National Health Research Institutes

Biomedical Microfluidics Laboratory

Chia-Hsien Hsu
http://iben.nhri.org.tw/staffs-profile.php?staff=Chia-Hsien+Hsu

Research Field

Medical Engineering

Introduction

Dr. Hsu is an Investigator at the Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Nanomedicine at National Health Research Institutes (NHRI) in Taiwan, and holds adjunct faculty positions at the Institute of NanoEngineering and Microsystems of National Tsing Hua University and the Ph.D. Program in Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine of National Chung Hsing University.

Dr. Hsu's research activities are centered about the development of microfluidics technologies for cell biology and medical applications in cancer, stem cell, and regenerative medicine. The long-term goal of his laboratory is to turn microfluidics into enabling tools to improve medicine and healthcare.


Research Topics

Microfluidics, lab-on-chip, organ-on-chip, tissue engineering, regenerative medicine


Honor
  1. 2023 NHRI Research Achievement Award
  2. 2022 National Innovation Award
  3. 2021 MOST Industry Sponsored Project Excellent Report Award
  4. 2021 National Innovation Award
  5. 2020 MOST Industry Sponsored Project Outstanding Report Award
  6. 2020 National Innovation Award 
  7. 2020 Taipei Biotech Award
  8. 2019 National Innovation Award 
  9. 2018 National Innovation Award
  10. 2017 National Innovation Award 
  11. 2017 MOST Industry Sponsored Project Excellent Report Award 
  12. 2017 NHRI Young Scientist Research Achievement Award
  13. 2017 MOST Young Scholar Fellowship 

Educational Background

Dr. Hsu received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Washington in USA, and worked as a postdoctoral research fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School prior to joining NHRI.


1 Vacancy

Job Description

This job is related to the development of a microfluidic chip-based system to grow patient-derived-organoids for personalized medicine. The intern will be guided by a senior research scientist to assist microfluidic device fabrication, cell culture experiment, and results analysis. Our research lab is equipped with photolithography (in a class 1000 clean room), PDMS molding, and CNC machining facilities for fabrication, and tissue culture facilities and fluorescence microscopes for cell experiments. The preferred internship duration of this job is 3 months.  The staring date is 2024/10/01.

Preferred Intern Education Level

Undergraduate, or graduate in science, engineering, or biology 

Skill sets or Qualities

Applicants with the skills below are preferred

  • Mammalian or stem cell culture
  • Microscopy
  • CNC machining 
  • Microfabrication

1 Vacancy

Job Description

This job is related to the development of an In-vitro model for cardiotoxicity testing using microfluidic technology. The intern will be guided by a senior research scientist to fabricate microfluidic devices, conduct cell culture experiments, and analyze results. Our research lab is equipped with photolithography (in a class 1000 clean room), PDMS molding, and CNC machining facilities for fabrication, and tissue culture facilities and fluorescence microscopes for cell experiments.  The preferred internship duration of this job is 3 months.  The staring date is 2024/02/01.

Preferred Intern Education Level

Undergraduate, or graduate in science, engineering, or biology 

Skill sets or Qualities

Applicants with the skills below are preferred

  • Mammalian or stem cell culture
  • Microscopy
  • CNC machining 
  • Microfabrication