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  Thomas S. T. Tan
譚世特教授


Professor
Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1982

Microbiology
email: sttan@life.nthu.edu.tw
phone (886) 3-574-2691 or
(886) 3-5715131 # 2692
fax (886) 3-5717237

 
   
 

Research Interest:
Microbial Biotechnology:
(1) Fermentation technology;
(2) Exploration of microbial versatility;
(3) Isolation of novel microbes.

Cell growth control:
(1) Bacterial cell cycle division control;
(2) Cell volume control physiology;
(3) Cell growth control and drug development.

Nanotechnology:
(1) Self-assembly of biomolecules; 
(2) Potential application of crystalline bacterial surface layer proteins

Selected Publications:

  1. Lin, J., and S. T. Tan. 2002. Monitoring in vitro self-assembly of Deinococcus radiodurans S-layer proteins by using an electronic particle-size analyzer. (Manuscript in preparation)

  2. Lin, C. N., C. C. Wu, and S. T. Tan. 2002. Discontinuous, stepwise cell-volume increase in a growing bacterial cell. (Manuscript in preparation)

  3. Tan, S. T., et al. 2002. Isolation and characterization of a multi-cell-form mutant of the radioresistant bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans. (Manuscript in preparation)

  4. 譚世特,2002,“奈米生物技術現況與展望”,國立清華大學工學院產學研合作聯盟寄奈米材料與技術研會(邀請講員) ,民國91年1月18日,新竹。

  5. 譚世特,2002,“Bacteria, the first and most likely the last nano-technologists on this planet”, 『2000年奈米暨微系統』研討會(邀請講員)摘要,清華大學奈米與微系統科技中心暨清華大學╱工業技術研究聯合研究中心主辦,民國91年4月17-18日,新竹。

  6. Tan, S. T., and C. L. Chen. 2000. Further Characterization of a Novel Deinococcus radiodurans mutant abnormally susceptible to radiation-induced killing and mutagenesis. ASM General Meeting (I36), May 21-25, Los Angeles.

  7. 徐碧苓、譚世特,1999,『Flow cytometrical analysis of the radioresistant bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans』。第十四屆生物醫學聯合學術年會。民國88年4月,台北。

  8. 譚世特,1999,『抗輻射奇異球菌的輻射生物學與應用生物學』。1999輻射照射應用研討會。民國88年2月,新竹 。

  9. 譚世特,1998,『由中藥草中分離能提升輻射治癌效果的輻射增敏劑』衛生署中醫藥委員會八十七年度中醫藥委託研究成果討論會。民國87年10月20日,台北。
 
 
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