Dr. Cheng-Ting Chien is a distinguished research fellow who has made significant contributions to the field of neuroscience. He obtained his B.S. in Chemistry from National Taiwan University in 1985. He went on to pursue his Ph.D. in Molecular Biology & Biochemistry from Stony Brook University, NY, U.S., which he completed in 1993. Subsequently, he pursued his postdoctoral training in Neurobiology at U.C. San Francisco, CA, U.S., from 1993 to 1996.
Dr. Chien's research interests lie in neural development, and he uses Drosophila as the model system. He has focused on various aspects of neural development, including cell fate determination for peripheral sensory neurons and photoreceptors in the compound eye, regulation of protein degradation by Nedd8 modification and removal by the CSN complex in Hedgehog signaling, synapse formation and plasticity, dendrite formation and pruning during development, and glial signaling regulating neuronal activity and degeneration.
Overall, Dr. Chien's research focuses on understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying neural development, and his work has important implications for understanding brain function and dysfunction.
