International Conference Abstracts:

1. Chien, C.L. and R.K.H. Liem. 1993. Sequence, structure and targeted mutagenesis of the mouse neuronal intermediate filament alpha-internexin gene. Mol. Biol. Cell 4 (Supplement):175a.

2. Chien, C.L. and R.K.H. Liem. 1994. Targeted mutagenesis of neuronal intermediate filament genes by homologous recombination. Mol. Biol. Cell 5 (Supplement):49a. (SCI)

3. Chien, C.L., T.H. Lee, and K.S. Lu. 1997. The distribution of neuronal intermediate filament proteins in the developing mouse olfactory bulb. Mol. Biol. Cell 8 (Supplement):279a.

4. Ching, G.Y., C.L. Chien, R.L. Flores, and R.K.H. Liem. 1997. Abnormalities in brain and behavior of transgenic mice overexpressing neuronal intermediate filament protein alpha-internexin. Mol. Biol. Cell 8 (Supplement):278a.

5. Ching, G.Y., C.L. Chien, B. Rosen, and R.K.H. Liem. 1998. Neuronal abnormalities in transgenic mice expressing alpha-internexin / beta- galactosidase fusion protein. Mol. Biol. Cell 9 (Supplement):159a.

6. Chien, C.L., K.S. Lu, T.W. Chen, and Yi-Shan Lin. 2000. Intermediate filament is the first cytoskeleton affected by caspase in the early apoptotic process of human bladder carcinoma T24 cells. Mol. Biol. Cell 11 (Supplement):535a.

7. Chien, C.L. 2002. Neural Cytoskeletons in Living Cells. In the Workshop III, The 4-th Asian-Pacific Organization for Cell Biology Congress (APOCB) in Taipei. P 67.

8. Tseng, K.W., K.S. Lu, and C.L. Chien. 2002. Expression Patterns of Neuronal Intermediate Filaments and Associated Protein BPAG1 in the Dorsal Root Ganglia in Dystonia musculorum (dt) Mice. Mol. Biol. Cell 13 (Supplement): 59a.

9. Wang, P., C.R. Hsieh, Y.S. Lin, and C.L. Chien. 2002. Functional studies of alpha-internexin promoter in vitro and in vivo. Mol. Biol. Cell 13 (Supplement): 61a.

10. Lee, H., C. L. Chien, H. Liao, Y. Chen, and Z. Chang. 2003. Activation of Rho-associated kinase induces cytosolic translocation of hnRNP C1/C2. Mol. Biol. Cell 14 (Supplement): 421a.

11. Chien, C.L., T.-C. Liu, and K.S. Lu. 2005. Overexpression of neuronal intermediate filament protein alpha-internexin in PC12 cells. The 4th Asia-Pacific International Congress of Anatomists (APICA) in Turkey. PP-124.

12. Tseng, K.W., and C.L. Chien. 2006. A cellular mechanism of neuronal loss in the dorsal root ganglia in Dystonia musculorum (dt) Mice. J. Exp. Biol. (Supplement) LB11.

13. Tseng, K.W., K.S. Lu, and C.L. Chien. 2006. The abnormal accumulation of alpha-internexin turns on the neuronal death in dt mice. The 5th Asian-Pacific Organization for Cell Biology Congress (APOCB) in Beijing. Abstract No. APOCB2006-01-005.

14.Chien, C.L. 2008. A cellular model for the neuronal degeneration. The 15^th East Asia Joint Conference on Biomedical Research (in Seoul, Korea). S5-2.

15. Lee, W.C., Y.Y. Chen, and C.L. Chien. 2008. Overexpression of Neuronal Intermediate Filament Peripherin Induced Neuronal Death in PC12 Cells. Mol. Biol. Cell 19 (suppl), abstract #.2575.

16. Tseng, K.W., and C.L. Chien. 2008. Spinal Motor Neurons Survive after Abnormal Cellular Translocation of α-Internexin in Dystonia Musculorum Mice. Mol. Biol. Cell 19 (suppl), abstract #.2979.

17. Liu, C.H., and C.L. Chien. 2010. Molecular Cloning and Characterization of Neuronal Intermediate Filament Protein α-internexin in Chicken Embryos. The 43^rd Annual Meeting for the Japanese Society of Developmental Biologists (in Kyoto, Japan). P231.

18. Chien, C.L. 2010. Introduction of National Research Program of Biopharmaceuticals (NRPB). The 13th Asia Pacific-International Molecular Biology Network (A-IMBN) Conference/ APEC Workshop on Advancing Biotechnology and Ensuring Sustainable Financing. (November 12-14, 2010, Taipei International Convention Center).

19. Lee, W.C., Y.Y. Chen, and C.L. Chien. 2010. Suppressions of the extensive phosphorylation of neurofilaments rescues PC 12 cells from neuronal cell death. Mol. Biol. Cell 21 (suppl), abstract # 1998.