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吳偉愷

Principle Investigator
吳偉愷  
Wei-Kai Wu
M.D., Ph.D.

Affiliation

Assistant Professor

Graduate Institute of Microbiology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University (國立臺灣大學醫學院微生物學科暨研究所)

Institute of Biotechnology, National Taiwan University​ (國立臺灣大學生物科技研究所)

Attending Physician

Department of Medical Research, National Taiwan University Hospital (臺大醫院醫學研究部)

Division of Hepatology & Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital Cancer Center (臺大醫院癌醫分院內科與肝膽腸胃科)

Professional Roles

Board Member, Taiwan Microbiome Consortium (臺灣微菌聯盟理事)

Academic Committee Member, Taiwan Microbiota Consortium​ (臺灣微菌聯盟學術委員)

Technology Committee Member, Taiwan Microbiota Consortium (臺灣微菌聯盟技術委員)

Associate Editor, Gut Pathogens (Gut Pathogens 副主編)

Education

2016–2019: Ph.D., Institute of Food Science and Technology, National Taiwan University

2013–2014: M.S. Program, Institute of Food Science and Technology, National Taiwan University

2002–2009: M.D., College of Medicine, Tzu Chi University

Professional Experiences

2026 – Present: Graduate Institute of Microbiology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University

2024 – Present: Joint Appointment Attending Physician, Department of Medical Research, NTUH

2024 – Present: Joint Appointment Assistant Professor, Institute of Biotechnology, National Taiwan University

2021 – Present:  Adjunct Attending Physician, Division of Hepatology & Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital Cancer Center

2024 – 2026: Assistant Professor, Bachelor Program of Biotechnology and Food Nutrition, NTU

2024 – 2026: Joint Appointment Assistant Professor, Institute of Food Science and Technology, National Taiwan University

2022 – 2024: Adjunct Assistant Professor, National Taiwan University College of Medicine

2020 – 2024: Attending Physician, Department of Medical Research, NTUH

2019: Visiting Scholar, Taiwan MOST-NIH Bilateral Science and Technology Cooperation Meeting

2018: Visiting Scholar, Jeffrey Gordon’s Lab, Washington University, St. Louis, USA

2016 – 2020: Attending Physician, Department of Internal Medicine, NTUH Bei-Hu Branch

2014 – 2016: Gastroenterology Fellowship, Division of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, NTUH

​2010 – 2013: Residency, Department of Internal Medicine, Hualien Tzu-Chi Medical Center​

Honors and Awards

2026   Invited Speaker and Chair, International Microbiome Annual Meeting 2026 (IHMC 2026), Seoul

2025   Oral Presentation & Travel Grant Award, EMBO/EMBL Human Microbiome Symposium, Heidelberg

2021   National Taiwan University Hospital Outstanding Research Award for Junior Faculty

2020  Taiwan-Australia Biomedical Industry Exchange Conference - Outstanding Paper Award (1st Prize) 

2019   Young Outstanding Research Award, Academic Foundation of Professor Sung Juei-Low

2019   YIA candidate, 12th congress of the Asian-Pacific Society of Atherosclerosis and Vascular Diseases

2018   Young Investigator Award (1st Prize), Taiwan Digestive Disease Week

2018   Early Career Investigator Award, DDW 2018, Washington D.C., USA

2018   Travel Grant Award, EMBO/EMBL The Human Microbiome Symposium, Heidelberg, German

2014   BEST POSTER AWARD, THE GUT, ITS MICROBES AND HEALTH, ILSI, Singapore.​​​​​​

Lab Members

​Post-doc Research Associate

Research Assistant

Ph.D. Students

Master Students

Undergraduate Students

Collaborators

吳明賢  郭錦樺  高憲立  沈立言  徐丞志  許家郎  羅翊菱  洪思群  林定筠  邱雪婷
莊曉莉

Alumni

​鄭穎潔 研究護理師 -> 國立台北護理健康大學

楊沛霖 M.S. -> 大江生醫股份有限公司

陳冰倩 M.S. -> 台大藥學系博士班

楊聿婷 研究助理 -> 台大醫院核心實驗室

​陳葳 M.S. -> 台灣積體電路製造公司

陳奕勳 Post-doc -> 國家實驗動物中心 助理研究員

蔡欣萍 研究助理 -> 高雄科技大學 研究助理

汪鼎傑 研究助理 -> 汎球生物藥劑研發股份有限公司 研發專員

曾雅敬 研究助理 -> 外商臨床試驗專員

陳珮溱 M.S. -> 台灣雀巢股份有限公司

張芷婷 M.S. -> 大江生醫股份有限公司

陳柔安 Ph.D. -> 雷文虎克生技股份有限公司

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