Name: 

Sheue-yann Cheng, Ph.D.

 

Education: 

    1961 B.S.  -- in Pharmacy, National Taiwan University,
                            Taipei, Taiwan

    1966 Ph.D. -- in Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University
                            of California, San Francisco Medical Center,
                            San Francisco, California

Brief chronology of employment: 

    1961-1962    -- Teaching and Research Assistant, Department of
                                Pharmacology, College of Medicine, National 
                                Taiwan University

    1962-1964    -- Teaching Assistant, School of Pharmacy, University
                                of California, San Francisco Medical Center

    1964-1966    -- Research Assistant, School of Pharmacy, University
                                of California, San Francisco Medical Center

    1966-1967    -- Postdoctoral Chemist, Department of Pharmaceutical
                                Chemistry, University of California, San 
                                Francisco Medical Center

    1972-1973    -- Research Associate, Ben May Laboratory for
                                Cancer Research, University of Chicago

    1974-1979    -- Staff Fellow, National Institute of Arthritis,
                                Diabetes, and Digestive and Kidney Diseases,
                                National Institutes of Health

    1979-1991    -- Senior Investigator, National Cancer Institute,
                                National Institutes of Health,


    1991-present -- Chief, Gene Regulation Section, Laboratory of
                                Molecular Biology, National Cancer Institute,
                                National Institutes of Health

    1992-present -- Guest Lecturer, Foundation for Advancement and
                                Education in Science, "DNA-Binding Proteins,
                                Trancriptional Regulators & Homeoboxes"

    1992-present -- Guest Lecturer, Catholic University, "DNA-Binding
                                Proteins & Trancriptional Regulators and Homeoboxes"
                                NCI, National Institutes of Health

Honors and awards: 

    Valedictorian, School of Pharmacy, National Taiwan University,
            Taipei, Taiwan, 1961

    Cash Award for Special Achievements, National Cancer Institute,
            1982

    Special Lecture, The Seventh Harold Edelhoch Memorial Lecture,
            NIH, 1993

    Special Lecture, Third Annual Symposium, Medical Sciences Graduate
            Student Association, University of Calgary, Canada, 1993

    Special Lecture, Oversea Scholar Lecture Series, Institute of
            Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, 1993

    Scientific Achievement Award, Chinese Medical and Health
            Association, Bethesda, MD, 1994

    Merit Award for Outstanding Achievements, 1995

Professional societies: 

    Member, American Thyroid Association (Membership Committee 1986-
            1989; Finance and Audit Committee 1990-1993; Research
            Committee 1993-present)

    Member, American Society of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

    Member, American Endocrine Society

    Member, Chinese Medical and Health Association (President 1989-1990)

    Member, NIH and FDA Chinese American Association (President 1988-1989)

Committees: 

    Laboratory Specialist Promotion Review Panel, National Cancer
            Institute, (1990-1992)

    Promotion/Tenure Review Panel, GS13-GS15, Intramural Research
            Program, National Cancer Institute, (1993-present)

    Resource Advisory Committee, DCBDC, National Cancer Institute,
            1993-present

    NIH Asian/Pacific Islander American Advisory Committee,
            1994-present

    NIH Committee in Scientific Conduct and Ethics, 1995

Editorial advisory board: 

    Journal of Biomedical Sciences
    Thyroid

Editorial consultant: 

    Biochemistry
    Endocrinology
    Journal of Biological Chemistry
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
    Molecular Endocrinology
    Journal of Clinical Investigation
    Thyroid

Patent: 

    Monoclonal antibodies against cytosolic thyroid hormone binding
             protein.  U.S. Patent Application No.:  07-255,760, 1993.

Patent pending: 

    Immunostrip comb for rapid screening of monoclonal antibodies.
             U.S. Patent Application No.:  07-255,759. (This invention has
             been marketed by Schleicher and Schuell.)

Licensing: 

    Monoclonal Antibodies against Thyroid Hormone Nuclear Receptors
             by Affinity BioReagents, Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc.
             and Upstate Biotechnology Inc.

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