Biomaterials, Tissue Engineering, Regenerative Medicine

Inducible transgenic models and developing multimodal molecular imaging tools to be applied in a variety of disciplines, including cancer and inflammatory diseases; Regulatory roles of the stretching force in cell/tissue/organ development

Microfluidics, BioMEMS, Point-of-care diagnostics, Tissue engineering, Regenerative medicine

Biomaterials, Tissue Engineering, Protein-Protein Interactions, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Scientification, Surface Engineering

Development of Advanced MRI Techniques, Brain Neuroimaging and Network Analysis, Advanced Signal/Image Processing, Development of Novel RF Coils, MRI for Translational Applications

Inhalation Medicine, Radiopharmaceuticals for Imaging & Therapy, NanoSafety, BioAnalytical Chemistry: chromatography, mass spectrometry and imaging technology

High intensity focused ultrasound ablation, physical and biomedical acoustics, treatment planning, computational fluid dynamics, kinetic theory

(1) Nanoparticles in basic medicine research clinical diagnosis/therapeutics, particularly in non-invasive imaging, targeting drug delivery and controlled release.

(2) Mechanistic studies and clinical applications of transdermal delivery/sampling

(3) Implantable ?-device for minimally invasive sampling and/or in situ analysis to study various physiological disorders

(4) Integrated biomedical microchip for on-line and high throughput analysis

5) Damage mechanisms and therapeutic approaches of organ ischemia and reperfusion: such as stroke, acute myocardial infarction and liver ischemia/reperfusion

Nanomedicine; Nanotheranostics; Biophotonics; Drug Targeted Delivery and Controlled Release; Molecular Imaging

1. Synthesis of polymer-based vehicles for drug delivery

2. Preparation of dendrimer-encapsulated nanodots

3. Functionalized nanomaterials and nanodots for sensing biological events

4. Analytical chemistry

5. Surface chemistry

nanomedicine, stem cell biology, SPIO nanoparticles on stem cell theray, red blood cell-derived vesicles (RDVs)

Ultrasound Transducers, Advancement of High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) Transducer Technology; Therapy of Solid Tumors by HIFU Ablation, Effects of Ultrasound on Peripheral Neuropathic Nerves.

Neurophotonics, NanoNeurophotonics, Neuroengineering, Neuroelectrics and Wearable neurotechnology