CURRICULUM VITAE

CURRICULUM VITAE



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"


HONORS/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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