Institute of Bioinformatics and Structural Biology

The Institute of Bioinformatics and Structural Biology was established on 2002.  The institute offers master and doctorate programs for graduates with an interest and passion for the biological sciences in the Bioinformatics and Structural Biology fields.  The programs will nurture talents in these areas and provide excellent training and career opportunities.  The institute provides basic courses including physical chemistry, structural biology, bioenergetics, molecular biology, biochemistry and training in CD, ESR, NMR spectroscopy, X-ray crystallography and high resolution microscopy for a new multi-disciplinary approach combining computational and biological expertise to analyze biological data.  Our programs demonstrate the broad base curriculum with the development of interdisciplinary biotechnology skills for graduates drawn from diverse streams.  We will educate the next generation of scientists to be creative problem solvers ready to provide the expertise to an expanding and important field of science and industry.

Our institute's dedicated faculty includes 10 full-time members, teaching courses to graduate students in the institute and the College of Life Sciences as well as the non-majors.  Our faculty's specializations range from bioinformatics, ecology, molecular structure, molecular biology, molecular evolution, to plant physiology.  Our faculty's research projects have been supported and awarded by the National Science Council, the Ministry of Education, the Council for Agriculture, and other organizations.

Our faculty’s research includes bioinformatics, ecology of fresh water fishes, hematology, macromolecule crystallography, membrane biophysics and glycobiology, molecular systematics, protein function and structure, plant molecular biology, photosynthesis, and stress mediated plant gene expression.  Our research employs the modern knowledge and technology to analyze molecular structure and regulation of gene expression that is a combination of biology, physics, chemistry and mathematics to explore the information of living organisms.  The important biological information is investigated by computation based on the genomic and proteomic structures.

The institute offers courses reflect the richness and diversity of bioinformatics and structural biology, covering materials for science majored students with or without biology background.  Our curriculum allows students to obtain solid training on molecular genetics, cellular biology and physiology.  The interdisciplinary courses provide the expertise of modern information technology, biophysics/biochemistry and spectroscopy.