof. Dar-Bin Shieh, Prof. Robert Reisz and collaborators in the discovery of nano paleontology of live and dead bones.”
He added, “We look forward the continuous investigation in this and other research using the-state-of-the-art cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) facility, which is uniquely set up in Taiwan.”
“IMANI is dealing with things really small to the molecular and atomic level,” according to Prof. Dar-Bin Shieh, the director of I-MANI, who explained that such down to the bottom discovery indeed might change our mind to reconsider what once were considered laughable and unrealistic - such as using EM like a heavy weapon to visualize fragile proteins and cure a disease by design.
He said, “as scientists and engineers gain more and more understanding and mastery of molecular and atomic structures and processes in the life system, we are likely to see a steady stream of not only commercial values and useful technologies in daily life, but also new hopes for fighting un-curable diseases nowadays.”
I-MANI has the vision to collaborate with National Health Research Institute National Vaccine Research and Development Center and will contribute unique data to reveal their three-dimensional (3D) pictures, which provide a novel structural basis for the development of antiviral strategies.
Dr. Shieh added, “We have developed long-term international collaboration with NCMI in Baylor College of Medicine in US, NRC of Canada, Australian Center for Microscopy and Microanalysis in University of Sydney, and University of Toronto, and so on with fruitful outcomes in both research and training. “
He said, “I-MANI anticipates to be active in exploring and expanding this new imaging modality for both basic and translational research not only at NCKU but also in collaboration with our international partners.”
“As the ambitious Pan Pacific Rim Cryo-EM Alliance proposed by Academician Wah Chiu is moving forward, I-MANI will play a pro-active role in this organization and extend the influence and contribution of NCKU to the global community,” according to Shieh.
I-MANI also commits to undertake the mission in training our next generation of scientists in this imaging and nanoscience technology to meet the needs of academic and industrial enterprises in our country and also in the Asian region.
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The Institute for Macromolecular Analysis and Nanomedicine Innovation (I-MANI) has been officially set up at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), southern Taiwan, to provide collaboration platforms from basic to applied research with its international partner institutions, the university revealed April 15.
Dr. Yon-Hua Tzeng, Dean of College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science on behalf of NCKU President Hwung-Hweng Hwung welcomed guests to the opening ceremony of IMANI, “we are particularly pleased to see the revealing of Nature cover story of the research by Prof. Dar-Bin Shieh, Prof. Robert Reisz and collaborators in the discovery of nano paleontology of live and dead bones.”
He added, “We look forward the continuous investigation in this and other research using the-state-of-the-art cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) facility, which is uniquely set up in Taiwan.”
“IMANI is dealing with things really small to the molecular and atomic level,” according to Prof. Dar-Bin Shieh, the director of I-MANI, who explained that such down to the bottom discovery indeed might change our mind to reconsider what once were considered laughable and unrealistic - such as using EM like a heavy weapon to visualize fragile proteins and cure a disease by design.
He said, “as scientists and engineers gain more and more understanding and mastery of molecular and atomic structures and processes in the life system, we are likely to see a steady stream of not only commercial values and useful technologies in daily life, but also new hopes for fighting un-curable diseases nowadays.”
I-MANI has the vision to collaborate with National Health Research Institute National Vaccine Research and Development Center and will contribute unique data to reveal their three-dimensional (3D) pictures, which provide a novel structural basis for the development of antiviral strategies.
Dr. Shieh added, “We have developed long-term international collaboration with NCMI in Baylor College of Medicine in US, NRC of Canada, Australian Center for Microscopy and Microanalysis in University of Sydney, and University of Toronto, and so on with fruitful outcomes in both research and training. “
He said, “I-MANI anticipates to be active in exploring and expanding this new imaging modality for both basic and translational research not only at NCKU but also in collaboration with our international partners.”
“As the ambitious Pan Pacific Rim Cryo-EM Alliance proposed by Academician Wah Chiu is moving forward, I-MANI will play a pro-active role in this organization and extend the influence and contribution of NCKU to the global community,” according to Shieh.
I-MANI also commits to undertake the mission in training our next generation of scientists in this imaging and nanoscience technology to meet the needs of academic and industrial enterprises in our country and also in the Asian region.
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