Meng-Chun Hu

Ph.D. National defense Medical Center
Assistant Professor

Extension:8239

  mengchun@ha.mc.ntu.edu.tw

Education:

         Ph.D. 1998, Department of Life Science

         National Defense Medical Center

         M.S. 1987, Department of Plant Biology

         University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

         B.S. 1982, Department of Agriculture

         National Taiwan University

Present Position:

        Assistant Professor, Graduate Institute of Physiology

National Taiwan University College of Medicine

Professional Experiences:

         Manger, Mouse Mutagenesis Program Core Facility

         Academia Sinica, 2001-2003

         Associate Scientist, Transgenic Center

         Level Biotechnology Inc., 2001

         Scientist,

     BioAgri Corp. Taiwan Branch, 2000-2001

         Postdoctoral fellow, Institute of Molecular Biology

         , 1998-2000

         Research Assistant, Institute of Molecular Biology

         Academia Sinica, 1987-1992

Publications (1999-present)

1.  Hu, M. C., Hsu, H. J., Guo, I. C., and Chung, B. C. (2004) Function of Cyp11a1 in animal models. Mol Cell Endocrinol 215: 95-100.

2.Guo, I. C, Hu, M. C., and Chung, B. C. (2003) Transcriptional regulation of CYP11A1. J Biomed Sci 10: 593-598.

3. Hu, M. C., Hsu, N. C., and Ben El Hadj, N., Pai, C. I., Chu, H. P., Wang, C. K. L. and Chung, B. C. (2002) Steroid deficiency syndromes in mice with targeted disruption of Cyp11a1. Mol Endocrinol 16, 1943-1950.

4.Hu, M. C., Hsu, N. C., Pai, C. I., Wang, C. K., and Chung, B. C. (2001) Functions of the upstream and proximal steroidogenic factor 1 (SF-1)-binding sites in the CYP11A1 promoter in basal transcription and hormonal response. Mol Endocrinol 15, 812-818.

5.Hu, M. C., Chiang, E. F., Tong, S. K., Lai, W., Hsu, N. C., Wang, L. C., and Chung, B. C. (2001) Regulation of steroidogenesis in transgenic mice and zebrafish. Mol Cell Endocrinol 171, 9-14.

6.Huang, Y. Y., Hu, M. C., Hsu, N. C., Wang, C. K., and Chung, B. (2001) Action of hormone responsive sequence in 2.3 kb promoter of CPY11A1. Mol Cell Endocrinol 175, 205-210.

7.Hu, M. C., Chou, S. J., Huang, Y. Y., Hsu, N. C., Li, H., and Chung, B. C. (1999) Tissue-specific, hormonal, and developmental regulation of SCC-LacZ expression in transgenic mice leads to adrenocortical zone characterization. Endocrinol 140, 5609-5618.

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