Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology

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Briefly describe department characteristics and research areas:

Introduction
The Department of Anatomy founded in 1976 under the School of Medicine. It mainly provides the teaching of human anatomy for medical and paramedical students. The Institute of Anatomy established in 1988 and the name of the institute changed to Department and Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology in 2007. According to the current organizational system, the Department and the Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology is integrated as a research and teaching unit. Approximately sixteen graduate students are enrolls in our master’s program every year.

Mission
The Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology is committed to preparing students for careers in anatomical teaching and for careers in cutting-edge biomedical research including anatomy, neurobiology and cell biology. In addition, we aim at achieving high quality research in the fields of anatomy and cell biology.

Educational Goals
The goals for the anatomy track of our teaching program are as follows:
 To prepare students to become qualified anatomy teachers who are capable of teaching all subjects in the field of anatomy to medical and paramedical students.
 To prepare students for careers in neurobiology or cell biology research.

The goals for the cell biology track are as follows:
 To cultivate students’ knowledge of general anatomy and histology, and to acquire knowledge of cell biology necessary to teach anatomy and cell biology related topics.
 To acquire students’ skills necessary for cell biology research and the ability to integrate research tasks from the tissue, cell and molecular perspectives.

The common educational goals of the Institute are:
 To encourage the potential and creativity of our students, and to help them develop into young scholars with clear thinking, research ability and professional attitude.
 To enhance students’ English language skill while introducing a global perspective.

The research of the Institute focuses on:
 Cancer research
- Mechanisms of tumorigenesis and metastasis.
- Cell-based screening of anti-cancer drugs.
 Cell biology
- Signal transduction pathways
- Mechanisms of protein homeostasis in health and disease
- Chinese herbs in regenerative medicine
 Neuroscience
- Depression and hippocampal neurogenesis.
- Modeling brain development in 3D organoids.
- Molecular mechanisms of ion channel diseases.
- Roles of neurovascular units in human diseases.
- Autistic mouse model
- Neurodevelopment
 Stem cell research
- Application of stem cells in regenerative medicine.
- Effect of MSCs for rheumatoid arthritis and organ failure.
- Stem cell or cell derivatives applications in vascular diseases.

Websitehttps://ias.nycu.edu.tw/