Dr. Wen-Tai Chiu received the Bachelor’s, Master’s and Ph.D. degrees from National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan in 1997, 1999 and 2007, respectively.  He has been a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center from 2008 to 2010. Prof. Chiu is currently a full professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at National Cheng Kung University.  His research interests lie in the area of Ca2+ signaling and molecular imaging of cancers. Much of his work has been on improving the understanding, design, and performance of Ca2+ in focal adhesion dynamics, cell migration, metastasis and chemoresistance.

Welcome to the Labratory of Cellular Signaling and Molecular Imaging (CSMI) in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at National Cheng Kung University. Prof. Wen-Tai Chiu is the PI of CSMI Lab. Prof. Chiu has been engaged in Ca2+-related research for many years, including the regulation of Ca2+ on focal adhesion dynamics, carcinogenesis and chemoresistance. Our lab has also combined engineering technology to construct an optogenetic platform, which can accurately create different Ca2+ oscillations in time and space scales different from traditional chemical stimulation. In addition, we are proficient in various molecular optical imaging, which can reveal the dynamics and changes of various molecules and ions in living cells. National Cheng Kung University has the best Bioimaging Core Facility in Taiwan, which is affiliated with the National Core Facility for Biopharmaceuticals of the National Science and Technology Council. PI (Prof. Wen-Tai Chiu) is the leader of this core facility. Therefore, we are skilled in many advanced equipment and technology for molecular imaging.