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The view of San Francisco, a great city that I have stayed for >6 years.

The view of San Francisco, a great city that I have stayed for >6 years.

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Yu-Wei Wu 吳玉威
Sep 2019 -
Assistant Research Fellow
Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Life Science, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
Adjunct Faculty
Genome and Systems Biology Degree Program, NTU/Academia Sinica
基因體與系統生物學學位學程

Work Experiences
2018 - 2019 Research Scientist, Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University, USA
2013 - 2018 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University, USA 
2007 - 2012, Research Associate, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Japan

Education
2012 Ph.D., Neurology & Neuroscience
Institute of Neurology (IoN), University College London (UCL), London, UK 
2007 M.Sc., Institute of Zoology,National Taiwan University
2003 B.Sc., Department of Zoology, National Taiwan University  

POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOW

Han-Yuan Yeh葉瀚元
Jan 2022 -

I am interested in how the brain receives the information from environments, how the brain conceives and calculates information, and how the brain reacts and interacts with environments. My current project is to understand the mechanism of deep-brain stimulation in circuit and sub-cellular levels. Beyond academia, I am a ramen gourmet. I am also a tuba player. 

Research Keywords
#Neurophysiology #in vivo two-photon imaging #Animal behavior

Work Experiences
Mar-Oct 2018 Visiting Researcher, Division of Homeostatic Development, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan

Education
2021 Ph.D., Department of Life Science, College of Life Science, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
2013 M.Sc., Institute of Zoology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
2011 B.Sc., Department of Life Science, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Contact
tubayeh@gmail.com / hanyuantubayeh@gate.sinica.edu.tw

RESEARCH ASSISTANT

Yu-Ting Hu 胡昱庭
I am intrigued by the dynamics of the motor cortex under pathological conditions, such as Parkinson's disease, as well as its response to STN-DBS treatment and how this treatment restores motor function through the cortico-basal ganglia loop. Although STN-DBS has been used clinically for decades in Parkinson's disease patients, numerous questions are not fully understood regarding its direct impact on the motor cortex. Our study employs two-photon imaging to conduct in-vivo calcium imaging through a glass cranial window. Beyond my academic pursuits, I have a interest in playing badminton and hiking. These moments of relaxation help me generate more ideas for my project.

Research Keywords
#Motor cortex neuronal dynamics #CBG neuro-circuit loop #STN-DBS

Research Experiences
Feb 2021 - Intern, Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

Education
2023 B.Sc. Department of Life science, NTU, Taiwan
2025 M.Sc. Genome and Systems Biology Degree Program, NTU, Taiwan

Contact
r12b48004@ntu.edu.tw

RESEARCH ASSISTANT

黃嵩文 Song-Wen Huang

Education
2024 B.Sc. department of Life science, NTU, Taiwan
2026 M.Sc. department of Life science, NTU, Taiwan

Research Keywords
#Neuroelectrophysiology #Brain Machine Interface

Research Experiences
Jul 2022 - Intern, Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

Publication
Obaid, A., Hanna, M. E., Huang, S. W., Hu, Y. T., Jáidar, O., Nix, W., ... & Wu, Y. W. (2026). Ultrasensitive measurement of brain penetration mechanics and blood vessel rupture with microscale probes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 123(13), e2529147123.

Contact
kouppie0414@gmail.com

RESEARCH ASSISTANT

Yi-Fang Chen 陳奕方
I am curious about how brain areas cooperate with each and thus control our behavior. I am now using CEBRA as a tool to uncover the low-dimensional neural population dynamics from thousands of recording data. CEBRA is also good at processing behavioral and neural data simultaneously, which allows us to see correlation between specific behavior and brain activities.

Research Keywords
#Neural population dynamics #CEBRA

Research Experiences
Nov 2022 - Intern, Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

Education
2024 B.Sc. department of Life science, NTU, Taiwan

2026 M.Sc. Genome and Systems Biology Degree Program, NTU, Taiwan

Contact
yifangchen0813@gmail.com

RESEARCH ASSISTANT

Wan-Rong Chung 鍾宛融
Sep 2023 -

I'm interested in investigating how the brain works to control body movements by recording neuron activity using brain-machine interface. The project I'm currently working on involves fabricating Microelectrode Array, aiming to achieve cross-region implantation in the mouse's brain.

Research Keywords
#Neuroelectrophysiology #Brain Machine Interface

Research Experiences
2023 Summer Intern, Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

Education
2023 B.Sc. Department of Life Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan
2026 M.Sc. Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, NTU, Taiwan

Contact
wanrongsinica@gate.sinica.edu.tw

RESEARCH ASSISTANT

Yu Wang 王淯
Research Interests My research interests focus on high-resolution stimulation of brain tissue using microelectrode arrays (MEAs), understanding the mechanisms of signal transmission during electrical stimulation, and developing MEA stimulation algorithms that account for neural plasticity. Additionally, my master's research explored the inductive bias of language models based on training datasets, providing theoretical conditions for generalization.

Research Keywords
#Temporal Interference Stimulation #Microelectrode Arrays #Language Models #Inductive Bias

Research Experiences

2026-Present Research Assistant, Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan 2022-2026 Research Assistant, Graduate Institute of Communication Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

Education

2026 M.S., Graduate Institute of Communication Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan 2020 B.S., Department of Mathematics, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

Contact
r11942152@as.edu.tw

RESEARCH ASSISTANT

Ting-An Yeh 葉庭安
May 2026 -

Research Keywords
#Brain Machine Interface

Research Experiences
May 2026 - R.A., Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

Education
2021 B.Sc. Department of Mechanical Engineering, NCUT, Taiwan

Contact
timyeh0407@as.edu.tw

Ph.D. STUDENT

Yu-Shun Liu 劉宇舜
Jan 2023 -

About Me
My work bridges modern AI and systems neuroscience: I build vision–language models to speed up large-scale animal-behavior analysis, and I design explainable-AI pipelines that reveal how high-dimensional neural activity maps onto behavior.
I’m looking for opportunities to make new friends, meet more like-minded people, and explore neuroscience together.

Open-Source

  • CASTLE (video I/O & neural-behavior analytics) — 19 000+ PyPI downloads,

Highlights

  • Bronze medal, 2020 ICPC Asia Taipei–Hsinchu Regional Programming Contest,

  • AP-CCN 2026 Singapore | Young Speaker

Contact
raisoliu@gmail.com

Ph.D. STUDENT

Chih-Ching (Hana) Chung
Sep 2024-

I’m interested in the neural dynamics underlying STN-DBS. Although STN-DBS is already a well-established therapy for patients with Parkinson’s disease, its underlying mechanisms still remain incompletely understood. By utilizing two-photon imaging through GRIN lens to monitor calcium dynamics in the STN of behaving mice, my project aims to understand how DBS reshapes STN activity across different behavioral states in the diseased brain.

Research Keywords
#Parkinson's disease #Subthalamic nucleus #Deep brain stimulation #Two-photon imaging

Research Experiences
2021-2024 Research Assistant, Institute of Cellular and Organismic Biology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

Education
2021 B.Sc., Department of Biomedical science, Chang Gung University, Taiwan

Contact
h88516@gmail.com

Ph.D. STUDENT

Hao-Yun Teng
Jul 2024 -
Department of Life Science, NTU, Taiwan

Research Keywords
#STN functional segregation #Neural morphology

Research Experiences
Jul. 2024 - Intern, Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan Jul. 2022~Feb. 2024 - Intern, Institute of molecular and cellular biology, NTU, Taiwan

MASTER STUDENT

Yu-Hsuan Wu 吳昱萱
Sep 2023 -
Department of Life Science, NTNU, Taiwan

Research Keywords
#Dendritic spine dynamics #Mouse motor learning

Research Experiences
Oct. 2023 - Intern, Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

FORMER MEMBERs

Postdoctoral Research Fellows

2022 Yu-Tsao Hsing

Graduate Students

2025 Bing-Shiuan Wu 吳秉軒
2025 Chu-You Sun 孫楚祐
2025 Tzu-Hsien Liu 劉子賢
2024 Yen-Yuan Chen 陳妍媛
2023 Iryna Bilous

Research Assistants

2026 Yiko Chen 陳怡軻
2025 Jacob Cai 蔡兆柏
2023 Hao-Tung Yang
2023 Ping-Yen Wu
2022 Shuo-Yen Chueh
2022 Morris CC Yang
2021 Rui-Ni Wu
2021 Rajer Hsieh

Summer Interns

2025
林昱成, 國立成功大學
羅奕喬, 國立陽明交通大學
梁庭瑜, 東海大學
崔芸禎, 陽明交大
鄭冬璇, 國立臺灣大學
李彥熙, 國立臺灣大學
何芝婷, 國立臺灣大學
鄧少寧, UCL

2024
Risa Kitamura

2023
賴瑾蓉, 國立清華大學
施欣妤, 國立陽明交通大學

2021
Emma Chen, UCSD
葉姿瑀, UCB
魏新昀, 國立陽明交通大學
2020 Tiffany Kuo, UCSD
2020 賴以靈, 臺北醫學大學