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Ming-Hon Hou, Ph.D.

Director Biotechnology Center,

Distinguished Professor, Institute of Genomics and Bioinformatics

Director, Ph.D. Program in Medical Biotechnology,

Director, Ph.D. Program in Microbial Genomics, National Chung Hsing University

Fields of Expertise

Drug Design, Structural Biology, Biophysics

Contact

Phone: +886(4)22840338 ext. 7011

Fax: +886(4)22859329

Education

Ph.D., Institute of Biochemical Sciences, National Taiwan University

Research Interests

  • DNA-binding drug design

  • The study of function and structure of viral nucleocapsid protein

  • Antiviral drug development

Biography

Ming-Hon Hou received his Ph.D. in Biochemical Sciences from National Taiwan University. He did his postdoctoral research at the Academia Sinica and continued his research in drug design and biophysics at the National Chung Hsing University in Taiwan. He is a Distinguished Professor at the Institute of Genomics and Bioinformatics, National Chung Hsing University, and jointly appointed as Adjunct Faculty of Molecular and Biological Agricultural Sciences program of the International Graduate Program at Academia Sinica, Taiwan. His research interests cover a wide range of structural biology and drug development topics, including protein structure, unusual DNA structures, DNA–drug and protein-drug interactions.​

Professional Experience

2023/08 - present   Director, Biotechnology Center, NCHU

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2023/08 - present   Director, Ph.D. Program in Microbial Genomics, NCHU

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2022/10 - present   Board of Director, Ping An Elite Education Foundation (財團法人平安菁英教育基金會), Taichung, Taiwan

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2022/08 - present   Director, Ph.D. Program in Medical Biotechnology, NCHU

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2022/08 - 2023/08  Associate Dean, College of Life Sciences, NCHU

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2022/08 - 2023/08  CEO, International Affairs in College of Life Sciences, NCHU

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2022/08 - present   National Committee member, Crystallographic Committee, Academia Sinica, R.O.C (Taiwan)

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2022/06 - present   Council member, Biophysical Society of R.O.C (Taiwan)

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2014/08 - 2020/07  Director, Institute of Genomics and Bioinformatics, NCHU

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2013/08 - present  Professor, Institute of Genomics and Bioinformatics, NCHU

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2015/08 - 2019/01 Vice Director, Biotechnology Center, NCHU

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2010/02 - 2013/07 Associate Professor, Institute of Genomics and Bioinformatics, NCHU

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2008/08 - 2010/01 Assistant Professor, Institute of Genomics and Bioinformatics, NCHU

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2007/02 - 2008/07 Assistant Professor, Biotechnology Center, NCHU

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2004/08 - 2007/01 Assistant Professor, Department of Food Science, Nutrition, and Nutraceutical Biotechnology, Shih Chien University    

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2003/08 - 2004/07 Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica

Award and Honors

  • 2022 "National Innovation and Excellence Award" in recognition of continuing innovations and advancements in R & D to broad spectrum antiviral drug targeting nucleocapsid protein against coronaviruses (2022)

  • 17th National Innovation Award for development of broad spectrum antiviral drug against coronaviruses (2020)

  • Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) Outstanding Research Award (2020)

  • Four years project for Excellent Junior Research Investigators from Ministry of Science and Technology (2020)

  • Three years project for Excellent Junior Research Investigators from Ministry of Science and Technology (2017)

  • The Young Scholars’ Creativity Award from the foundation for the advancement of outstanding scholarship (2015)

  • Excellent Young Scholar Award from the Chemical Society Located in Taipei (2015)

  • Young Scientist Research Award, Tien-Te Lee Biomedical Foundation (2015)

Editorial contributions in Scientific Journals 

  1. Guest Associate Editor for a research topic on “Non-Canonical Nucleic Acid Structures, Functions and Their Applications for Understanding Human Genetic Diseases” in Frontiers in Genetics (IF=4.599)

  2. Guest Editor for a Special Issue “Development of Anticancer and Antiviral Drugs” in Life (IF=3.817)

  3. Guest Associate Editor for a research topic on “Targeting Unusual Nucleic Acids Associated with Neurological Diseases" in Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences (IF= 5.246)

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