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Chang, Tse Wen

ChangTW 6x7Distinguished Visiting Chair

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EDUCATION AND POSITIONS HELD:

  • B.S. & M.S., Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, 1966-1972
  • Ph.D., Cell and Developmental Biology, Harvard University, 1973-1977
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Cancer Research, M. I. T., 1977-1980
  • Supervisor of Cellular Immunology, Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp., 1980-1981
  • Director of Immunology, V. P. of Research, Centocor, Inc., 1981-1985
  • Professor of Molecular Virology, Baylor College of Medicine, 1986-1991
  • Cofounder 1986, and V.P. of R & D, 1986-1996, Tanox, Inc., Houston
  • Professor 1996-2003; Dean 1996-1999; Tsing Hua Professor of Life Science 2003-2006; College of Life Science, National Tsing Hua University
  • President, Development Center for Biotechnology, Taipei, 2000-2003
  • Distinguished Professor, Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, 2006-2015
  • Distinguished Visiting Chair, Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, 2016-present

HONORS:

  • Foundation for the Advancement of Outstanding Scholarship Award, 1997-2002
  • Appointed Science and Technology Advisor of the Executive Yuan, 2002-2006
  • Xolair (Chang's anti-IgE invention) approved by FDA, USA, 2003
  • Appointed Tsing Hua Professor of Life Science, 2003-2006
  • "Honorary Fellow Award" from American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology (ACAAI), 2004
  • Nature Biotechnology's shortlist of personalities who made the most significant contribution to biotech in the past 10 years. Nature Biotechnology 24, 291-300, 2006
  • Xolair chosen for Prix Galien Award for outstanding innovation in R&D, UK, 2006
  • "Honorary Fellow Award" from American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology (AAAAI), 2007
  • "Father of Xolair" plaque from Novartis, in Middle East Asthma and Allergy Conference, Dubai, 2012
  • "Lifetime Achievement Award in Allergy" from Taiwan Academy of Pediatric Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology, 2013
  • TWAS(The World Academy of Sciences) Prize in Medical Sciences, 2014

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

New drug discovery and antibody engineering

The main focus of our group is to develop humanized antibody-based and immunogen-based therapeutics, which target key molecules involved in IgE-mediated allergic pathway. We are also developing new technology platforms for improved antibody engineering. One such program is to develop humanized antibody against CεmX domain in human membrane-bound IgE, for the purpose of controlling IgE-expressing B lymphocytes. CεmX, discovered by our group, is a 52 a.a. domain with a unique sequence. Anti-CεmX, if successfully developed, may be used in combination with an anti-IgE antibody, such as omalizumab (trade name Xolair), which is also derived from Dr. Chang's invention and which is approved for allergic asthma.

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