Chuan-Chin Chiao (焦傳金) Associate Professor Institute of Systems Neuroscience & Institute of Molecular Medicine & Department of Life Science National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan Phone 886-3-574-2464 Fax 886-3-571-5934 Office LSII-646 Lab LSII-639 E-mail ccchiao@life.nthu.edu.tw Lab website http://life.nthu.edu.tw/~labccc/lab_homepage.htm Adjunct Scientist (since 2007) Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, USA Visiting Scientist (fall, 2008) Department of Cognitive Sciences University of California, Irvine, USA Academic background Assistant Professor (2002-2008) - National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan Postdoc (2000-2002) - Harvard University, USA Grass Fellow (2000) - Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, USA PhD (1994-2000) - University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), USA BS (1987-1991) - National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan Research interests (full description) I am interested in a variety of vision related topics. This includes: retinal neurobiology, visual camouflage, visual ecology, visual perception, and retinal prosthesis. Multidisciplinary approaches are undertaken in the lab to seek deep understanding of vision in the context of biology. Teaching Life science I & II (biology major) Molecular and cellular biology I Neuroscience I & II Graduate seminar Recent publications (complete list) l Briscoe A.D., Bybee S.M., Bernard G.D., Yuan F., Sison-Mangus M.P., Reed R.D., Warren A.D., Llorente-Bousquets J., and Chiao C.-C. Positive selection of a duplicated ultraviolet-sensitive visual pigment coincides with wing pigment evolution in Heliconius butterflies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (in press). l Chang Y.-C., Chen C.-Y., and Chiao C.-C. The functional expression of NMDA receptors is independent of visual experience in the developing rabbit retina. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science (in press). l Chiao C.-C., Chubb C., Buresch K., Barbosa A., Allen J.J., Mäthger L., and Hanlon R.T. Mottle camouflage patterns in cuttlefish: quantitative characterization and visual background stimuli that evoke them. Journal of Experimental Biology 213:187-199 (2010). l Jou M.-J., Peng T.-I., Hsu L.-F., Jou S.-B., Reiter R.-J., Yang C.-M., Chiao C.-C., Lin Y.-F., and Chen C.-C. Visualization of melatonin's multiple mitochondrial levels of protection against mitochondrial Ca-mediated permeability transition and beyond in rat brain astrocytes. Journal of Pineal Research 48:20-38 (2010).

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